County Fermanagh Championships, Enniskillen

Here are the results from the County Fermanagh Championships held at Enniskillen yesterday. There was an entry of twenty three bands including half a dozen from the Irish Pipe Band Association and thirty two drum majors.

While it was a dull day it stayed dry enabling a decent crowd to enjoy the competition which was held on the spacious Broadmeadow grounds of the Lakeland Forum Leisure Complex against the background of Enniskillen Castle. 

Grade 2 British Champions Closkelt lifted the Grade 1 title unopposed whilst they beat off a challenge from the Grade 3A Matt Boyd Memorial in Grade 2.

Battlehill won Grade 3A thanks to two perfect piping scores while Quinn Memorial won the drumming. Local band Clogher & District pushed them close to take second place. McNeillstown won both the band and drumming prizes in Grade 3B while in Grade 4A Augharan were the winners with Gransha taking the drum corps trophy. 

In 4B it was IPBA band Carlow that had a five point winning margin taking the drum corps prize as well. Mountjoy lifted second place on ensemble preference over the William Kerr Memorial whose pipe corps had an excellent day scoring two ones.

World Champion Drum Majors Emma Barr [Adult] and Jamie Cupples [Juvenile] had their first wins of the season while British Champion Louis Anderson [Junior] made it a treble having won at Paisley and Newtownards. Carys Graham [Novice] had her first win of the season.

The full results were as follows: Bands: Grade 1: 1^stCloskelt [also Best Pipes, Drums, Bass Section and M&D].

Grade 2: 1^st Closkelt [also Best Pipes, Drums and Bass Section], 2^nd Matt Boyd Memorial [also Best M&D].

Grade 3A: 1^st Battlehill, 2^nd Clogher & District, 3^rd Quinn Memorial, 4^th Matt Boyd Memorial.

Grade 3B: 1^st McNeillstown [also Best Drums and Bass Section], 2^ndCleland Memorial [Best M&D].

Grade 4A: 1^st Augharan, 2^nd Kildoag, 3^rd Cloughfin [also Best Bass Section], 4^th Arklow. Best Drums: Gransha. Best M&D Derryclavin.

Grade 4B: 1^st Carlow [also Best Drums and Bass Section], 2^nd Mountjoy, 3^rd William Kerr Memorial [also Best M&D], 4^th Syerla.

Drum Majors: Novice: 1^st Carys Graham, 2^nd Mia Buckley, 3rd Harry Mills, 4^th Jorja Turkington. 5^th Katie Clark.

Junior: 1^st Louis Anderson, 2^nd Leanne Crooks, 3^rd Louise Smiton, 4^thBenjamin Walker, 5^th Jamie Livingston.

Juvenile: 1^st Jamie Cupples, 2^nd Abigail Wenlock, 3^rd Kathryn Mc Keown, 4^th Jason Nicholl, 5^th Katie Bicker.

Adult: 1^st Emma Barr, 2^nd Andrea McKeown, 3^rd James Kennedy, 4^th Jason Price, 5^th Joanne Graham.