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, […]
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A happy pipe major!
Smiling through the rain
Water in your whisky?
Kris Maxwell of the Kilchoman Isle of Islay Pipe Band plays through the rain at the Scottish Pipe Band Championships at Dumbarton, 2019
Strathclyde Police in 2009
Strathclyde Police Pipe Band, led by pipe major Don Bradford, leave the tuning area at the Scottish Pipe Band Championships at Dumbarton in 2009
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.