Format:	March Contest
Adjudicators:	Tony Cresswell
Venue:	Stalybridge Celtic Football Club, Bower Fold, Stalybridge (Tameside)

Position	Band	Conductor	Music	Draw	Points
1	British Telecom	Unknown	March: The President
2	Grimethorpe Colliery	Garry Cutt	March: Knight Templar
3	Britannia Building Society	Unknown	March: Honest Toil
	Stalybridge	Unknown	March: Mephistopheles
	Wardle High Youth	Unknown	March: The Contestor
	Haslingden and Helmshore	David Holland	March: Raby	26	174

Best section 4 - Haslingden and Helmshore.
Best Tameside - Stalybridge.
Best youth - Wardle High.
49 bands competed.