Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	Caesar and Cleopatra
Adjudicators:	Peter Wilson
Venue:	Guild Hall, Preston, Lancashire, England, UK

Position	Band	Conductor	Points
1	Besses Boys	Barrie Chappell	187
2	Metropolitan Borough of Wigan Schools	J. Woodward	185
3	Crewe Co-operative Youth	David Moulton	184
	Rochdale Metropolitan Youth	John A. Siswick
	Vickers Junior	Barry Thompson

Correction published in British Bandsman 19/04/1980 states that Rochdale Metropolitan Youth were 2nd with 185 points and not Wigan Schools.
5 bands competed.