Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	Overture to Youth 1977
Adjudicators:	Edward Massey
Venue:	Pavilion Gardens, Buxton

Position	Band	Conductor	Draw	Points
1	Bedford Church	Alan Hobson	22	94
2	Freckleton Subscription	Denis Wright	21	93
3	Chesterfield and District	D. A. Lefley	6	92
	Stannington	Roy Hartley	1
	Stone Town	J. Dean	2
	Riddings	W. J. Saint	3
	Brassington Middleton and Wirksworth	D. Slack	4
	Rhodian Brass	David Windle	5	84
	Miles Platting	Philip Goodwin	7
	New Dronfield	Brian Bunting	8
	Peak Dale Public	F. C. Lack	9
	Hall Royd Young Peoples	Norman Cree	10
	Lyceum Brass	R. Peters	11
	Dobcross 'B'	J. J. Brough	12
	South Midlands Welfare	G. Essex	13
	Rotherham Town	B. Lingley	14
	Boarshurst 'B'	Eric Landon	15
	Flixton	Paul Crashley	16
	Ellesmere Port Borough	N. Crowther	17
	Clipstone Welfare	Keith Wardle	18
	St. Johns Mossley	Harold Robinson	19
	Scape Goat Hill	David Hirst	20
	Stockport Silver	A. F. Ashworth	23
W	Kirkless (NCB)

Prizes - 1st £80 and trophy, 2nd £50 and trophy, 3rd £40 and trophy.
23 bands competed.