Inveraray rolls on at North Berwick

North Berwick, Scotland – August 6, 2016 – Inveraray & District continued its solid 2016 campaign towards the World Pipe Band Championships with a win at the non-championship North Berwick Games, which saw six Grade 1 bands compete in the medley and three Grade 2 bands join them playing up in the MSR. St. Thomas Alumni of Houston, Texas, won the 10-band Grade 2 contest.

Grade 1
Medley (six competed)
1st Inveraray & District (1,1,1,3)
2nd Fife Police Scotland (2,2,2,2)
3rd Peoples Ford Boghall & Bathgate Caledonia (3,3,3,1)
4th Johnstone (Gr2) (4,4,5,4)
5th 78th Fraser Highlanders (5,5,4,5)
6th Manawatu Scottish (6,6,6,6)
Judges: Terry Lee, Bob Worrall (piping); Alex Dudgeon (drumming); Robert Mathieson (ensemble)

MSR (nine competed)
1st Inveraray & District (1,1,1,1)
2nd Fife Police Scotland (2,2,3,2)
3rd Peoples Ford Boghall & Bathgate Caledonia (3,3,2,3)
4th 78th Fraser Highlanders (4,3,4,5)
5th Manawatu Scottish (5,5,7,4)
6th Johnstone (Gr2) (6,6,5,6)
7th St. Thomas Alumni (Gr2) (7,7,6,7)
8th Greater Midwest (Gr2) (9,8,8,8)
9th Portland Metro (Gr2) (8,9,9,8)
Judges: Allan Ronaldson, John Wilson (piping); Lee Innes (drumming); Jim Campbell (ensemble)

Grade 2 (10 competed)
1st St. Thomas Alumni (1,1,2,1)
2nd Johnstone (2,2,1,3)
3rd George Heriot’s School (Juvenile) (6,4,3,2)
4th George Watson’s College (Juvenile) (4,7,4,4)
5th Greater Midwest (7,3,6,7)
6th West Lothian Schools (Juvenile) (5,5,9,6)
Judges: Allan Ronaldson, John Wilson (piping); Lee Innes (drumming); Jim Campbell (ensemble)