Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	Three Inventions 1968
Adjudicators:	David Read
Venue:	Belle Vue (Kent Suite), Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK

Position	Band	Conductor	Draw	Points
1	Clifton and Lightcliffe	James Hickman	18	186
2	Glossop	Barry Hinde	19	185
3	Thurlstone Brass	Eric Crossley	14	183
4	Marsden Silver	Herbert H. Howarth	12	182
	Cheshire Constabulary	Charles Holt	1
	Ecclesfield Silver	P. V. Lewis	2
	Middleton	Gordon Dean	3
	Warrington Youth	Len Andrews	4
	Newton Aycliffe Town	S. D. Morris	5
	Moston and Beswick	Albert Risby	6
	Dove Holes Public	R. Ball	7
	Thorne Town	T. Sellers	8
	Tintwistle	Norman Ashcroft	9
	Sale Concert	William J. Corry	10
	Royal Oakeley Silver	Robert Morgan	11
	Durham Constabulary	Keith MacDonald	13
	Lincoln	Ellerby Cox	15
	Porthywaen Silver	J. Pugh	16
	Leigh Silver	Derek Pendlebury	17
	Holme Silver	David Hirst	20

Brass Band News June 1976 shows 3rd prize as Tintwistle.