Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	Elgar Variations 2006
Adjudicators:	Robert Childs , Gavin Saynor
Venue:	Winter Gardens (Opera House Theatre), Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK

Position	Band	Conductor	Draw
1	Fodens	Russell Gray	7
2	KNDS Fairey	Philip Chalk	9
3	Pemberton Old Wigan DW	Thomas Wyss	11
4	Freckleton	John Atkinson	8
5	Leyland	Daniel Brooks	1
6	Milnrow	Christopher Binns	2
7	Wardle Anderson Brass	Jamie Cooper	6
8	Boarshurst Silver	Martyn Evans	3
9	Rainford	Adam Taylor	4
10	Whitworth Vale & Healey	Michael Golding	10
11	Acceler8	Jef Sparkes	5

Registered bands in this section that did not compete: Oldham (Lees).

Best Principal Cornet (The Arthur Machin Trophy): Mark Wilkinson, Fodens

First place receives The People Challenge Trophy and £200.
Second place recieves The Regional Secretary's Trophy and £125.
Third place recieves The George Davenport Memorial Trophy and £100.
The conductor of the winning band receives The Roy Newsome Memorial Trophy.
The secretary of the winning band receives The Oliver Howarth Memorial Cup.

Fodens and KNDS Fairey receive an invitation to represent the North West at the Championship Section National Finals 2026.
Rainford and Acceler8 will be relegated to the North West Area First Section in 2027.