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FM Win First Outdoor of Season (Updated with Pictures and Full Report)

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Ards & North Down Championship Story by Gilbert Cromie Pictures by John Kelly Field Marshal Montgomery Pipe Band from Lisburn (pictured) won the first outdoor contest of the Northern Irish pipe band season today by taking first at the Ards and North Down Championships at Bangor. The championship, the first pipe band contest of the 2018 season, was held at Castle Grounds, Bangor on Saturday 12th May.  Hosted by the…

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John Retires With a Look Back at Northern Ireland's 2017 Band Scene

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After ten years of covering pipe band events and competitions John Kelly (RSPBANI Honorary Vice-President) has decided to pack away the Nikon D3 camera, hang up the now familiar straw hat and retire from the pipe band scene.  In concluding this ‘Review of 2017’ John would like to thank his many pipe band and drum major friends for many special memories and wish them every success in 2018. January (pic…

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