Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	Galleons Reach 1959
Adjudicators:	William A. Scholes
Venue:	St. Bede's School, Sunderland

Position	Band	Conductor	Points
1	Cowpen and Crofton	John Carr	174
2	Head Wrightson Works	Cliff Midgley	170
3	Bedlington Dr Pit	George Wright	163
	Boldon Colliery	Harvey Hurst
	Cockerton Silver	Ray White
	Darlington British Railways	F. W. Tompkins
	Ellington Colliery	W. S. Bond
	Esh Colliery	Ray White
	Hazelrigg and Coxlodge Colliery	R. A. Fairbairn
	Pelton Fell Workmen	D. Slaughter
	Silksworth Colliery	John Peacock
	Thornley Colliery	Edward Kitto
	Washington Colliery	Albert Ward
	Wheatley Hill Colliery	Harold Strong

14 bands competed.