Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	Suite in Bb [Jacob] 1955
Adjudicators:	John Berryman
Venue:	Winter Gardens, Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK

Position	Band	Conductor	Draw	Points
1	Marple	Garry Cutt	8	188
2	Llanrug	Frank Boylin	5	186
3	Hesketh Bank	Harry Bentham	19	185
4	Boarshurst 'B'	Eric Landon	6
	Radcliffe	Darrol Barry	1
	Littleborough Public	Peter Hewitt	2
	Denton Original (Oldham Batteries)	Jim Hunter	3
	Lostock Hall	Ron Heyes	4
	Burnage Manchester	Gary Newborough	7
	Whitworth Vale & Healey	Alan Widdop	9
	Royal Buckley	G. G. Smith	10
	Dutton Forshaw	Edward Tarling	11
	Lancashire Evening Post	J. Roberts	12
	Freckleton	John Golland	13
	Holywell	R. Ogden	14
	Trinity Girls	Tony Cresswell	15
	Parr (St Helens)	Bob Kerwick	16
	Tyldesley	Brian Peacock	17
	Volex Golborne	Geoff Williams	18

Prizes 1st £200, 2nd £100, 3rd £50.

19 bands competed.