Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	Thanksgiving 1945
Adjudicators:	Tom Atkinson
Venue:	Belle Vue (Exhibition Hall), Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK

Position	Band	Conductor	Draw	Points
1	Rist's Silverdale Silver	William Skelton	10	175
2	Pleasley Colliery Welfare	R. Parry	7	172
3	Stockport Silver	Harold Bennett	13	170
4	Stanhope Silver	Jack Woodhall	2	166
	Chapeltown Silver Prize	J. Flathers	1
	Oswestry Excelsior Silver Prize	R. Parry	3
	Nelson Civic	Norman Riley	4
	Stafford Borough & British Legion	Sam Hartshorn	5
	Thurcroft Welfare	George W. Sykes	6
	Newhall Town	James J. Sibson	8
	British Railways (Gorton Works)	W. Allen	9
	Prescot Parish Church	A. T. Cull	11
	Nostell Colliery	E. Slinger	12
W	Barrow Colliery
W	Blidworth Colliery Welfare
W	Clifton West End Silver
W	Egremont Town
W	Norman Memorial Band

First Prize: The Daily Mirror Challenge Cup and £15
Second Prize: £10
Third Prize: £8
Fourth Prize: £6