Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	Blenheim (Heroic Overture) 1972
Adjudicators:	Kevin Bolton
Venue:	Theatre Royal, St. Helens

Position	Band	Conductor	Draw	Points
1	Eccles Borough	Martin Obermuller	6	186
2	Haydock	J. K. Irving	2	181
3	Latchford	Fred Ingham	3	177
	Eccleston	Douglas Blackledge	1
	Ellesmere Port Silver	David Lancashire	4
	Didsbury Brass	Graham Smith	5
W	Bury Silver
W	Cobden Chadwick
W	Flixton
W	Irwell Forge

Prizes - 1st £130 and trophy, 2nd £90 and cup, 3rd £70 and cup.
6 bands competed.
4th annual contest.