Updated: SLOT upsets FMM at Malahide
Malahide, Ireland – May 12, 2007 – The St. Laurence O’Toole Pipe Band of Dublin took home the top prize in Grade 1 at the tenth annual Malahide International Festival of Piping & Drumming. SLOT beat the 2006 World Champions Field Marshal Montgomery, which had won the contest for nine straight years.
Grade 1
1st St. Laurence O’Toole
2nd Field Marshal Montgomery
3rd ScottishPower
Drumming: 1st SLOT, 2nd ScottishPower, 3rd FMM
Grade 2
1st Cullybackey
2nd Ravara
3rd Seven Towers
Drumming: Ravara
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Was it the sheep bags and cane reeds or them competeing on home turf? Nice to see a shake up and may be a wake up to Field Marshall to get the finger out. Watch for FMM to crank it up a knotch the Saturday.
It was drumming that let FM down. Their pipe section and drum section are in two different grades.
Again, at Dumbarton, FMM had drumming problems (placed 1st and 1st in piping). See results on the RSPBA website. Malahide full results not posted yet after a week. Patrick