Format:	Own Choice Test Piece Contest
Adjudicators:	Norman Ashcroft
Venue:	Sir Fred Longworth High School, Tyldesley, Lancashire

Position	Band	Conductor	Music	Draw	Points
1	Latchford	Fred Ingham	The Seasons [Carr] 1971	6	184
2	Marple	D. Langley		9	182
3	Ifton Colliery Welfare	Eric Foster		2	180
4	Hindley Prize	Granville Jennings		8	178
	Central Manchester	P. Casson		1
	Boothstown British Legion	F. Curran		3
	Windsor	Jack Clayton		4
	Norman Memorial Youth	J. Crich		5
	Bedford Church	G. A. Littlewood		7
	Trinity Girls	Granville Jennings		10
W	Bolton Borough

Prizes - 1st £20 and cup, 2nd £15 and trophy, 3rd £8 and cup.
Best trombone - Boothstown.
Best Horn - Hindley.
Best euphonium - Ifton.
Best cornet - Latchford.
2nd annual contest promoted by Tyldesley Band.
10 bands competed.