Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	Diadem of Gold 1953
Adjudicators:	Malcolm Brownbill
Venue:	Theatre Royal, St. Helens

Position	Band	Conductor	Draw	Points
1	British Aerospace (Chadderton)	Simon Wood	13	192
2	British Telecom	Alan Lawton	2	191
3	Hepworth	Norman Law	7	190
4	Freckleton	Paul Dalton	11	189
5	Priest Lindley	Neil Jowett	10	188
6	Longridge	Gordon Clough	5	187
7	Vernon Building Society	Unknown	4	185
8	Thorntons Brass	Stephen Shimwell	9	184
9	Hathern	David Newman	12	183
10	Wigan Buisiness Equipment Flixton	Martin Obermuller	3	182
11	Stalybridge	John Maines	6	178
12	Blackburn & Darwen	Alan Widdop	8	175
13	Vickers Barrow Works	William Maginn	1	173
W	Jackfield Elcock Reisen

13 bands competed