Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	Overture to Youth 1977
Adjudicators:	Roger Payne
Venue:	Winter Gardens, Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK

Position	Band	Conductor	Draw	Points
1	Besses Boys	Barrie Chappell	15	0
2	Morecambe & Heysham	Steve Tarry	21	191
3	Blackley	H. W. Carter	1	188
6	Deiniolen	John Kendall	23
	Lees & Glodwick	Unknown	2
	Warburtons Bolton	Ernie Appleyard	3
	Urmston & Davyhulme B	J. Woodward	4
	Haydock	J. K. Irving	5
	Ramsey	E. M. White	6
	Eccles Borough	Martin Obermuller	7
	Ellesmere Port	David Lancashire	8
	Lyceum Brass	Robert Dean	9
	Tarporley	David Moulton	10
	Point of Ayr Colliery B	C. Jones	11
	Farnworth Old	Jim Hunter	12
	Oldham Music Centre	Martyn Evans	13
	Bollington	Brian Taylor	14
	Storeys	Allan Greenwood	16
	Eccleston	Peter Ashley	17
	Holywell	Denzil Stephens	18
	Uppermill	Harold Robinson	19
	Moston & Beswick	Graham Smith	20
	Cobden Chadwick	Douglas Blackledge	22
	Rainford	Colin Moore	24

Prizes 1st £200, 2nd £100, 3rd £50.