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

Position	Band	Conductor	Music	Draw	Points
1	Desford Colliery Welfare	Ernest Woodhouse	Le Carnaval Romain [arr. Wright] 1966	1	96
2	Slaithwaite	Derek Broadbent		12	95
3	Mossley	Hugh Parry		11	94
4	British Vita	John Harrison	Spectrum [Vinter] 1968	13	92
5	Haydock	J. K. Irving	The Crusaders 1932	7	91
	Hade Edge	Jack Fisher	Lorenzo 1928	2
	Grimsby	Gerald Benson		3
	Goodshaw	Herbert H. Howarth	First Suite in Eb [arr. Herbert] 1921	4
	Edge Hill	Mervin Hughes		5
	Linthwaite	Herbert H. Howarth	The Crusaders 1932	6
	Quaker Sutherland	R. Hollingsworth		8
	Lockwood	Peter Kitson		9
	Walkden	Ernest Vint		10
W	Thoresby Colliery

Prizes - 1st £100 and trophy, 2nd £50 and trophy, 3rd £25 and cup, 4th cup.
Hymn tune contest - 1st Slaithwaite.
13 bands competed.