Format:	Own Choice Test Piece Contest
Adjudicators:	Dennis Masters , Cyril Yorath
Venue:	Norbreck Hydro Hotel, Blackpool, Lancashire

Position	Band	Conductor	Music	Draw	Points
1	Pemberton Old	Malcolm Brownbill			79
2	Thornton Cleveleys	Squire Eccles			77
3	Longridge	J. H. Clowe			75
	Bedford Church	G. A. Littlewood
	Eccles	Wilf Hudson
	Freckleton	R. Gregson
	Hammonds Sauce Junior	A. W. McLauchlan
	Prestwich Borough	T. Watkin
	Windsor	Jack Clayton	Peter Schmoll 1961	6	71

Prizes - 1st £16 and trophy, 2nd £8, 3rd £4.
22nd annual contest.
9 bands competed.