Format:	March Contest
Adjudicators:	Barry Thompson
Venue:	Hurst Cross Stadium (Ashton United FC), Ashton-Under-Lyne, Tameside, Greater Manchester, England, UK

Position	Band	Conductor	Music	Draw	Points
1	Williams Fairey	Unknown	March: The President
2	Grimethorpe Colliery	Garry Cutt	March: Knight Templar
3	Yorkshire Building Society	Unknown	March: Honest Toil
4	Yorkshire Imperial	Unknown	March: Mephistopheles
	Amington	David Hutchinson	March: Brilliant
	Besses Boys	Unknown	March: The Middy 1917
	British Aerospace	Unknown	March: Mephistopheles
	British Telecom	Unknown	March: The President
	Glossop Old	Unknown	March: O.R.B.
	Marple B	Unknown	March: Mephistopheles
	Navigation Brass	Unknown	March: Knight Templar
	St. Raphael's Brass	Unknown	March: Friendship
	Todmorden	Unknown	March: Todmorden Centenary 1996
	Uppermill	Unknown	March: Knight Templar
	Mossley St. John's	Unknown	March: Ravenswood	1
	Haslingden and Helmshore	David Holland	March: Raby	14	184

54 bands played.

1st section 1st: British Aerospace
1st section 2nd:
2nd section 1st: Marple B
2nd section 2nd:
3rd section 1st: Todmorden
3rd section 2nd:
4th section 1st: Haslingden & Helmshore
4th section 2nd: Uppermill
4th section 3rd: Mossley St. John's
Local 1st: British Telecom
Local 2nd: Navigation Brass
Local 3rd: Glossop Old
Local 4th:
Junior 1st: Besses Boys
Junior 2nd: St. Raphael's
Junior deportment: St. Raphael's
First Band: Mossley St. John's.
54 bands competed.