Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	Gems of Italian Opera 1916
Adjudicators:	Walter Halstead
Venue:	Bold Venture Park, Darwen

Position	Band	Conductor
1	Nelson Old	William Halliwell
2	Lowerhouse Mills	Joseph Jennings
3	Penketh Tannery	J. A. Greenwood
4	Dick Kerr Electric Works	J. A. Greenwood
5	Goodshaw	William Pollard
	Blackburn Coronation	Unknown
	Blackpool Excelsior	Unknown
	Church and Oswaldtwistle	Unknown
	Darwen Borough	Unknown
	Heap Bridge	Unknown
	Horwich Old	Unknown
	Pickup Bank and Hoddlesden	Unknown
	Skelmersdale Old	Unknown

Prizes: £20, £10, £5, £3 10s, £1 10s
March: 1. Nelson, 2. Dick Kerr's.
17th annual contest.
13 bands competed.