Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	Overture to Youth 1977
Adjudicators:	David Read
Venue:	Town Hall, Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire

Position	Band	Conductor	Draw	Points
1	Lynemouth	Dennis Noble	4	176
2	Ellington Colliery	Maurice Priestley	10	172
3	Sacriston Colliery	Ken Wheatley	5	171
4	Sunderland Borough	D. W. Walton	11	170
5	Brancepeth Welfare	Neil Davies	12	169
6	Felling Silver	C. Milburn	2
	Ryhope Colliery	Joe Lumsden	1
	Thornley Public	Harold Strong	3
	Marske	Chris Lawn	6
	Haverton Hill Silver	Arthur Morrison	7
	Blackhall Colliery	A. Little	8
	Monkwearmouth Lodge	R. Knights	9
	Boldon Colliery	William English	13

13 bands competed.