Format:	Other
Adjudicators:	Eric Bravington , Arthur Taylor , Trevor Walmsley
Venue:	Belle Vue, Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK

Position	Band	Conductor	Draw	Points
1	Grimethorpe Colliery Band	Bryden Thompson	10	211
2	The Fairey Band	Kenneth Dennison	5	211
3	The Cory Band	Denzil Stephens	9	200
4	Brighouse and Rastrick	Maurice Handford	8	199
5	Wingates Temperance	Richard Evans	2	197
7	Stanshawe (Bristol)	Sidney Sager	6
	City of Coventry	Ray Farr	1
	Hammonds Sauce Works	Geoffrey Whitham	3
	Besses o'th' Barn	Frank Bryce	4
	Desford Colliery	Albert Chappell	7
	Manchester CWS	Derek Garside	11
	Ever Ready	Eric Cunningham	12

From Arthur Taylor's book 'Brass Bands':

Grimethorpe and Fairey tied for first place. As previously agreed, the marks awarded by the television adjudicator were used to break the tie; Grimethorpe were therefore declared the 1976 champions.