Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	Voices of Youth 1968
Adjudicators:	Peter Kitson
Venue:	Playhouse Theatre, Buxton, Derbyshire

Position	Band	Conductor	Draw	Points
1	Chadderton and District	William Orcher	12	187
2	Barnsley Music Centre	Harold Lillford	1	185
3	Tideswell	A. G. Jackson	5	183
4	Hathersage	A. B. Hazelhurst	15	182
	Ryhill and Havercroft	Brian Dyson	2
	Stourport Youth	George Jackson	3
	Bold Miners Welfare	D. Crossley	4
	Bolton Borough	C. Jeffries	6
	Eccles Borough Youth	Wilf Hudson	7
	Norwest Co-op	F. T. Burton	8
	Eccleston Brass	John Newbigging	9
	Syston Royal British Legio	David Cutting	10
	Urmston and Davyhulme	J. Woodward	11
	Bedford Church	Kevin Mole	13
	Ashbourne Town	T. A. Chadwick	14
	Burnage	Brian Gilbert	16
	Windsor Salford	Jack Clayton	17	174
	Oughtibridge	Arthur Barlow	18

Prizes - 1st £40 and trophy, 2nd £25 and trophy, 3rd £15.
18 bands competed.
13th annual contest.