Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	Sinfonietta [Horovitz] 1970
Adjudicators:	Denis Carr
Venue:	De Montfort Hall, Leicester, Leicestershire, England, UK

Position	Band	Conductor	Draw	Points
1	Shirley	Hugh Watkins	1	186
2	City of Coventry 'B'	Albert Chappell	2	185
3	Grimsby	Denzil Stephens	3	181
	Bestwood Black Diamonds	Bernard Wilson
	Coventry Festival	D. R. Lawrence
	Heage	Tom Street
	Leicester Imperial	A. J. Anderson
	Long Eaton Silver	Arthur Marshall
	Raunds Temperance	Ernest Denton
	Riddings	Geoff Gossage
	Shirland Miners	Doug Carlin
	Stanton Works	Albert Lunn
	Staveley Works	Stan Roocroft
	Teversal Colliery	George Henry Thorpe
	West Bromwich Borough	G. A. Morris

From British Bandsman 20th May 1972 - 'By curious coincidence, the first, second and third prizewinners in the Second Section played in that order, thus shattering the alleged theoretical disadvantage of an early draw.'
15 bands competed.