Cowal: pipe band results

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Gary Nimmo with the Argyll Shield last night at Dunoon, Scotland.
Gary Nimmo with the Argyll Shield last night at Dunoon, Scotland.

Royal Burgh of Stirling Pipe Band lifted the iconic Argyll Shield at Cowal Highland Gathering yesterday. Grade 1 was uncontested after Johnstone pulled out. The Burgh, officially a Grade 2 outfit, played up a grade.

The band has been led since last season by Gary Nimmo (Pipe Major) and George Walls (Leading Drummer). It also has a Grade 4A band.

Full results:

Kilbarchan Pipe Band at Cowal.
Kilbarchan Pipe Band at Cowal.

Grade 1 – Royal Burgh of Stirling.
Judges: Peter Snaddon and Alvis Kerr (piping); Jim Baxter (drumming) and Paul Turner (ensemble).

Grade 2 (MSR) – 1. Oban High School Pipe Band; 2. Royal Burgh of Stirling; 3. Stockbridge; 4. Scottish Borders.
Judges: Gordon Lawrie and Tom Brown (piping); Alastair Hepburn (drumming) and Jim Campbell (ensemble).

Grade 2 – 1. Royal Burgh of Stirling Pipe Band; 2. Stockbridge; 3. Oban High School; 4. Scottish Borders.
Judges: Peter Snaddon and Alvis Kerr (piping); Jim Baxter (drumming) and Paul Turner (ensemble).

Grade 3 (MSR) – 1. Oban High School; 2. Mid Argyll; 3. Lanark and District (ensemble preference); 4. Coalburn I.O.R.; 5. Stockbridge; 6. Lower Clyde Pipes and Drums.
Judges: Gordon Lawrie and Tom Brown (piping); Alastair Hepburn (drumming) and Jim Campbell (ensemble).

Grade 3 – 1. Stockbridge; 2. Oban High School; 3. Lanark and District; 4. Coalburn I.O.R.; 5. Rothesay and District; 6. Scottish Borders.
Judges: Peter Snaddon and Alvis Kerr (piping); Jim Baxter (drumming) and Paul Turner (ensemble).

Juvenile – 1. George Watson’s College NJ B; 2. Tobermory High School.
Judges: Peter Snaddon and Alvis Kerr (piping); Jim Baxter (drumming) and Paul Turner (ensemble).

Grade 4A/Novice Juvenile A – 1. Mid Argyll; 2. Lower Clyde Pipes and Drums; 3. Rothesay and District; 4. Kintyre Schools; 5. Renfrewshire Schools; 6. Kirkcaldy and District.
Judges: Gordon Lawrie and Tom Brown (piping); Alastair Hepburn (drumming) and Jim Campbell (ensemble).

Novice Juvenile B – 1. Kintyre Schools; 2. Renfrewshire Schools; 3. George Watson’s College (ensemble preference); 4. Troon Blackrock (ensemble preference); 5. Ullapool and District; 6. Kilbarchan.
Judges: Peter Snaddon and Alvis Kerr (piping); Jim Baxter (drumming) and Paul Turner (ensemble).

The history of Cowal Highland Gathering is currently being serialised in the pages of the Piping Times.

Oban High School.
Oban High School.