Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	Chorale and Variations [Lucas] 1968
Adjudicators:	William Relton
Venue:	St. Bede's School, Sunderland

Position	Band	Conductor	Draw	Points
1	Shotton Colliery Silver Prize Band	J. Kitching	8	180
2	Hetton Silver	Ray White	3	178
3	Cargo Fleet Works	A. Rutherford	4	176
4	Sunderland Youth	Earnest Camsey	2	175
	Marske and District	W. H. Gelson	1
	Cockerton Silver	S. Morris	5
	Stanhope Silver	Jack Woodhall	6
	Backworth Colliery	George Lee	7
W	Esh Winning Colliery
W	Hartlepool Public
W	Shildon Town
W	Thornley Colliery
W	Washington Glebe Colliery

Prizes - 1st £15 and shield, 2nd £10, 3rd £7.
8 bands competed.