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Shotts Win Worlds Title

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Shotts & Dykehead Caledonia Pipe Band are the new World Champions. They won both MSR and Medley sections to take the title today at a cold, but ultimately sunny, Glasgow Green. The above picture shows their P/M Ryan Canning on the giant ‘screen on the Green’ shortly after he received the Worlds trophy. Runners-up were Ireland’s St Laurence O’Toole and they won all the drumming prizes. Shotts’ win was a…

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New Fund to Help RSPBA Juvenile and Novice Juvenile Pipe Bands

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A new fund to assist RSPBA Novice Juvenile and Juvenile Pipe Bands has been launched. The National Juvenile Pipe Band Fund will be administered by the RSPBA. It follows a detailed proposal put to the Association’s Board of Directors by Robert Wallace, the Editor of Pipe Band Magazine, and has been generously supported in the first instance by Mr James Cameron Stuart, a former piper with the Vale of Atholl…

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St Laurence Win Scottish

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Dublin’s St Laurence O’Toole Pipe Band are the new Scottish Champions! SLoT pipped their old rivals Field Marshal Montgomery to the title, to the delight of many in the large crowd at Dumbarton. The win was P/M Alen Tully’s first championship title since he took over from his father Terry last year. P/M Tully is pictured with his front rank up top. Since then, SLoT have been threatening a big…

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PP Editor’s Blog: Corby Games/ German Results/ Inverness Games/ Film Gig

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Forty years ago I was at Corby, in Northants, for the World Pipe Band Championships (yes, the fated we wuz robbed event). Last weekend saw me back there almost to the day to judge the solo piping. Thanks to the influx of steelworkers in the 50s and 60s, Corby has a strong Scottish heritage, and a few thousand turned out for the games and pipe band competition. Before proceedings got…

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Draw for the Scottish PB Champs./ John MacDougall Gillies MS (updated)

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The RSPBA website is back up after a few hours down for essential maintenance. The new draw for the Scottish Championships to be held at Dumbarton on July 25 is announced as: Grade 1 – Final 01 14:15 Peoples Ford – Boghall and Bathgate Caledonia 02 14:25 Cullybackey 03 14:35 Denny and Dunipace Gleneagles 04 14:45 Shotts and Dykehead Caledonia 05 14:55 Inveraray and District 06 15:05 Scottish Power 07 15:15…

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