Fife Constabulary wins first contest

Dunbar, Scotland – May 10, 2008 – The newly formed Grade 1 Fife Constabulary Pipe Band won its first competition and the first outdoor event of the UK season, by taking Dunbar, just south of Edinburgh on the Scotland’s east coast. Fife Constabulary beat the well established Vale of Atholl Pipe Band, the only other Grade 1 band in the event.

Grade 1
1st Fife Constabulary
2nd Robert Wiseman Dairies-Vale of Atholl
3rd Buchan (Gr. 2)
4th Torphichen & Bathgate (Gr. 2)
Drumming: Vale; Best Bass: Buchan

Grade 2
1st Buchan
2nd Dumfries & Galloway Constabulary
3rd Torphichen & Bathgate
4th Grampian Police
Drumming: Buchan

Grade 3
1st MacKenzie Caledonian
2nd St. Andrew’s
3rd Lanark & District
4th Pitlochry & Blair Atholl
Drumming: St. Andrew’s

Juvenile
1st Boghall & Bathgate
2nd George Watson’s College
3rd Erskine
4th Stuart Melville’s
5th Bucksburn
Drumming:  George Watson’s

Grade 4
1st Burntisland
2nd Stockbridge
3rd Dunbar
4th Royal Burgh of Stirling
Drumming: Prestonpans

Novice Juvenile
1st Bucksburn
2nd Boghall & Bathgate
3rd George Watson’s College
4th Pitlochry & Blair Atholl
Drumming: George Watson’s

Fife Constabulary wins first contest

Dunbar, Scotland – May 10, 2008 – The newly formed Grade 1 Fife Constabulary Pipe Band won its first competition and the first outdoor event of the UK season, by taking Dunbar, just south of Edinburgh on the Scotland’s east coast. Fife Constabulary beat the well established Vale of Atholl Pipe Band, the only other Grade 1 band in the event. The weather was warm and sunny.Grade 11st Fife Constabulary2nd Robert Wiseman Dairies-Vale of Atholl3rd Buchan (Gr. 2)4th Torphichen & Bathgate (Gr. 2)Drumming: Vale; Best Bass: BuchanGrade 21st Buchan2nd Dumfries & Galloway Constabulary3rd Torphichen & Bathgate4th Grampian PoliceDrumming: BuchanGrade 31st MacKenzie Caledonian2nd St. Andrew’s3rd Lanark & District4th Pitlochry & Blair AthollDrumming: St. Andrew’sJuvenile1st Boghall & Bathgate2nd George Watson’s College3rd Erskine4th Stuart Melville’s5th BucksburnDrumming: George Watson’sGrade 41st Burntisland2nd Stockbridge3rd Dunbar4th Royal Burgh of StirlingDrumming: PrestonpansNovice Juvenile1st Bucksburn2nd Boghall & Bathgate3rd George Watson’s College4th Pitlochry & Blair AthollDrumming: George Watson’sp|dWhat do you think? We always want to hear from our readers, so please use our comments system to provide your thoughts!Do you have competition results? Be sure to send them to pipes|drums. We can’t report what we don’t know about! Please remember to support the businesses that advertise and make the not-for-profit p|d possible.