I arrived at Paisley around lunchtime on Saturday and after a coffee, picked up a programme (free) and headed over to the Grade 1 arena for the 2pm start of the British Pipe Band Championship . Readers will know all the usual caveats about the audience not being as close as the judges are to the bands, extraneous chatter etc, etc and this should be borne in mind when they read this…
Scottish Power Pipe Band were declared the new British Pipe Band Champions today at a sun-drenched St James Playing Fields in Paisley. The other G1 places went to: 2 Inveraray 3 FMM 4 SLoT 5 Boghall 6 Fife Police with the drumming going to: Inveraray. Each band had to submit two Medleys, one of which was chosen at the line. The judges in Grade 1 were Robert Mathieson (ensemble), Robert Shaw…
The first major championship of the pipe band season, the British, are underway at the St James Playing Fields, Paisley, with 126 bands vying for honours across all grades. The RSPBA’s superb team of judges, stewards and officials were on duty from early morning and the first band performance begins at 10am. Grade 1 begins at 2pm, the bands playing in the following order: 1 Buchan Peterson 2 Glasgow Skye 3…
This summary of the performances at the Grade 2 British Championship follows last week’s prelim piece from our Special Correspondent. Here he gives us his thoughts on a hard-fought Grade 2 contest last Saturday at Paisley…. From Arena 4, the one nearest the motorway and the airport take off path. Brightening sky with the earliest contests facing rain just an hour or so earlier. During the grade the clouds ebbed and flowed,…
A damp and cool St James Playing Fields at Paisley west of Glasgow was the venue today for the British Pipe Band Championships, the first major championship of the season. The chill weather affected the bands who were on early in Grade 1, the best performances coming later on. The winners were the holders of the title, Inveraray. They are pictured up top in the in the circle today. They…
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