Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	Sinfonia Alla Tragedia 1960
Adjudicators:	Jack Atherton
Venue:	Clarence Ballroom, Spennymoor, County Durham

Position	Band	Conductor	Draw	Points
1	Easington Colliery	Cecil Peacock	11	190
2	Durham Shakespeare	Bob Clark	1	189
3	Craghead Colliery	Eric Cunningham	10	188
	Darlington British Railways	F. W. Tompkins	2
	Sunderland Constabulary	Norman Piper	3
	Blackhall Colliery	W. F. Buckley	4
	Crookhall Colliery	J. J. Stobbs	5
	Murton Colliery	H. Nicol	6
	Head Wrightson Works	Cliff Midgley	7
	Horden Colliery	A. L. Palmer	8
	Brandon Colliery	Gilbert Brown	9

Prizes - 1st £18 and trophy, 2nd £10 and cup, 3rd £5.
11 bands competed.