Format:	Own Choice Test Piece Contest
Adjudicators:	Stephen Shimwell
Venue:	Rochdale Town Hall, Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England, UK

Position	Band	Conductor	Music	Draw	Points
1	Birmingham School of Music	Roy Curran	Essay for Brass Band [Gregson] 1970	11	195
2	Lockwood	Peter Kitson	A Downland Suite 1932	1	193
3	Osborne Rockingham	Ken Aiken-Jones	Embassy Suite 1970	3	192
4	Goodshaw	Kevin Bolton	James Cook, Circumnavigator 1969	10	191
	Hepworth	Peter Wadsworth	Life Divine 1921	2
	Thornsett	Brian Taylor	Resurgam 1950	4
	Leyland Vehicles	Richard Evans	John O'Gaunt [Vinter] 1968	5
	Dodworth Colliery	Graham O'Connor		6
	Calverton Colliery	Allan Street	Triumphant Rhapsody 1965	7
	Lancashire Constabulary	Harry Bentham	Embassy Suite 1970	8
	Slaithwaite	F. Clayton	Triumphant Rhapsody 1965	9
	Walkden	Ernest Vint	La Forza del Destino [unknown arranger]	12

20th annual contest.
12 bands competed.