Pipe Band World Champions 2023 Crowned In Glasgow
The world pipe band champions of 2023 have been crowned after two days of competition on Glasgow Green.
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Pipe band world champions 2023 crowned in Glasgow
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Pipe Band World Champions 2023 Crowned In Glasgow
Peoples Ford Boghall and Bathgate Caledonia pipe band were named winners, seeing off competition from runners up Field Marshall Montgomery from Northern Ireland and third-placed Inveraray and District pipe band.
This is the first time the West Lothian Band have won the world title.
More than 35,000 people watched the spectacle on Saturday.
Over two days the competition featured 190 bands and almost 9,000 pipers and drummers.
11 Pipe Bands United to Play ‘Scotland the Brave’ in Moray
Led by Drum Major Nick Stables from Dufftown & District Pipe Band, 11 pipe bands marched as one massed group playing ‘Scotland the Brave’ back through Dufftown to finish at the famous Clock Tower after the 2019 Dufftown Highland Games in Moray, Scotland.
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