Format:	Own Choice Test Piece Contest
Adjudicators:	Dennis Wilby
Venue:	City Hall and New Tyne Theatre, Newcastle

Position	Band	Conductor	Music	Draw	Points
1	Blackhall AMOCO	Tom Gibson		5	184
2	Lingdale Silver	Brian Broadbent		2	182
3	Newcastle Brown Ale	Alan Hope		4	181
	Ellington Colliery	James Foxcroft
	Harton & Westoe Colliery	M. A. Jacques
	Middlesbrough (Dovecot) Brass	William English
	Sacriston Colliery	Ken Wheatley
	Silksworth Colliery	Graham Catherall
	Washington Welfare	George Rowell

7th Annual Contest

Prizes: 1. £200, 2. £130, 3. £75