Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	Indian Summer 1950
Adjudicators:	Nicholas Garman , Sarah Groarke-Booth
Venue:	Winter Gardens (Pavilion Theatre), Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK

Position	Band	Conductor	Draw
1	Wardle Community	Jane Conway	9
2	Brindle	Steve Hartley	8
3	Onchan Silver	David Karran	12
4	St. John's Mossley	Ben Hill-Wilson	3
5	Red Admiral Brass	Stuart Barton	5
6	Farnworth and Walkden	Matthew Whitfield	1
7	Darwen Brass	David W. Ashworth	13
8	Manx Youth	Ian Clague	6
9	Greenfield	Paul Towle	4
10	Dobcross Youth	James Atkins	2
11	Stacksteads	Matthew Speight	11
12	Cadishead Public	David Holland	7
13	Blackley	Karl Stott	10

Best Trombones: St John's Mossley

Registered bands that did not compete: Crewe, Douglas Town, Port Sunlight Lyceum.

Wardle Community and Brindle receive an invitation to represent the North West at the Fourth Section National Finals 2026.
Onchan Silver and Red Admiral Brass will be promoted to the North West Area Third Section in 2027.