Format:	Own Choice Test Piece Contest
Adjudicators:	Cyril Yorath
Venue:	South Pier, Blackpool, Lancashire

Position	Band	Conductor	Music	Draw	Points
1	Newton Heath	T. Lawson	Scheherazade	7	189
2	Lancashire Constabulary	Frank Hough	Suite Gothique 1970	1	187
3	Wigan and District	Edward Gray	The Seasons [Carr] 1971	3	186
4	Poulton-le-Fylde	Glyn T. Lloyd	Promenade 1969	5
	Warrington Youth	Len Andrews	Peter Schmoll 1961	2
	Radcliffe Borough	Charles A. Randall	Promenade 1969	4
	Whitworth Vale and Healey	J. Furness	Themes from Symphony No. 5 [Beethoven]	6

Best cornet - Newton Heath.
Best euphonium - Lancashire Constabulary.
Best trombone - Wigan and District.
Prizes - 1st £30 and trophy, 2nd £15 and trophy, 3rd £8.
20th annual contest
7 bands competed.