| Pos | Band | Conductor | Dr | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Black Dyke Mills | P. Parkes | 10 | 194 |
| 2 | Brighouse & Rastrick | D. Broadbent | 20 | 192 |
| 3 | Fairey Engineering | R. Evans | 21 | 191 |
| 4 | Hammonds Sauce | G. Whitham | 14 | 190 |
| 5 | Ever Ready | G. Thompson | 11 | 188 |
| 6 | William Davis Construction | J. Berryman | 8 | 187 |
| 7 | CWS (Manchester) | T. Walmsley | 15 | 186 |
| 8 | Cory | B. Gay | 12 | 185 |
| - | Besses o' th' Barn | F. Bryce | 3 | - |
| - | Burton (Newall) | E. Woodhouse | 19 | - |
| - | Carlton Main | D. Stephens | 2 | - |
| - | City of Coventry | K. Dennison | 9 | - |
| - | Desford Colliery | A. Chappell | 7 | - |
| - | East Lancs Paper Group | D. Loukes | 13 | - |
| - | Foden Motor Works | J. Scotts | 6 | - |
| - | Grimethorpe Colliery | H. Snell | 16 | - |
| - | Stanshawe Sun Life | W. Hargreaves | 17 | - |
| - | Templemore | J. W. Birch | 4 | - |
| - | Thoresby Colliery | W. Lippeatt | 22 | - |
| - | Tredegar Town | R. J. Childs | 18 | - |
| - | Wingates Temperance | F. Renton | 1 | - |
| - | Yorkshire Imperial | D. Carr | 5 | - |
Prizes:
1st: £400 plus £2000 Guineas Gold Challenge Trophy.
2nd: £250 plus the Frank Parker Memorial Cup.
3rd: £175
4th: £125
5th: £100
6th: £75
The Iles Medal was awarded to James Scott.
The winning band also received a Sovereign cornet inscribed 'The Harry Mortimer Award'.
Thoresby Colliery, Templemore, East Lancs Paper Group, Burton (Newall), were not invited to the 1978 contest.
