Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	La Forza del Destino (The Force of Destiny) - Overture [arr. F. Wright] 1962
Adjudicators:	Peter Parkes
Venue:	Belle Vue (Kings Hall), Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK

Position	Band	Conductor	Draw	Points
1	Dobcross	Les Beevers	5	190
2	Stalybridge	Ernest Woodhouse	4	186
3	Consett Steel	Jack Dobbs	2	185
4	Vickers Barrow	William Maginn	1	184
5	Warburtons Bakery	John Durrant	3	183

Prizes - 1st £300, trophy and cornet, 2nd £150 and trophy.
Last time Kings Hall was used as contest venue.
5 bands competed.