SFU Pipe Band Wins Again! August 2009

SFU repeats as the top Pipe Band for the sixth time. To see the Band in competition, go to http://www.bbc.co.uk/Scotland/music/worlds/2009

Grade 1 Overall

1^st Simon Fraser University (Canada)

2^nd Field Marshal Montgomery (Northern Ireland)

3^rd St. Laurence O'Toole (Ireland)

4^th Strathclyde Police (Scotland).

5^th House of Edgar-Shotts & Dykehead (Scotland)

6^th Boghall & Bathgate (Scotland)

Drumming: Simon Fraser University (Canada)

Grade 1 Medley: 1^st Simon Fraser University (Canada)

Drumming: House of Edgar-Shotts & Dykehead (Scotland)

Judges: I Wood, T. Sloane (piping); G. Craig (drumming); Joe Noble (ensemble)

Grade 1 MSR: 1^st Simon Fraser University (Canada)

Drumming: 1^st Simon Fraser University (Canada)

Judges: Malcolm MacKenzie, John Moles (piping); A. Steele (drumming); David Clark (ensemble)

Grade 2 (MSR)

1^st Inveraray and District

2^nd Ravara

3^rd Mauchline and District

4^th Dumfries

5^th Grampian Police

6^th New Westminster Police

Other news:

1. Triumph Street Pipe Band qualified for the Grade 1 final but didn’t make the prize list.

2. Robert Malcolm Juveniles were 4^th in their competition.

All in all, a very good day for B.C. Bands.

- Courtesy of Ron MacLeod