Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	La Forza del Destino (The Force of Destiny) - Overture [arr. F. Wright] 1962
Adjudicators:	Dennis Masters , Harry Mortimer
Venue:	Bolton Town Hall, Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, UK

Position	Band	Conductor	Draw	Points
1	Desford Colliery	Ernest Woodhouse	5	92
2	British Vita	John Harrison	1	89
3	Stalybridge	Les Hine	2	87
4	Goodshaw	Herbert H. Howarth	8	87
	Hoggarths	Harry Bentham	3
	Mossley	Derek Ashmore	4
	Walkden	Ernest Vint	6
	Newhall	Raymond Thorpe	7

8 bands competed