Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	Overture to Youth 1977
Adjudicators:	Gordon Higginbottom , John Hudson
Venue:	Pontins Holiday Centre, Ainsdale Beach, Southport

Position	Band	Conductor	Draw	Points
1	Hollingworth	James Cant	6	188
2	Eccles Borough	Graham Smith	2	186
3	Normid 2000 Brass	Dave Newton	8	185
4	Royal Oakley Silver	John Glyn Jones	7	184
	Standish	Kenneth Rollins	1
	Trinity Girls	William Carter	3
	Knottingley Silver	Steve Platten	4
	Rhyl Silver	Gwynfor T. Davies	5
W	Bury Brass
W	East Manchester

Prizes - 1st £400 and cup, 2nd £250, 3rd £175.
8 bands competed.