Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	Mexican Fiesta 1970
Adjudicators:	Cyril B. Carter
Venue:	City Hall, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Position	Band	Conductor	Draw	Points
1	Whitworth and Spennymoor	Joseph Mains	2	187
2	Cockerton Silver	S. Morris	3	184
3	Fishburn Colliery	S. Morris	1	182
4	Ryhope Colliery	Joe Lumsden	6	181
	Esh Colliery	Thompson Minnis	4
	Washington Glebe	C. Milburn	5
	Boldon Colliery	R. C. Gibson	7
	Hetton Silver	Stan Cranson	8
W	Murton Colliery
W	Stanhope Silver

8 bands competed.