Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	Essay for Brass Band [Gregson] 1970
Adjudicators:	Colin Hardy , David Hirst
Venue:	Winter Gardens (Empress Ballroom), Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK

Position	Band	Conductor	Draw
1	VBS Poynton	Neil Samuel	5
2	Rainford	Gareth Brindle	1
3	Longridge	Mark Peacock	11
4	Pemberton Old Wigan DW	Kevin Gibbs	6
5	Haslingden & Helmshore	John Hinckley	7
6	Wardle Anderson Brass	Sean Conway	12
7	Mossley	Duncan Byers	4
8	Silk Brass	Anthony Wyatt	9
9	Bollington Brass	Peter Christian	2
10	Eccles Borough	Mareika Gray	14
11	Marple	Sarah Groarke-Booth	8
12	Poulton-le-Fylde	Dave Collins	3
13	Whitworth Vale & Healey	John Binns	13
14	Hazel Grove	Nigel Beasley	10