Format:	Own Choice Test Piece Contest
Adjudicators:	Denis Smith
Venue:	Sir Fred Longworth High School, Tyldesley, Lancashire

Position	Band	Conductor	Music	Draw	Points
1	Yorkshire Bus Company	Edward Griffiths		8	85
2	Leyland Motors	Mike Cotter		15	84
3	Holme Silver	David Hirst		1	83
4	Ecclesfield Silver	P. V. Lewis		20	82
	Burnage	Brian Gilbert		2
	Hindley	Norman Walmsley		3
	Middleton	Gordon Dean		4
	Bold Miners	D. Crossley		5
	Dutton Forshaw	J. G. Smith		6
	Marsden Silver	Herbert H. Howarth		7
	Pemberton Old	Alan Marsh		9
	Darwen British Legion	Alan Marsh		10
	Flookburgh	Herbert Sutcliffe		11
	Parr Public	Bob Kerwick		12
	Golborne	Colin Moore		13
	Leigh Silver	F. Littlewood		14
	Bolton Borough	C. Jeffries		16
	Trinity Girls	Jack Withington		17
	Bedford Church	G. A. Littlewood		18
	Hollingworth	C. Griffiths		19
	Windsor Salford	Jack Clayton	The Seasons [Carr] 1971	21	67
	Prescot	K. Lawton		22
	Eagley	Ernie Appleyard	Rhapsody in Brass 1942	23
	Dove Holes Public	R. Ball		24
W	Droylsden
W	Longridge

Prizes - 1st £30 and cup, 2nd £20 and trophy, 3rd £15 and cup.
26 bands entered, 24 competed.
6th annual contest.