Bught Park, Inverness, was the venue for this year’s European Pipe Band Championships, the third major of the season. Ninety – nine bands entered. Inveraray were crowned Grade 1 champions.
The full result was:
1 Inveraray (pictured)
2 Scottish Power
3 Field Marshal
4 SLOT
5 Fife Police
6 Boghall
Drumming: Inveraray
Judges: D Brown, R Mathieson, D MacPhee, J Wilson
Grade 2
1 Annan
2 Buchan Peterson
3 Uddingston
4 City of Edinburgh
5 Portletham
6 Worcester Kiltie (USA)
Drumming: Buchan Peterson
Judges: T Brown, A Craig, J Semple, P Snaddon
Grade 3a
1 Vale of Atholl
2 Deeside Cal.
3 Johnstone
4 Denny & Dunipace
5 The Highlanders (4 Scots)
6 Stockbridge
Drumming: Denny
Judges: J Baxter, A Dudgeon, C Moffat, M Rhodes
Grade 3b
1 Milngavie
2 Tweedvale
3 Edradour Pitlochry
4 Macanta
5 Royal Scots Dragoon Guards
6 Ayr Society
Drumming: Macanta
Judges: M Fallon, G Lawrie, A kerr, B Martin
Juvenile
1 Dollar Acad.
2 Geo. Watson’s
3 Preston Lodge
Drumming: Dollar
Judges: As G1
Grade 4a
1 Lower Clyde
2 Kinross
3 Camelon
4 Vale of Atholl
5 Stirling
6 Strathendrick
Drumming: Stirling
Judges: As G2
Grade 4b
1 Kilbarchan
2 Dunoon Argyll
3 Oldmeldrum RBL
4 Greyfriars
5 Troon Blackstock
6 City of Discovery
Drumming: Kilbarchan
Judges: As 3b
Novice A
1 Dollar Acad.
2 Geo. Watson’s
3 Geo. Heriot’s
4 Stirling Schools
Drumming: G Heriot’s
Judges: As G1
Novice B
1 Dundee High School
2 St Columba’s School
3 N Lanarkshire Schools
4 Oban High School
5 Burntisland
6 Bucksburn
Drumming: HS Dundee
Judges: As G3a
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