Format:	Own Choice Test Piece Contest
Adjudicators:	Richard Arrand , Ernest Woodhouse
Venue:	Queen Elizabeth Hall, Oldham, Greater Manchester, England, UK

Position	Band	Conductor	Music	Draw
1	Water	G. Dodge		17
2	Queensbury Music Centre	Andrew Owenson		2
3	Leyland Motors	Mike Cotter		4
5	Trefor Silver	Geraint Jones	Overture for an Epic Occasion 1945	6
	Zion	Charles Richards		1
	Hammonds Sauce 'B'	A. W. McLauchlan		3
	Bold Miners	D. Crossley		5
	Flixton	Paul Crashley		7
	Coppull	Roy Bentham		8
	Droylsden	Fred G. Green		10
	Lostock Hall	Ken Pender		11
	Ashton-under-Lyne	Jack Butler		12
	Chadderton	William Orcher		13
	Denton Original	Stephen Hopkinson		14
	Burnage	Brian Gilbert		15
	Dobcross 'B'	George R. Gibson		16
	Central Manchester	T. Watkin		18
W	Gorton Silver			9

Prizes - 1st£25 and cup plus park engagement worth £60, 2nd £15 plus park engagement worth £30, 3rd £10, 4th £10.
5th annual contest.
17 bands competed