Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	Doon Valley 1972
Adjudicators:	Raymond Thorpe
Venue:	Octagon Theatre, Pavilion Gardens, Buxton

Position	Band	Conductor	Draw	Points
1	Shirland Miners Welfare	Doug Carlin	1	192
2	Hatfield Main Colliery	Malcolm Simpson	5	190
3	Port Sunlight Royal British Legion	H. G. Mather	10	189
4	Heage	Tom Street	6	188
	Burbage Silver	Don Redfern	2
	Dodworth Miners	Stanley O'Connor	3
	Rockingham Colliery	Keith Davis	4
	Stanton Works	Albert Lunn	7
	Hoyland Town	Maurice Thompson	8
	Cheetham Hill Public	Unknown	9

Prizes - 1st £50 and trophy, 2nd £35 and cup, 3rd £25.
Best soloist - euphonium of Shirland Miners.
10th annual contest.
10 bands competed.