South Inch, Perth, was the venue for this year’s European Pipe Band Championships, the penultimate major of the season. One hundred and fifty-seven bands entered, a huge increase on last year’s 91 at the Euros in Aberdeen. Field Marshal Montgomery were crowned Grade 1 champions.
Grade 1 (4-part MSR)
1 FMM
2 Inveraray
3 Boghall
4 Shotts
5 SLOT
6 Police Fife
Drumming: Boghall
Judges: T Lee, R Walker, A Dudgeon, P Turner
Grade 2 (Medley)
1 N Stratton
2 Pipe Band Club
3 Manorcunningham
4 Annan
5 Glasgow Skye
6 Uddingston
Drumming: N Stratton
Judges: R Shaw, A Kerr, P Brown, P Snaddon
Grade 3a (MSR)
1 Oban
2 Guelph
3 Denny
4 Vale of Atholl
5 Greighlan
6 Dartmouth
Drumming: Vale of Atholl
Judges: G Lawrie, B Donaldson, B Martin, J Baxter
Grade 3b (MSR)
1 Methil
2 Udd. Strath.
3 Lower Clyde
4 Brisbane Boys
5 Burntisland
6 Macalester Coll.
Drumming: Udd. Strath.
Judges: M Rhodes, M Faloon, S Coils, C Edgar
Juvenile (Medley)
1 G Watson’s
2 Dollar Acad.
3 St Thomas Episc.
4 Preston Lodge
Drumming: G Watson’s
Judges: R McShannon, T Brown, A Craig, J Campbell
Grade 4a
1 Dunedin
2 Tweedvale
3 Rothesay
4 Cupar Angus
5 Royal Army, Oman
6 Edmonton
Drumming: Dunedin
Judges: As 3a
Grade 4b
1 2 Scots
2 Govan
3 City of Disc.
4 Kilmarnock
5 Sons of Holy Land
6 Barrhead
Drumming: Sons of Holy Land
Judges: Heat 1 as G1; Heat 2 as G3b
Novice A
1 G Watson’s
2 Lochgelly High
3 Brisbane Boys
4 Renfrew Schools
5 Dollar Acad. 990
6 W Lothian Schools
Drumming: Scots Coll.
Judges: As Juv.
Novice B
1 Dollar Acad.
2 Scots College 2
3 High School Dundee
4 Edinburgh Acad.
5 Lochgelly High
6 Boghall
Drumming: Burntisland
Judges: As G2
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