Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	Little Suite for Brass [Arnold] 1963
Adjudicators:	Norman Ashcroft
Venue:	Community Centre, Thornley

Position	Band	Conductor	Draw	Points
1	Blackhall Youth	Albert Haswell	6	181
2	Barnard Castle	Peter Hartley	1	179
3	Langley Park	Thompson Minnis	5	177
4	Billingham	Unknown	2	175
	Thornley Public	T. Baldasera	3
	Boldon Colliery	E. J. Langsten	4
	Brancepeth Welfare	Joseph Mains	7
	Sunderland Borough	Joe Lumsden	8

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