Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	Little Suite for Brass [Arnold] 1963
Adjudicators:	Roy Newsome
Venue:	Armstrong Hall, Stanhope Road, South Shields, County Durham

Position	Band	Conductor	Draw	Points
1	Ryhope Colliery	Joe Lumsden	2	180
2	Handen Hold Colliery	W. H. McLean	7	178
3	Morrison Busty Colliery	Gilbert Brown	9	177
	Mainsforth Colliery	Ray Gibson	1
	Whitworth and Spennymoor	T. W. Hull	3
	Murton Colliery	William Atkinson	4
	Wheatley Hill Colliery	Derek Scollard	5
	Brancepeth Colliery	J. W. Ainsley	6
	Fishburn Colliery	William Makepeace	8
W	Burnhope Silver
W	Langley Park Colliery

9 bands competed.