Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	Call of the Sea 1953
Adjudicators:	Kevin Bolton , Richard Evans
Venue:	Pontins Holiday Centre, Ainsdale Beach, Southport

Position	Band	Conductor	Draw	Points
1	Flixton	Peter Lockett	4	182
2	Lancastrian Building Society Tyldesley	Darrol Barry	11	180
3	Ifton Welfare	Gareth Thomas	6	179
4	ASDA Manufacturing (Hambleton Brass)	Ian Colley	7	178
5	Uppermill	Peter Weston	1	177
	Delph	Philip Goodwin	2
	Haydock	J. K. Irving	3
	Rhos and District	Mervin Hughes	5
	Cobden Chadwick	Douglas Blackledge	8
	Lees and Glodwick	John Golland	9
	Hinchliffe Mill	R. Broadhead	10
	Rainford Silver	Colin Moore	12
	Clifton and Lightcliffe	Chris Houlding	13
	Arklow Silver Armitage	Malcolm Brownbill	14

Prizes - 1st £359 and cup, 2nd £225, 3rd £150, 4th £75, 5th £60, 6th £40.
14 bands competed.