Duthie Park, Aberdeen, was the venue for this year’s European Pipe Band Championships, the second major of the season. Ninety – one bands entered. Inveraray were crowned Grade 1 champions, retaining their title from 2022.
Grade 1 (4-part MSR)
1 Inveraray (pictured)
2 FMM
3 Boghall
4 SLOT
5 Shotts
6 Power
Drumming: FMM
Judges: Maurice Rhodes, Thomas Brown, Brian Martin and Terry Lee
Grade 2 (Medley)
1 Portlethan
2 Annan
3 Buchan Peterson
4 Edinburgh
5 Glasgow Skye
6 Uddingston
Drumming: Annan
Judges: Robert Mathieson, James Campbell, Alec Dudgeon and David Brown
Grade 3a (MSR)
1 Coalburn IOR
2 Deeside
3 City of London
4 Denny & Dunipace
5 Vale of Atholl
6 Inverness
Drumming: Vale of Atholl
Judges: Mark Faloon, John Moles, Lee Innes and Paul Turner
Grade 3b (MSR)
1 Ross & Cromarty
2 Arbroath
3 Ayr Soc.
4 Methil
5 Macanta
6 Lower Clyde
Drumming: Macanta
Judges: Ross Walker, Gordon Lawrie, Allan Craig and Alan Ronaldson
Juvenile (Medley)
1 Dollar Acad.
2 G Watson’s
3 Preston Lodge
Drumming: Dollar
Judges: Maurice Rhodes, Thomas Brown, Brian Martin and Terry Lee
Grade 4a
1 Burntisland
2 Culter
3 Uddingston Strathclyde
4 Stirling
5 Strathendrick
6 Coupar Angus
Drumming: Udd. Strath.
Judges: Robert Mathieson, James Campbell, Alec Dudgeon and David Brown
Grade 4b
1 Venlo Cal. – Netherlands
2 Fraserburgh
3 Irvine
4 Aberdeen
5 Dunoon Argyll
6 Greyfriars
Drumming: Venlo
Judges: Ross Walker, Gordon Lawrie, Allan Craig and Alan Ronaldson
Novice A
1 G Watson’s
2 Dollar Acad.
3 W Lothian Schools
4 St Columba’s School
5 High School Dundee
6 N Lanarkshire Schools
Drumming: High School Dundee
Judges: Maurice Rhodes, Thomas Brown, Brian Martin and Terry Lee
Novice B
1 Erskine Stewart Melville
2 Renfrew Schools
3 Lochgelly High
4 Preston Lodge
5 Oban High School
6 Dollar Acad.
Drumming: Erskine Stewart Melville
Judges: Mark Faloon, John Moles, Lee Innes and Paul Turner
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