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World Pipe Band Championships 2024 Results

The 2024 World Pipe Band Championships was held at Glasgow Green in Friday the 16th August and Saturday the 17th August 2024.  Grade 1 consisted of four events held over two days.

Grade 1 

Overall Result

1st Inveraray & District (Scotland)

2nd Field Marshal Montgomery (Northern Ireland)

3rd Simon Fraser University (Canada)

4th St Laurence O’Toole (Ireland)

5th Peoples Ford Boghall & Bathgate Caledonia (Scotland)

6th Police Scotland Fife (Scotland)

7th Shotts & Dykehead Caledonia (Scotland)

8th ScottishPower (Scotland)

9th Police Scotland & Federation (Scotland)

10th 78th Fraser Highlanders (Canada)

11th St. Thomas Alumni (USA)

12th Johnstone (Scotland)

13th Closkelt (Northern Ireland)

14th City of Dunedin (USA)

Drumming: St. Laurence O’Toole

Full results will appear here: https://rspba.org/results/bands/contests/2024/

The Piobaireachd Society has announced the set tunes for 2025 competitions. The can be found here: www.piobaireachd.co.uk/archives/11490 

Glenfiddich Piping Championship 2024 Results

Overall winner: Callum Beaumont

Piobaireachd
1st Stuart Liddell, “The Unjust Incarceration”
2nd Finlay Johnston, Milngavie, Scotland, “Donald Gruamach’s March”
3rd Callum Beaumont, “Lament for Donald Ban MacCrimmon”
4th Nick Hudson, Houston, “Lament for the Laird of Anapool”
5th Alan Bevan, Abbotsford, British Columbia, “In Praise of Morag”
Judges: Ian Duncan, Murray Henderson, John Wilson

MSR (repeat each tune)
1st Callum Beaumont, “Mrs. Duncan MacFadyen,” “Inveraray Castle,” “Bessie McIntyre”
2nd Alasdair Henderson, Edinburgh, “Donald MacLellan of Rothesay,” “Bob of Fettercairn,” “The Sheepwife”
3rd Nick Hudson, “Parker’s Welcome to Perthshire,” “Kirstie McCalman’s Favourite,” “Drumlithie”
4th Chris Armstrong, Glasgow, “The Lochaber Gathering,” “The Bob of Fettercairn” (six-part John Wilson [Edinburgh/Toronto] arrangement), “Willie Murray’s”
5th Stuart Liddell, “Bonnie Ann,” “John Roy Stewart,” “John Morrison, Assynt House”
Judges: Angus MacDonald (Skye), Iain MacFadyen, Richard Parkes