Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	Overture to Youth 1977
Adjudicators:	Eddie J. Williams
Venue:	Parc & Dare Theatre, Treorchy, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, UK

Position	Band	Conductor	Points
1	South Glamorgan Youth	Dewi Jones	186
2	Pontypool Brass	Alun Williams	182
3	Crwbin	Don Hendy	179
4	Tenby & District	C. Llewellyn	176
	Briton Ferry	R. D. Williams
	Celynen Colliery	A. G. Mason
	Cwmaman Institute	Terry Howells
	Dulais Valley	A. R. Lewis
	Pembroke Borough	R. J. Tucker
	Usk Band	M. J. Tilley

Due to a dispute with the National organiser, in 1980 the Welsh area was run unofficially, without accreditation to the national contest. The 1979 Welsh section winners were invited to the 1980 finals.
An account of events and the dispute is given at http://www.4barsrest.com/articles/2010/1102.asp?l=in#.Wh3ZQVVl-Uk.