Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	In Switzerland 1953
Adjudicators:	H. J. Easey
Venue:	YMCA Hall, Granby Street, Leicester

Position	Band	Conductor	Draw	Points
1	Eckington Silver	Harold Barker	6	175
2	Shirebrook Silver	Joseph Levick	8	170
3	Somersham Town	W. G. Cooper	9	169
4	Ratby Silver	John Bancroft	3	167
5	Newark British Legion	R. English	13
	Atherstone Silver	R. Hannam		.
	Barlestone Victoria	Unknown		.
	Bream Silver	W. M. Sterry		.
	Chapeltown Silver	J. T. Hartley		.
	City of Leicester Club and Institute	R. Jackson		.
	Crowland British Legion	A. Barnes		.
	Hathern	Albert Kelham		.
	Leicester Railwaymen's Club	W. L. Robins		.
	Loughborough Town	C. Fisher		.
	Market Harborough Town	E. Pollard		.
	Newport Pagnell Town	J. Williams		.
	St. John Ambulance (Banbury)	F. Wilkes		.

16 bands entered