Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	Sinfonietta for Brass Band - The Wayfarer 1976
Adjudicators:	William Relton
Venue:	Albert Hall, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK

Position	Band	Conductor	Draw	Points
1	Ransome Hoffman Pollard	Stephen Shimwell	3	197
2	Thoresby Colliery	William Lippeatt	2	194
3	Ibstock Building Products	P. Hannam	4	192
4	Teversal Colliery	Allan Street	6	191
	Calverton Celtite Welfare	L. J. Hartill	1
	Shirland Miners Welfare	Doug Carlin	5
	Loughborough	Bud Fisher	7

Prizes - 1st £200 and trophy, 2nd £120 and trophy, 3rd £80 and trophy.
17th annual contest.
7 bands competed.