Format:	Own Choice Test Piece Contest
Adjudicators:	Dennis Wilby
Venue:	Guild Hall (Charter Theatre), Preston, Lancashire, England, UK

Position	Band	Conductor	Music	Draw	Points
1	Glossop Old	James Cant	The Land of the Long White Cloud - Aotearoa 1979	15	187
2	Darley Dale	Sarah Groarke-Booth		14	185
3	Marple 'B'	S. Phillips		12	183
	Greenway Selectus	Lynda Nicholson		1
	United Co-op Crewe	Jef Sparkes		2
	Golborne	John Hinckley		3
	Blackpool Brass	Alec Evans		4
	Skelmersdale	J. Roberts		5
	Hoover Bolton	Peter Ashley		6
	Moston and Beswick	Robert Taylor		7
	Poulton-le-Fylde	Fred Bowker		8
	Greenalls Brewery	Howard Bousefield		9
	Walkden	Mike Cotter		10
	Mossley	Roy Waite		11
	Flimby Saxhorn	Ian Porthouse		13
	Haydock Ogden Travel	Edward Tarling		16
W	City of Stoke-on-Trent
W	Cobden Chadwick

Prizes - 1st £150 and trophy, 2nd £100 and trophy, 3rd £50 and trophy.
16 bands competed.
48th annual contest.