Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	The Winter's Tale or Blenheim (Heroic Overture) 1972
Adjudicators:	John Childs
Venue:	Assembly Rooms, Derby

Position	Band	Conductor	Draw	Points
1	Nassington	Glyn Lewis	10	190
2	Ruston Bacyrus	Geoffrey Simpson	18	188
3	Corby Silver	Ernest Denton	17	187
4	Royal Leamington Spa	Paul Russell	3	186
14	Rhodian Brass	David Windle	23	180
	Clipstone Colliery	J. A. Richardson	1
	Shire Oak School	M. H. Ridley	2
	Hathersage	John Cooper	4
	Kirkby Colliery	Roy Walters	5
	Barrow Concert	Dennis Wheeler	6
	Barlestone Victoria	M. F. Greig	7
	Wolverhampton Brass	E. Stephens	8
	Enderby	Garry Sleath	9
	Abraham Darby School	Colin Jones	11
	Leicester Foresters No 2	Robert Boulter	12
	Bridgnorth and District	S. Watkins	13
	Harworth Colliery	E. Phasey	14
	Syston Royal British Legion	David Cutting	15
	Ashbourne Town	T. A. Chadwick	16
	Coleshill Concert	Allan Morris	19
	Horncastle Silver	H. Dudley	20
	Creswell Colliery	Mervyn Griffiths	21
	Cotgrave Welfare	D. Quinn	22
	South Leics & Desford 'B'	C. E. Partridge	24
	Stantonbury Brass	David Greig	25
	Riddings	W. J. Saint	26
	Kettering Gold and Silver	A. Hounsome	27
	Pleasley Colliery	Brian Draper	28
	Stamford Town	Douglas Taylor	29
W	Melton Borough

29 bands competed.