Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	Isaiah 40 1996
Adjudicators:	Roy Newsome
Venue:	Winter Gardens, Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK

Position	Band	Conductor	Draw	Points
1	Grimethorpe Colliery Band	James Gourlay	9	194
2	Ever Ready	Ray Farr	4	191
3	Thoresby Colliery Band	Stan Lippeatt	5	189
4	Newtongrange	Bryan Hurdley	2	187
5	Dalmellington	Richard Evans	7	185
6	Newstead Welfare	Duncan Beckley	10	184
7	Kingdom Brass	Iain Davey	8	183
8	Fishburn	Graham O'Connor	1	181
9	Riddings Band	John Davis	3	179
10	Greggs Bakery	Roy Curran	6	177

Prizes - 1st £1000, 2nd £875, 3rd £750, 4th £625.
10 bands competed