Results from the European Pipe Band Championships 2024

The European Pipe Band Championships took place today, August 11, hosted by the Perth Highland Games.

Field Marshal Montgomery won Grade 1, and after third, sixth and fifth placings at the previous three majors, the European result may indicate they hitting their peak one week before the World Pipe Band Championships on August 16 and 17. The full results are below.

Grade 1

1. Field Marshal Montgomery
2. Inveraray and District
3. Peoples Ford Boghall and Bathgate Caledonia
4. Shotts and Dykehead Caledonia
5. St Laurence O’Toole
6. Police Scotland Fife
7. Scottish Power
8. St Thomas Alumni
9. Police Scotland and Federation
10. Johnstone
11. City of Dunedin
12. Closkelt

Grade 2

1. North Stratton
2. The Pipe Band Club
3. Manorcunningham – Ensemble Prefrence
4. Royal Burgh of Annan
5. The Glasgow Skye Association
6. Uddingston
7. Ulster Scottish
8. Peel Regional Police
9. Los Angeles Scots
10. Buchan Peterson
11. Portlethen and District
12. City of Edinburgh
13. Coalburn I.O.R.

Grade 3A

1. Oban
2. Guelph
3. Denny and Dunipace
4. Vale of Atholl – Ensemble Preference
5. Greighlan Crossing
6. Dartmouth and District
7. Mackenzie Caledonian
8. City of Discovery
9. Buchan Peterson Development Band
10. Livingston Caledonia
11. Edradour Pitlochry and Blair Atholl
12. TEXO Deeside Caledonia
13. City of London
14. City of Newcastle
15. Macanta
16. City of Inverness
17. Milngavie
18. Dunbar Royal British Legion
19. Turriff and District
20. Stockbridge

Grade 3B

1. Methil and District
2. Uddingston Strathclyde
3. Lower Clyde Pipes and Drums
4. Brisbane Boys’ College Old Collegians
5. Burntisland and District
6. Macalester College Pipe Band
7. Old Scotch Pipe and Drums
8. Wallacestone and District
9. Arbroath
10. City of Manchester
11. Kilbarchan
12. Scottish Borders
13. Ayr Pipe Band Society
14. Kevin R Blandford Memorial
15. Durham Regional Police

Grade 4A

1. City of Dunedin
2. Tweedvale
3. Rothesay and District
4. Coupar Angus
5. Royal Army of Oman
6. Edmonton and District
7. Vale of Atholl
8. Fraserburgh Royal British Legion
9. Kirkcaldy and District
10. Culter and District
11. Troon Blackrock
12. Elgin and District
13. Camelon and District
14. R.A.F. Central Scotland Pipes and Drums – Ensemble Preference
15. Strathendrick
16. Perth and District
17. Kinross and District
18. Long Beach Pipe Band
19. Stockbridge

Grade 4B

1. 2 Scots Pipes, Drums & Bugles
2. Govan Community
3. City of Discovery
4. Kilmarnock
5. Sons of Holyland and District
6. Barrhead and District
7. City of Inverness
8. Uddingston Strathclyde
9. Irvine and District
10. Peebles Ex-Servicemen’s
11. Dunoon Argyll
12. Granite City

Juvenile

1. George Watson’s College
2. Dollar Academy
3. St Thomas Episcopal School
4. Preston Lodge High School

Novice A

1. George Watson’s College
2. Lochgelly High School
3. Brisbane Boys’ College Pipe Band
4. Renfrewshire Schools
5. Dollar Academy
6. West Lothian Schools
7. Scotch College No 1
8. St Columba’s School
9. North Lanarkshire Schools
10. George Heriot’s School
11. Oban High School

Novice B

1. Dollar Academy
2. Scotch College No 2
3. High School of Dundee
4. Edinburgh Academy
5. Lochgelly High School Junior – Ensemble Preference
6. Peoples Ford Boghall and Bathgate Caledonia
7. Bucksburn and District Novice
8. Burntisland and District
9. Brisbane Boys’ College Pipe Band
10. Capital District Youth Pipe Band
11. Oban High School Pipe Band
12. Kintyre Schools – Ensemble Preference
13. Preston Lodge High School Pipe Band
14. North Lanarkshire Schools
15. Stirling and District Schools Junior
16. Falkirk Schools
17. Balerno and District Schools Pipe Band
18. Tynecastle
19. West Lothian Schools
20. Renfrewshire Schools Development Pipe Band