The RSPBA have issued a statement this morning regarding a mix up in the Grade 1 Best Drumming Prize at the Scottish Pipe Band Championships on Saturday, July 29. The prize was given to Field Marshal Montgomery on the day, but it has now been awarded to Inveraray and District […]
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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 […]
Pipe Band retro pictorial: Scottish Pipe Band Championships 2012
It’s Hogmanay 2022, and this evening we look back ten years to photos from the Scottish Pipe Band Championships at Dumbarton on May 19, 2012. Field Marshal Montgomery won Grade 1, followed by ScottishPower, Inveraray, Strathclyde Police, St Laurence O’Toole and Boghall and Bathgate Caledonia. Glasgow Skye won Grade 2, […]
Photos filled with sunshine at the Scottish Championships 2010
On this dreary winter morning in Scotland, we look back 12 years to the photos and a review of a day filled with warm sunshine at Dumbarton for the Scottish Pipe Band Championships in 2010. There are more than 70 photos with lots of youngsters who will all be adults […]
Grade 1 photos from the Scottish Pipe Band Championship 2022
The Scottish Pipe Band Championships were held on Saturday, July 30, at Levengrove Park in Dumbarton. Photos: JohnSlavin@designfolk.com/Bagpipe.news
Results from the Scottish Pipe Band Championships
The Scottish Pipe Band Championships were held today, Saturday July 30, at Levengrove Park in Dumbarton. The weather was overcast but warmish with occasional periods of sunshine. There was a new layout of the fields, and it didn’t feel like an improvement as it lost the iconic backdrop of the […]
St Laurence O’Toole drum up success in the rain
PHOTO OF THE WEEK: Stephen Creighton leads the St Laurence O’Toole drum corps at the Scottish Pipe Band Championships on May 21, 2011. The band placed first in drumming and second overall.
Shotts drum corps win at Dumbarton
PHOTO OF THE WEEK: Jim Kilpatrick leads the The House of Edgar Shotts and Dykehead drum corps at the Scottish Pipe Band Championships on May 22, 2010. The band placed third overall with a first in drumming.
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 […]
It’s not the end of the Worlds
By Stuart Letford for Bagpipe.News The confirmation that the World Pipe Band Championships (as well as the Scottish Pipe Band Championships) will not take place this year, will come as no surprse to the pipe band world. At the very least, it gives us certainty. The news seems to have […]