Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	Blenheim (Heroic Overture) 1972
Adjudicators:	W. Skelton
Venue:	Bolton Town Hall, Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, UK

Position	Band	Conductor	Draw	Points
1	Llanrug Silver	Frank Boylin	11	180
2	Morecambe and Heysham	J. F. Fleming	8	176
3	Bedford Church	Alan Hobson	10	174
4	Lostock Hall	Ron Heyes	2
	Haslingden and Helmshore	R. Courtney	1
	Pilling	Denis Wright	3
	Latchford	Fred Ingham	4
	Freckleton	F. Roberts	5
	Schreiber Band	Peter Lockett	6
	Longridge	P. Gibbins	7
	Darwen	Gordon Clough	9
	Lyceum Brass	P. Jackson	13
	Miles Platting	Philip Goodwin	14
	Hesketh Bank	Harry Bentham	15
W	Bold Miners Welfare		12

1st prize £80 and trophy.
2nd prize £50 and cup.
3rd prize £30 and rose bowl.

14 bands competed.