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Worlds: Inveraray Take the Big One/ Scotland Win Every Grade Bar One

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Inveraray Pipe Band under P/M Stuart Liddell and L/D Steven McWhirter are the new World Pipe Band Champions. They were placed ahead of Northern Ireland’s Field Marshal Montgomery, so reversing last year’s 1/2. Inveraray also took the drumming title. 220 bands took part across all grades. Conditions were wet in the morning but warm and dry in the afternoon. Scottish bands were to the fore in every grade except 4b…

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Worlds Grade 1 Qualifiers Announced, ‘Brolly Wars’ Discussed and Drones Banned!

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The Qualifying Heats for the Grade 1 World Pipe Band Championship were held today at a blustery but ultimately dry Glasgow Green. Pic above is of the 78th Fraser Highlanders who unfortunately didn’t make it to the final.  Twenty bands were vying for 12 places in tomorrow’s final. Those who made it through, in playing order for tomorrow, were: Shotts Inveraray Glasgow Police Fife Police Dowco Triumph Street PSNI St…

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PP Ed’s Blog: Worlds Viewing/ Book Launches/ RACPADS Sponsor

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Worlds Grade 1 Qualifying gets underway shortly. It is raining and overcast in Glasgow. Cape-wearing weather but not cold. Those not managing to Glasgow Green can watch the action here, details courtesy the RSPBA: The Grade 1 qualification on Friday will again be streamed live by Inner Ear on behalf of Glasgow Life. The stream will consist of only the main arena and not the secondary arena. Online viewers will see…

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‘RISE’, the 23rd Annual Worlds Weeks Pipe Band Concert by Shotts & Dykehead Caledonia

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Straight off the bat, we’ll avoid the mumbo jumbo about the Pre Worlds’ Concert (PWC) band having the best chance of winning the big title itself a few days later.  It’s one of those unconscious bias things we have, and in most recent times only FMM has done it. A double-edged sword perhaps. All that practice and time spent on the programme content, whilst the competitive edge may not really…

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CLASP Grade 2 – World Solo Amateur Piping

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Margaret Dunn reports: Please find attached the results from CLASP Grade 2 – ‘World Solo Amateur Piping Competition’ at Piping Live! The venue was St Aloysius Convent Chapel and the judge today [Aug 9] was Willie McCallum.  Piobaireachd 1st David McRobb 2nd Evan Wraga 3rd George Gordon 2/4 March 1st David McRobb 2nd Stewart Allan 3rd George Gordon Strathspey and Reel 1st David McRobb 2nd Stephen Ross 3rd Stewart Allan Jig 1st…

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