Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	Three Characteristic Pieces 1961
Adjudicators:	Fred J. Harris
Venue:	Colston Hall, Bristol

Position	Band	Conductor	Points
1	Burnham and Highbridge	W. S. Farr	184
2	Glastonbury Town	Russell Buckley	182
3	Albion Dockyard	C. E. Turner	180
	Berry Hill Silver	Harold Hartley
	Bideford Town	A. R. Bryant
	Bridgwater Imperial	S. F. Evans
	Crewkerne Town	Stanley C. Brooks
	Gillingham Imperial	R. Carr
	Highworth Silver	G. H. Watts
	Lydney Town	John Peacock
	Salisbury City (Wiltshire)	C. Hill
	Verwood Silver	Stanley G. Newson
	Woodfalls Junior	Sydney Clarke

13 bands competed.