| Format: | Test Piece Contest |
|---|---|
| Test Piece: | Un Vie de Matelot (A Sailor's Life) 1975 |
| Adjudicators: | Eric Ball , Noel Cox , Joseph Horovitz |
| Venue: | Royal Albert Hall, Kensington, Kensington and Chelsea, Greater London, England, UK |
| Position | Band | Conductor | Draw | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Black Dyke Mills
|
Peter Parkes | 8 | 195 |
| 2 |
Stanshawe
|
Walter Barrow Hargreaves | 9 | 192 |
| 3 |
Brighouse & Rastrick
|
James Scott | 17 | 190 |
| 4 |
Yorkshire Imperial
|
Trevor Walmsley | 12 | 189 |
| 5 |
Fairey
|
Kenneth Dennison | 10 | 188 |
| 6 |
Thoresby Colliery
|
William Lippeatt | 16 | 187 |
| 7 |
Ever Ready
|
George Thompson | 3 | 186 |
| 8 |
Hammonds Sauce
|
Geoffrey Whitham | 14 | 185 |
9
|
City of Coventry
|
John Harrison | 9 | 183 |
| 9 |
CWS (Manchester)
|
Derek Garside | 13 | 183 |
| 11 |
Cory
|
Arthur Kenney | 11 | 182 |
| 12 |
Kinneil Colliery
|
Alex Fleming | 2 | 181 |
| 12 |
Morris Concert
|
Walter Rees | 15 | 181 |
| 14 |
Wingates Temperance
|
Richard Evans | 5 | 180 |
| 14 |
Hendon
|
Donald Morrison | 20 | 180 |
| 16 |
Woodfalls
|
Courtney Bosanko | 1 | 179 |
| 16 |
Whitburn
|
Derek Broadbent | 6 | 179 |
| 18 |
Harton & Westoe Colliery
|
Ray White | 18 | 178 |
| 19 |
Parc & Dare
|
Ieuan Morgan | 4 | 177 |
| 19 |
Markham
|
Don Hendy | 19 | 177 |
Prizes:
First: 500
Second: 200
Third: 100
Fourth: 75
The winning conductor received a presentation score of the test piece.
Two presentations were made to Peter McNab of Black Dyke and Arnold Hall of Fairey Engineering Bands.