Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	Contest Day 1961
Adjudicators:	Eric Ball
Venue:	Belle Vue (Cumberland Suite), Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK

Position	Band	Conductor	Draw	Points
1	Shotton Colliery	W. F. Buckley	11	182
2	Kirkby Colliery Welfare	Reginald Mason	1	182
3	Bridlington Excelsior	H. Gofton	13	180
4	Elland C.E.F.A. Youth	William Henry Exley	19	176
	Bentley Colliery Silver	Norman Edwards
	Bullcroft Miners Ambulance	James Woods
	City of Leicester W.M.C	R. Jackson
	Earby Prize	E. Gregory
	Glossop Brass	Marcus Cutts
	Grimethorpe Colliery Junior	Fred Silver
	Guiseley	Ron Whybert Stevenson
	Helmshore Prize	Willie Wood
	Heywood Old	Harold Smith
	Holmes Mills	Walter Hargreaves
	Honley Silver	Ellery Ainley
	Ifton Colliery Welfare	W. Summerskill
	Killamarsh Silver	John Shimwell
	Matlock Junior	Murray Slater
	Middleton Victoria	Frank Boylin
	Ryhill Silver	F. T. Smith
	Spenborough	M. Mervin
	Stafford Borough & B.L.	Sam Hartshorn
	Stockport Silver	Harold Bennett
	Wetherby Silver	Tom Atkinson

24 bands competed.