Field Marshal Montgomery are the new UK Pipe Band Champions winning today in Belfast, Northern Ireland, in blustery weather conditions.
They secured two firsts for piping, a first for drumming, and a third for ensemble. One MSR was required in G1. The other places in the top grade went to:
2 Boghall (3,3,2,1)
3 SLOT (2,2,4,2)
4 Shotts (4,4,3,4)
5 Fife Police (5,5,55)
6 Ravara (6,6,6,6)
with the drumming going to Boghall.
Judges for the Grade 1 Championship were: Mark Faloon, Don Bradford, Keith Orr and Tom Brown. Other results below as we get them. Sixty-nine bands entered, slightly down on last year’s 76 at Bangor.
Grade 2 (Medley):
1 Annan
2 Manorcunningham
3 Uddingston
4 Johnstone
5 Denny
6 Tullylagan
Drumming: Annan
Grade 3a (MSR)
1 Burntisland
2 Cloughfin
3 Maj. Sinclair
4 MacNeilstown
5 Mat Boyd
6 Kildoag
Drumming: Cloughfin
Grade 3b (MSR)
1 Drumlough
2 Ballyboley
3 New Ross
4 Kilbarchan
5 Down P&D
6 W Kerr
Drumming: New Ross
Juvenile (Medley)
1 G Watson’s
2 Preston Lodge
Drumming: P Lodge
Grade 4a
1 Carrigaline
2 Gransha
3 Altnaveigh
4 Moneygore
5 Cullen
6 Ballybreist
Drumming: Carrigaline
Grade 4b
1 Tullylagan
2 Hollymount
3 Udd. Strathclyde
4 Limerick
5 Bready
6 J Forde
Drumming: Tullylagan
Novice A
1 George Watson’s
2 Dundee High
3 P Lodge
Drumming: G Watson’s
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