Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	The Belmont Variations 1963
Adjudicators:	Denis Carr , Albert Chappell
Venue:	Guild Hall, Preston, Lancashire, England, UK

Position	Band	Conductor	Draw	Points
1	Fairey Engineering Band	Walter Barrow Hargreaves	10	192
2	Foden Motor Works Band	James Scott	4	189
3	Besses o' th' Barn	David Loukes	2	188
4	CWS (Manchester) Band	Trevor Walmsley	7	186
	Mirrlees Works Band	Kenneth Dennison	1	0
	Hoggarth's Band	Mike Cotter	3	0
	Wingates Temperance Band	Frank Renton	5	0
	East Lancs Paper Group Band	Malcolm Brownbill	6	0
	Stalybridge Old Band	Les Hine	8	0
	Rochdale Band	Norman Ashcroft	9	0
	Goodshaw Band	Michael Antrobus	11	0

11 bands competed