Format:	Own Choice Test Piece Contest
Adjudicators:	George Thompson
Venue:	Floral Hall, Southport

Position	Band	Conductor	Music	Draw	Points
1	Boarshurst	Bryan Garside	Lorenzo 1928	6	189
2	Tintwistle	Norman Ashcroft	Othello	19	187
3	Flookburgh	Herbert Sutcliffe	Quo Vadis? 1961	3	186
4	Dutton Forshaw	J. G. Smith	Lorenzo 1928	1	183
5	Christ Church	Ernie Wedgewood	Blackfriars 1955	4	181
5	Prescot	K. Lawton	Themes From Beethoven's 8th Symphony 1945	11	181
	Southport St. Johns	Les McLaughlin	Zampa [arr. Ord Hume]	2
	Hindley	R. Peacock	From the New World [arr. D. Rimmer]	5
	Bolton Borough	C. Jeffries		7
	Lostock Hall	Ron Heyes	Rhapsody on Negro Spirituals 1949	8
	Thornton Cleveleys	Squire Eccles		9
	Trinity Girls	Jack Withington	Themes from Symphony No. 5 [Beethoven]	10
	Eccleston	John Newbigging	Three Songs without Words 1947	12
	Deiniolen	R. F. Moon	The Shipbuilders 1960	13
	Eagley	Ernie Appleyard	Quo Vadis? 1961	14
	Pemberton Old	Malcolm Brownbill	Suite Gothique 1970	15
	Coppull	Roy Bentham	Indian Summer 1950	16
	Ifton Welfare	Gareth Thomas	Rhapsody on Negro Spirituals 1949	17
	Chester Blue Coat	William Maginn	From the New World [arr. D. Rimmer]	18
W	Haydock and Ashton

Prizes - 1st £75 and rose bowl, 2nd £40 and cup, 3rd £25 and cup, 4th £10 and cup.
Best cornet and trombone - Bolton orough.
Best horn - Tintwistle.
Best euphonium - Dutton Forshaw.
19 bands competed.