| Format: | Test Piece Contest |
|---|---|
| Test Piece: | The Winter's Tale |
| Adjudicators: | Richard Arrand |
| Venue: | College of Further Education, Derby Road, Mansfield |
| Position | Band | Conductor | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Creswell Colliery
|
Mervyn Griffiths | 183 |
| 2 |
Kirkby Colliery
|
Roy Walters | 182 |
| 3 |
Rivington and Adlington
|
Valerie E. Roocroft | 180 |
Result as shown in British Bandsman 24/02/1979 although seems a little odd that Rivington and Adlington (a village band from Lancashire) should competed in a Nottinghamshire Miners Contest.