Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	Spectrum [Vinter] 1968
Adjudicators:	Geoffrey Brand , Albert Chappell
Venue:	Winter Gardens, Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK

Position	Band	Conductor	Draw	Points
1	Grimethorpe Colliery	John Berryman	3	383
1	Cory	Arthur Kenney	5	383
3	Carlton Main Frickley Colliery Band	Robert Oughton	12	377
4	Desford Colliery Welfare	Ernest Woodhouse	11	374
4	Parc and Dare	Ieuan Morgan	14	374
	Kinneil Colliery	Alex Fleming	1
	Thoresby Colliery	William Lippeatt	2
	Lochgelly Public	Enoch Jackson	4
	Easington Colliery	Cecil Peacock	7
	Shirland Miners	Doug Carlin	8
	Tredegar Town	John Childs	9
	Cowdenbeath Public	Enoch Jackson	10
	Horden Colliery	Stan Cranson	13
	Brodsworth Colliery	Ken Johnson	66

Cory and Grimethorpe awarded joint first place.

14 bands competed.