Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	Overture to Youth 1977
Adjudicators:	Mike Cotter
Venue:	Lesser Free Trade Hall, Free Trade Hall, Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK

Position	Band	Conductor	Draw	Points
1	Uppermill	Harold Robinson	11	88
2	Cobden Chadwick	Douglas Blackledge	12	86
3	Urmston & Davyhulme 'B'	J. Woodward	4	85
4	Tarporley	David Moulton	7	84
5	Blackley	J. Boden	14	82
6	Oldham Music Centre	Martyn Evans	2	81
7	Bollington	Brian Taylor	1	80
8	Bolton Youth	Chris Wormald	5	79
9	Elmfield	Jack Bennett	13	77
10	HMF Micklehurst	James Farnworth	8	76
11	Didsbury	R. L. Jackson	6	75
W	Ashton-under-Lyne		3
W	Irwell Forge		9
W	Irlam Public		10

Prizes - 1st £125 and cup, 2nd £75 and shield, 3rd 50 and rose bowl
Best euphonium - Bob Sykes (Uppermill).
14 bands competed.