Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	The Judges of the Secret Court (Les Francs Juges) 1961
Adjudicators:	William A. Scholes
Venue:	St. George's Hall, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK

Position	Band	Conductor	Points
1	Black Dyke Mills	Roy Newsome	196
2	Yorkshire Imperial Metals	Trevor Walmsley	187
3	Grimethorpe Colliery	George Thompson	186
4	Crossley Carpets	John Harrison	184
	Bradford Victoria	Tom Atkinson
	Carlton Main	Jack Atherton
	Lindley	Leonard Lamb
	Markham Main Colliery	Allan Street
	Wharncliffe Silkstone	Edmund Hoole

Contest organised by Yorkshire BBA in protest to National Contest Council stating that all areas use the same test piece in the area contest.
Yorkshire qualifying contest held on 26th March at Leeds Town Hall.

9 bands competed.