Format:	Own Choice Test Piece Contest
Adjudicators:	Richard Arrand
Venue:	Queen Elizabeth Hall, Oldham, Greater Manchester, England, UK

Position	Band	Conductor	Music	Draw	Points
1	Quaker Sutherland	David Hirst		1	193
2	Goodshaw	Michael Antrobus		10	192
3	Barrow Colliery	Raymond Elderton		13	191
4	Mossley	Harold Robinson		2	190
4	Vickers Barrow	Barry Thompson		4	190
	Hade Edge	Jack Fisher		3
	Boarshurst	Bryan Garside		5
	Queensbury Music Centre	Andrew Owenson		6
	Hebden Bridge	Bessie Ackroyd		7
	Marple	A. F. Ashworth		8
	Cadishead Public	J. R. Hesford	Call of the Sea 1953	9
	Newton Heath W.M.C.	Charles Holt		11
	Staveley Works	E. Kennedy		12
	Rothwell Temperance	Gerald Roberts		14
	Hammonds Sauce B	A. W. McLauchlan		15
	Burnage Manchester	Gary Newborough		16

7th annual contest
Prizes - 1st £50 and cup, 2nd £40 and cup, 3rd £20, 4th £15.
16 bands competed.
6th annual contest.