Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	John O'Gaunt [Vinter] 1968
Adjudicators:	Kenneth Dennison , Walter Barrow Hargreaves , James H. Howe
Venue:	Winter Gardens (Empress Ballroom), Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK

Position	Band	Conductor	Draw	Points
1	Grimethorpe Colliery	George Thompson	16	578
2	Carlton Main Frickley Colliery Band	Robert Oughton	6	574
3	Desford Colliery Welfare Band	Albert Chappell	7	565
4	Tredegar Town	John Childs	15	564
	Cowdenbeath Public	Enoch Jackson	1
	Harton & Westoe Colliery	Ray White	2
	Calverton Colliery Welfare	John Talbot	3
	Easington Colliery	Cecil Peacock	4
	Kinneil Colliery	Alex Fleming	5
	Thoresby Colliery	William Lippeatt	8
	Shirland Miners Welfare	Doug Carlin	9
	Brodsworth Colliery	Ken Johnson	10
	Ashington Colliery	Maurice Priestley	11
	Parc and Dare	Ieuan Morgan	12
	Mid Rhondda	Fred Prior	13
	Horden Colliery	Stan Cranson	14
	Dalmellington	Hugh Johnstone	17

17 bands competed.
14th annual contest.