Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	North West Passage [Newsome] 1979
Adjudicators:	David Loukes
Venue:	Octagon Theatre, Pavilion Gardens, Buxton

Position	Band	Conductor	Points
1	Glossop Old	Barry Hinde	186
2	Tintwistle	Unknown	183
3	Lancashire Evening Post	Unknown	182
4	Berisfords	Granville Jennings	181
5	North Midlands Co-op	Unknown	180
6	P.O.E.U.	Unknown	179
	Burbage Buxton	Unknown
	Greenway Selectus	Unknown
	Poulton-le-Fylde	Unknown
	Thornsett	Unknown

10 bands competed.