Format:	Own Choice Test Piece Contest
Adjudicators:	Kevin Bolton
Venue:	Middleton, Manchester

Position	Band	Conductor	Music	Draw	Points
1	Morecambe & Heysham	Steve Tarry		5	183
2	Skelmersdale	R. Gaskell		11	177
3	Radcliffe	Darrol Barry		10	176
4	Boarshurst B	Eric Landon		4	175
5	Wardle	Anthony Briggs		8	174
6	Delph	Philip Goodwin		6	173
7	Uppermill	Harold Robinson		11	172
8	Hessle RBL	Graham Townsend		12	171
9	Littleborough Public	Peter Hewitt		1	170
10	Storey's Decorative Products	Allan Greenwood		7	169
11	Lees & Glodwick	Haydn Morris		9	168
12	Mercian Brass	P. Hogg		2	166
13	Farnworth Old	Jim Hunter	Lorenzo 1928	3	162
14	Warburtons Bolton	Ernie Appleyard		14	160

Prizes - 1st £100 and trophy, 2nd £75 and trophy, 3rd £45 and cup, 4th £30 and trophy.
Hymn tune contest - 1st (£25) Boarshurst 'B'.
28th annual contest.
14 bands competed.