Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	Sinfonietta for Brass Band [Leidzen] 1955
Adjudicators:	Geoffrey Brand , Eric Bravington
Venue:	Winter Gardens (Empress Ballroom), Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK

Position	Band	Conductor	Draw	Points
1	Cory	Arthur Kenney	2	189
2	Grimethorpe Colliery Band	George Thompson	5	187
3	Carlton Main Frickley Band	Robert Oughton	8	185
4	Markham and District	Don Hendy	14	184
	Easington Colliery	Cecil Peacock	1
	Dalmellington	Allan Street	3
	Mid Rhondda	Fred Prior	4
	Thoresby Colliery	William Lippeatt	6
	Dawdon Lodge	Stan MacDonald	7
	Horden Colliery	W. F. Buckley	9
	Creswell Colliery	Derek Johnston	10
	Markham Main Colliery	Don Hendy	11
	Lochgelly Public	Archie Smith	12
	Desford Colliery	Ernest Woodhouse	13
	Ashington Colliery	J. J. Stobbs	15
	Cowdenbeath Public	David Paton	16

16 bands competed.
9th annual contest.