George Watson’s College Edinburgh are the new Juvenile World Champions. Other places announced this evening were:
2 Dollar Academy 3 George Heriot’s 4 Preston Lodge 5 Renfrew Schools.
West Lothian Schools are the new Novice Juvenile ‘A’ World Pipe Band Champions.
Full results in Novice A were: 1 West Lothian Schools 2 Lochgelly High 3 George Watson’s 369 4 Brisbane Boys 5 Dundee High 6 Scots College, Sydney; Drumming: G Watson’s.
Novice ‘B’: 1 St John’s College, Zimbabwe 2 Scots College 2, Australia 3 Scots College – Sydney 4 Lochgelly High 5 Oban High 6 Dollar Acad.; Drumming: Glasgow Acad.
Five bands competed in Juvenile, 14 in Novice A and 30 in Novice B. These competitions took place today (Aug.15)after the first round of MSRs and Medleys in Grade 1 were completed at 2.30pm.
Weather conditions were perfect with warm winds and cloud cover protecting against a fierce sun. There was a large crowd in attendance, probably the best there has been for the Worlds on a Friday and a significant influx of enthusiasts entered Glasgow Green mid afternoon for the start of the junior contests.
The weather is set fair for tomorrow but if you cannot manage to Glasgow Green for day 2 of the Worlds here’s the link for the Saturday livestream. Viewers need to create an account.
Things should be over rather earlier than usual given that the lengthy march past has been scrapped in favour of the ‘all in at once’ approach adopted successfully at the Europeans in Perth.
Full summary sheets here.
Saturday’s G1 MSR schedule: 11:15 Closkelt 11:25 78th Frasers 11:35 Boghall 11:45 SLOT 11:55 Inveraray 12:05 Ravara 12:15 FMM 12:25 St Thomas Alumni 12:35 Scot. Power 12:45 SFU 12:55 Manawatu 13:05 Shotts 13:15 Fife Police 13:25 Johnstone
Saturday’s G1 Medley schedule: 14:30 Closkelt 14:42 78th Frasers 14:54 Boghall 15:06 SLOT 15:18 Inveraray 15:30 Ravara 15:42 FMM 15:54 St Thomas Alumni 16:06 Scot. Power 16:18 SFU 16:30 Manawatu 16:42 Shotts 16:54 Fife Police 17:06 Johnstone
This is the 77th iteration of the Worlds with 207 bands taking part, including 122 from Scotland, 25 from Northern Ireland, 14 from the US and ten from Eire.
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