Manawatu Scottish Pipe Band were the Grade 1 winners at the the Jenny Mair Square Day on Saturday, December 9, in Palmerston North, New Zealand. The band retain the title that they also won in 2022. Also in Grade 1, Invercargill and Auckland finished on 20 points in the combined […]
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Results from Jenny Mair Square Day, New Zealand 2022
The Jenny Mair Square Day took place on Saturday, December 10, in Palmerston North, New Zealand. This is the second ‘unofficial’ major of the New Zealand pipe band season, and the first where all the Grade 1 bands compete against each other. The New Zealand and South Pacific Pipe Band […]
No piping winners at 2020 Scots Trad Awards / Manawatū sweeps boards at NZ band contest / The Sloedam
Perhaps unsurprisingly, given there has been very little piping activity this year, there were no pipers among the winners at the weekend’s MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards. The winners were: • Album of The Year – The Woods by Hamish Napier.• Original Work of the Year – Everyday Heroes […]