Canterbury takes fourth straight Palmerston North Square Day

Palmerston North, New Zealand – December 12, 2015 – The Grade 1 Canterbury Caledonian Society took their fourth straight Jenny Mair Square Day event, the second-biggest contest of the New Zealand season. Conditions were windy but warm all day with some rain making for a challenging test. Grade 1 and Grade 2 were combined, with only one band from the latter grade entered.

Grade 1-2 Overall
1st Canterbury Caledonian
2nd New Zealand Police
3rd Auckland & District
4th Manawatu Scottish
5th Northern Caledonian (Gr2)

Medley
1st Canterbury Caledonian (3,1,1,1)
2nd New Zealand Police (2,3,2,3)
3rd Manawatu Scottish (1,2,3,4)
4th Auckland & District (4,4,4,2)
5th Northern Caledonian (Gr2) (5,5,5,5)
Judges: Grant Shearer, Nigel Foster (piping); Scott Nicholson (ensemble); Wayne Hobbs (drumming)

MSR
1st Canterbury Caledonian (1,1,1,2)
2nd Auckland & District (3,2,2,3)
3rd New Zealand Police (2,4,4,1)
4th Manawatu Scottish (4,3,3,4)
5th Northern Caledonian (5,5,5,5)

Grade 3 Overall (four competed)
1st Red Hackle
2nd Manawatu Scottish (Gr3)
3rd City of Hastings
4th City of Wellington

Grade 4 Overall (nine competed)
1st Scottish Society of New Zealand
2nd City of Tauranga
3rd Scots College
4th Hamilton Caledonian
5th Wellington Red Hackle (Gr4)
6th Manawatu Scottish (Gr4)