| Pos | Band | Conductor | Dr | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rigid Container Group GUS | B. Tovey | 19 | 195 |
| 2 | Black Dyke Mills | P. Parkes | 13 | 194 |
| 3 | Williams Fairey Engineering | R. Newsome | 4 | 193 |
| 4 | Leyland DAF | R. Evans | 1 | 192 |
| 5 | Britannia Building Society Foden | H. Snell | 16 | 191 |
| 6 | Jaguar Cars (City of Coventry) | R. Farr | 14 | 190 |
| 7 | Grimethorpe Colliery | F. Renton | 12 | - |
| 8 | CWS (Glasgow) | H. Snell | 20 | - |
| - | Besses o' th' Barn | S. Blair | 10 | - |
| - | British Aerospace Wingates | G. Brand | 15 | - |
| - | Cory | A. Kenney | 17 | - |
| - | Desford Colliery Dowty | E. Crees | 6 | - |
| - | Ever Ready | R. Payne | 8 | - |
| - | IMI Yorkshire Imperial | J. Scott | 7 | - |
| - | Kennedy's Swinton Concert | D. King | 9 | - |
| - | Brighouse & Rastrick | D. Broadbent | 2 | - |
| - | Lewington Yamaha | D. James | 5 | - |
| - | Point of Ayr (EIMCO) | G. Cutt | 3 | - |
| - | Sellers College Brass | P. McCann | 18 | - |
| - | Sun Life | P. Cosh | 11 | - |
Prizes:
1st: £2,000 plus the British Open Gold Trophy.
2nd: £1,500 plus the Frank Parker Memorial Cup.
3rd: £1,000 plus the Harry Mortimer Trophy.
4th: £500 plus the Edrich Siebert Memorial Trophy.
5th: £400
6th: £300
The prize money was donated by British Coal.
The Iles Medal was awarded to Derek Broadbent.
Lewington Yamaha, Cory and Besses o' th' Barn were relegated.
