Tag: Dumbarton

Results from the Scottish Pipe Band Championships 2023

Results from the Scottish Pipe Band Championships 2023

The Scottish Pipe Band Championships were held today, Saturday July 29, at Levengrove Park in Dumbarton. The full results were as follows: Grade 1 Thanks to @pixbypedro for permission to use his photos, check out his work on Instagram or buy a print from https://pixbypedro.bigcartel.com/ Grade 2 Juvenile Novice Juvenile […]

Scottish Pipe Band Championships, Dumbarton, 2009. ©JohnSlavin@designfolk.com/Bagpipe.news

Pipe Major Don Bradford

This photo is from the Scottish Pipe Band Championships at Dumbarton, back on May 16, 2009 when the Scottish was the first major of the season. The first major of 2022 will be the British Championships at Battery Park, Greenock on May 21. Don Bradford was P/M of Strathclyde Police […]

Scottish Pipe Band Championships, Dumbarton, 2009. ©JohnSlavin@designfolk.com/Bagpipe.news

Pipe band retro pictorial: the Scottish 2009

We take another look back over the decade about to end, this time featuring the 2009 Scottish Pipe Band Championships at Dumbarton. In 2009, the Scottish was held on May 16 and was the first major championship of the season. Field Marshal Montgomery won Grade 1, Inveraray won Grade 2, […]

Sunshine in Scotland

Sunshine in Scotland

Two young pipers from Kintyre Schools Pipe Band squinting through the strong sunshine at the Scottish Pipe Band Championships in Dumbarton in 2010. Warm sunshine at pipe band competitions is such a rare occurrence that those days tend to stay in the memory.