Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	Call of the Sea 1953
Adjudicators:	David Read
Venue:	Colston Hall, Bristol

Position	Band	Conductor	Points
1	Totnes	Barry Thomas	185
2	Yeovil Town	Ray Hunt	184
3	Redruth Town	Kenneth Hamlod	183
	Berry Hill Silver	F. C. Harris
	Bournemouth Concert	Cyril Bulled
	Bream Silver	K. A. Harman
	Bristol East	G. S. White
	Chalford Silver	Ken Wear
	Coleford Town	Peter Hunt
	Corsham	David Thomas
	Downton Huntsman	Dennis Chalk
	Kennet Vale	Maurice Arnold
	Lydbrook Silver	Robert Morgan
	Mere Manor Brass	Adrienne Howell
	Poole Borough	David Jewitt
	South Molton Town	Gilbert Taylor
	St. Pinnock	Vivian Willcock
	St. Stythians Silver	Maurice Dunstan

18 bands competed.