| Pos | Band | Conductor | Dr | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rigid Container Group | 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 | 189 |
| 8 | CWS (Glasgow) | H. Snell | 20 | 187 |
| 9 | Sun Life | P. Cosh | 11 | 186 |
| 10 | Kennedy's Swinton Concert | D. King | 9 | 185 |
| 11 | British Aerospace Wingates | G. Brand | 15 | 184 |
| 12 | Desford Colliery Dowty | E. Crees | 6 | 182 |
| 13 | Brighouse & Rastrick | D. Broadbent | 2 | 180 |
| 14 | IMI Yorkshire Imperial | J. Scott | 7 | 178 |
| 15 | Ever Ready | R. Payne | 8 | 177 |
| 16 | Point of Ayr (EIMCO) | G. Cutt | 3 | 176 |
| 17 | Sellers College Brass | P. McCann | 18 | 175 |
| 18 | Besses o' th' Barn | S. Blair | 10 | 174 |
| 19 | Lewington Yamaha | D. James | 5 | 173 |
| 20 | Cory | A. Kenney | 17 | 172 |
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.
