Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	Contest Day 1961
Adjudicators:	Eric Ball
Venue:	Winter Gardens, Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK

Position	Band	Conductor	Draw	Points
1	Shirebrook	Seth Appleton	12	192
2	Askern Colliery	Fred Lowery	5	189
3	Hucknall Linby	Brian G. Wilkinson	3	186
4	Abertysswg Youth	W. T. Davies	4	184
	Kelty and Blairadam	Unknown	1
	Ellington Colliery	Keith MacDonald	2
	Blackhall Colliery	A. Little	6
	Ammanford Town	Ivor Davies	7
	Crooke and Kirkless	Colin Moore	8
	Kirkby Colliery	Roy Walters	9
	Bold Miners Welfare	T. Wall	10
	Brancepeth Colliery	J. W. Ainsley	11
	Ackton Hall Colliery	D. Metcalfe	13
	Pleasley Colliery	G. Lee	14

16th annual contest.
14 bands competed.