Format:	Own Choice Test Piece Contest
Adjudicators:	F. J. Beckingham
Venue:	Drill Hall, Powell Street, Wigan

Position	Band	Conductor	Music	Draw	Points
1	Prescot	George Lawrenson	Egmont [arr. Ball] 1949	11	194
2	Hindley	R. Peacock	The Gay Delavals 1971	8	191
3	Eagley Mills	Ernie Appleyard	The Gay Delavals 1971	3	190
4	Pemberton Old	George Roby	Indian Summer 1950	10
	Latchford	Fred Ingham	The Seasons [Carr] 1971	1
	Littleborough Public	H. Halstead	Sinfonietta Pastorale 1946	2
	Darwen British Legion	Alan Marsh	The Princess and the Poet 1960	4
	Point of Ayr	G. Lewis	Little Suite for Brass [Arnold] 1963	5
	Bedford Church	G. A. Littlewood	The Young in Heart 1964	6
	Windsor	Jack Clayton	Peter Schmoll 1961	7
	Bolton Borough	E. Foulkes	Little Suite for Brass [Arnold] 1963	9

March contest (Cornish Cavalier)- 1st Prescot.
Prizes - 1st £20 and trophy, 2nd £10 and trophy, 3rd £8 and trophy.
11 bands competed.