Format:	Own Choice Test Piece Contest
Adjudicators:	Derek Garside
Venue:	St. Mary's School, Astley, Lancashire

Position	Band	Conductor	Music	Draw
1	Trinity Girls	Jack Withington	Themes from Symphony No. 5 [Beethoven]	6
2	Marple	M. McClean		1
3	Bedford Church	G. A. Littlewood		4
	Hindley Prize	R. Peacock	Little Suite for Brass [Arnold] 1963	2
	Bolton Borough	E. Foulkes		3
	Ifton Colliery	Eric Foster	Rufford Abbey	5
	Windsor	Jack Clayton	A Rural Suite 1963	7
	Haigh Prize	Alan Mason	From the New World [arr. D. Rimmer]	8

Prizes - 1st £20 and cup, 2nd £15 and trophy, 3rd £8 and cup.
Best trombone - Bedford Church.
Best Horn - Ifton.
Best cornet and euphonium - Trinity Girls.
3rd annual contest promoted by Tyldesley Band.
8 bands competed.