Format:	Own Choice from a Specified List
Adjudicators:	James H. Howe
Venue:	City Hall, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Position	Band	Conductor	Music	Points
1	Ever Ready Craghead	Eric Cunningham	High Peak 1969	197
2	Scottish CWS	Enoch Jackson	Tam O'Shanter's Ride [Wright] 1956	196
3	Easington Colliery	Cecil Peacock	Tam O'Shanter's Ride [Wright] 1956	194
4	Lochgelly Public	Archie Smith	The Belmont Variations 1963	192

Test pieces were a choice of Tam O'Shanter's Ride, Belmont Variations or High Peak.
3rd annual contest promoted by Newcastle and District Trades Council.