Shotts wins British Championship

Turriff, Scotland – June 12, 2004 – House of Edgar-Shotts & Dykehead won the British Pipe Band Championship here today against an entry of 16 other Grade 1 bands. Shotts’s win points the way to another neck-and-neck race in 2004 between them and Field Marshal Montgomery, which finished second after winning the Scottish Championship in May.

Grade 1 (MSR)
1st House of Edgar-Shotts & Dykehead
2nd Field Marshal Montgomery (Ulster)
3rd St. Laurence O’Toole (Eire)
4th Strathclyde Police
5th Boghall & Bathgate
6th ScottishPower
Drumming: Shotts
Judges: Jim Campbell, Allan Ronaldson (piping); Ciaran Mardaunt (drumming); Jim Baxter (ensemble)

Grade 2 (medley; 11 bands competed)
1st Drambuie-Kirkliston
2nd 52nd Lowland Regiment
3rd Lochgelly High School
4th Lanarkshire
5th Dumbarton & District
6th Torphichen & Bathgate
Drumming: Drambuie-Kirkliston
Judges: Andrew Wright, George Shepherd (piping); William Goodall (drumming); John Kennedy (ensemble)

Only five Grade 3A bands made the trip to Turriff.

Grade 3A
1st Lomond & Clyde
2nd Oban
3rd Strathclyde Fire Brigade
4th Inverkeithing
5th Deeside Caledonia
Drumming: Oban
Judges: Trevor Dear, Iain MacLellan (piping); Alistair Aitken (drumming); Joe Noble (ensemble)

Grade 3B
1st Altnaveigh Memorial
2nd Arbroath RBL
3rd Pride of Murray (England)
4th Bo’ness RBL
5th Inverness
6th Ayr Pipe Band Society
Drumming: Bo’ness
Judges: Trevor Dear, Iain MacLellan (piping); Alistair Aitken (drumming); Joe Noble (ensemble)

Juvenile (six bands competed)
1st George Watson’s College
2nd Kintyre Schools
3rd Dunoon Grammar Schools
4th Bucksburn & District
5th Stewarts Melville
6th Boghall & Bathgate
Drumming: George Watson’s College
Judges: Andrew Wright, George Shepherd (piping); William Goodall (drumming); John Kennedy (ensemble)

Grade 4A (22 competed)
1st Linlithgow
2nd Stow
3rd Cumonock & District
4th Duns
5th Kilsyth Thistle
6th Buchan
Drumming: Linlithgow
Judges: Dixie Ingram, David Clark (piping); Alistair Dowling (drumming); John MacInnes (drumming)

Grade 4B (13 competed)
1st Kirkwall City
2nd Kirkudbright
3rd Badenoch & Strathspey
4th Lanark & District
5th Ellon & District RBL
6th Uddingston Strathclyde
Drumming: Lanark
Judges: Dixie Ingram, David Clark (piping); Alistair Dowlinbg (drumming); John MacInnes (drumming)

Novice Juvenile
1st George Watson’s College
2nd Inverclyde Juveniles
3rd Kintyre Schools
4th Craigmount High School
5th Lochgelly High School
6th Vale of Atholl
Drumming: George Watson’s
Judges: Jim Campbell, Allan Ronaldson (piping); Ciaran Mardaunt (drumming); Jim Baxter (ensemble)

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