Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	John O'Gaunt [Vinter] 1968
Adjudicators:	Tom Atkinson , Basil Brown , Gilbert Vinter
Venue:	Belle Vue, Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK

Position	Band	Conductor	Draw	Points
1	Black Dyke Mills	Geoffrey Brand	10	194
2	Wingates Temperance	Hugh Parry	15	193
3	Grimethorpe Colliery	George Thompson	2	192
4	CWS (Manchester)	Alex Mortimer	16	191
5	Foden Motor Works	Rex Mortimer	18	190
6	Morris Motors	Cliff Edmunds	17	189
7	Fairey	Leonard Lamb	12	188
	Mossley	Richard Evans	1
	Mid Rhondda	Fred Prior	3
	Craghead Colliery	Eric Cunningham	4
	Mirrlees Works	Jack Atherton	5
	Ransome & Marles	Stanley Boddington	6
	Edge Hill	William Yates	7
	Lindley	Ernest Woodhouse	8
	Crossley's Carpets	John Harrison	9
	Yorkshire Imperial	Trevor Walmsley	11
	Besses o' th' Barn	Frank Bryce	13
	Templemore	Alfred Bell	14
	St. Dennis	Eddie J. Williams	19
W	Greenway Moor

19 bands competed