Format:	March Contest
Adjudicators:	Gary Newborough
Venue:	Indoor Sports Arena, Castle Street, Stalybridge

Position	Band	Conductor	Music	Draw
1	Stalybridge	Unknown	March: Mephistopheles
2	Brighouse and Rastrick	Unknown	March: Senator
3	Leyland Vehicles	Unknown	March: High Command 1942
	Ashtonian Brass	Unknown	March: Knight Templar
	Black Dyke	Unknown	March: Knight Templar
	Boarshurst	Unknown	March: Knight Templar
	Brindle	Unknown	March: The President
	Clifton and Lightcliffe	Unknown	March: Senator
	Faireys	Unknown	March: Ravenswood
	Hepworth	Unknown	March: Ravenswood
	Hinchliffe Mill	Unknown	March: Senator
	Holmfirth	Unknown
	Kingsway Youth	Unknown	March: Knight Templar
	Mirrlees	Unknown	March: Ravenswood
	Mossley Hollins	Unknown	March: Bramwyn 1968
	Newton Heath	Unknown	March: High Command 1942
	Oldham	Unknown	March: Mephistopheles
	P.O.E.U.	Unknown
	Pemberton Old	Unknown	March: The President
	Poynton	Unknown	March: O.R.B.
	Quaker Sutherland	Unknown
	Queensbury Music Centre	Unknown	March: Senator
	Rochdale	Unknown
	Skelmanthorpe	Unknown	March: Senator
	Slaithwaite	Unknown
	St. Johns Mossley	Unknown	March: Knight Templar
	Urmston and Davyhulme	Unknown	March: The Black Knight
	Yorkshire Imperial Metals	Unknown	March: Mephistopheles
	Middleton	Unknown		30
	Glossop School	Unknown	March: Knight Templar	31
	Ashton-under-Lyne	Unknown	March: The Cossack 1904	32
	Denton	Unknown	March: Mephistopheles	33
	Hollingworth	Unknown	March: Mephistopheles	34
	Cheetham Hill	Unknown	March: Roll Away Bet	35
	Tintwistle	Unknown	March: Knight Templar	36
	Glossop Old	Unknown	March: Raby	37

Best local - Rochdale.
Result as shown in British Bandsman 16/06/1979. Alec Greenhalgh in his book 'Hail Smiling Morn' shows result as - 1st Stalybridge, 2nd Brighouse, 3rd Fairey.
Prizes - 1st 100 guineas and trophy, 2nd £50 and cup, 3rd £30 and cup.
Local - 1st £40 and trophy, 2nd £30 and cup, 3rd £20 and cup.
97th annual contest.