Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	Petite Suite de Ballet 1949
Adjudicators:	Eric Ball
Venue:	Civic Hall, Worsley, Manchester

Position	Band	Conductor	Draw	Points
1	Darwen British Legion	Mike Cotter	6	179
2	Thornsett	Brian Taylor	7	176
3	Llandudno Town	R. H. Williams	8	175
4	Storeys of Lancaster	J. D. Robinson	10	174
	Wigan and District	Alan Mason	1
	Irlam Public	J. R. Hesford	2
	North Ashton Prize	Leslie Naylor	3
	Bolton Borough	D. Crossley	4
	Crooke and Kirkless Welfare	W. Moss	5
	Preston Brook	R. Warren Dorman	9
	Leigh Silver	Alan Hobson	11
W	Flixton Silver

11 bands competed.