Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	Music for Jock Tamson 2021
Adjudicators:	John Doyle , Stan Lippeatt
Venue:	Winter Gardens (Pavilion Theatre), Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK

Position	Band	Conductor	Draw
1	Stalybridge Old	Nigel Lawless	4
2	Littleborough	Ashley Higgins	9
3	Onchan Silver	David Karran	10
4	Ramsey Town	Robert Quane	2
5	Sale Brass	Jessica Tredrea	11
6	Dobcross Youth	James Atkins	1
7	Brindle	Steve Hartley	8
8	Red Admiral Brass	Stuart Barton	13
9	St. Johns Mossley	Martin Gernon	5
10	Crewe	Adam Shilton	7
11	Douglas Town	Robert Mitchell	12
12	Stacksteads	Fred Bowker	3
13	Port Sunlight Lyceum	Simon Hartharn-Evans	6
14	Blackley	Karl Stott	14

Registered bands that did not compete: Cadishead Public, Denton Brass, Parr St. Helens

Stalybridge Old and Littleborough receive an invitation to represent the North West at the Fourth Section National Finals 2024.
Stalybridge Old and Sale Brass will be promoted to the North West Area Third Section in 2025.
Denton Brass and Parr St. Helens have been missing from three consecutive area contests and will be removed from the grading tables.