Kintyre School Pipe Band

[linda]

Both bands were at Gourock yesterday for the first competion of the season and a very successful trip they had.

The Novice Juvenile Band
came 2nd in their group and won the Kvaerner Kincaid Sheild.

The Juvenile Band came 1st in their group and won the Gourock Traders Association Shield and then they went onto get 4th place in Grade Two.

A special mention goes to Liam Renton who came 1st in the Juvenile Drum Majors.

Both bands can be seen this Saturday out in the street at 7.30pm(weather permitting)

[Lel]

Hi Linda, Are you able to put a list of where the bands are competing on here so that we can follow their progress and maybe go and see them compete? We went to the world pipe band championships last year and had a great day out. Well done to all involved for their latest acheivement and good luck for the rest of the season.

[linda]

This is a list of the forthcoming events for the Kintyre School Pipe Band.

Saturday 21st May - Scottish Pipe Band Championships at Dumbarton.

Saturday 4th June - West of Scotland Branch Pipe Band Championships at Shotts.

Saturday 19th June - Helensburgh Bi-Centenary Pipe Band Championships.

Friday 24th June - Sunday 26th June - European Pipe Band Championships at Banbridge in Ireland.

Saturday 23rd July - Southend Highland Games

Friday 29th July - Sunday 31st July - British Championships at Tain

Saturday 13th August - World Championships at Glasgow Green

Saturday 20th August - Mull of Kintyre Music Festival

Saturday 27th August - Cowal Games Championships

[linda]

Both bands had yet again a very successful trip away to the Scottish Pipe Band Championship at Dumbarton.

The Novice Juvenile Band came 3rd out of 18 band and The Juvenile Band came 2nd.

Both bands have had a great start to the season and hopefully this will continue when they go to Shotts on the 4th June

[linda]

What a brilliant day both bands had yesterday at the West of Scotland Branch Championships in Shotts, just a shame about the weather but that didn't spoil the fun.

The Novice Band got 1st place and also a 1st in the Drumming(congratulations Campbell all the hard work is paying off)

In The Juvenile Section The Juvenile Band got 1st and The Novice Band came 4th(they moved up a grade)

And finally the Juvenile Band moved up into Grade 2 and came 4th in that section.

I think that the total amount of trophies that came away from Shotts yesterday was 12 between both the bands( if wrong please excuse me as i lost track)

The Noveice Band are playing in the street on Saturday Night wearther permitting.

[Admin3]

Received this to post:-

The Glasgow and West of Scotland Branch of the Royal Scottish Pipe Band
Association held its annual championships at Shotts Highland Games last
Saturday 4th June.

Kintyre Schools Juvenile and Novice Juvenile Pipe Bands both undertook the
long journey to deepest Lanarkshire. The weather may have been dull, dreary
and dismal, but the performances were anything but. At the end of the day,
both bands were declared Winners in their respective grades, in both the
open and confined sections. Between them, on the day, the 2 Kintyre Bands hauled in an amazing 12 trophies. These were for:-

Novice Juvenile Band - West of Scotland Champions at Novice Juvenile Grade - both open and confined sections.

Novice Juvenile Band - Best Drum Corps at Novice Juvenile Grade - both open and confined sections.

Novice Juvenile Band - 4th Place at Juvenile Grade - both open and confined sections.

Juvenile Band - West of Scotland Champions at Juvenile Grade - both open and confined sections.

Juvenile Band - 3rd Place in Grade 2 (confined) and 4th Place in Grade 2
(open).

The proud Kintyre Schools Pipers and Drummers who marched forward to receive the silverware at the closing ceremony were Gary McMillan, Chris Thomson, Ewan Paterson, Alison McKerral, Stewart Blue, Natasha Pajak, Daniel MacBrayne, Fraser Wylie, Julie Blue and Gavin Ferguson. Ewan and Daniel additionally received on kintyre Schools behalf commemorative RSPBA trophies as Branch Champions in 2005, celebrating the Association's 75th Anniversary.

Before that, Pipe Majors Ian McKerral and John Brown had spent a hectic and tense afternoon worrying about keeping the drones dry, but their pipers were up to the task and the performances were well nigh perfect. The Novice Band drummers were especially delighted with their first place in drumming.
Tutor, Campbell Anderson, was so pleased that he entertained the troops on the return journey with his weird and wonderful array of wild animal and bird impersonations. "This shows we're not just a fair weather band", he said. "We'll play in any conditions", added leading stroke, Gary McMillan. "A wee spot of rain never harmed anyone."

In the Drum Major's Competitions, Liam Renton of Kintyre Schools was placed 4th in the Junior Competition, and Ian Campbell also came in 4th in the adult event.

The Bands' next competition will be the Helensburgh Bi-Centenary Pipe Band Championships on Sunday 19th June. After that, its off to Northern Ireland for the European Pipe Band Championships at Banbridge on Saturday 25th June.

On Friday 17th June, the Juvenile Grade Band will be playing at the Kintyre Piping Society Recital in the Argyll Arms Hotel. This recital is being recorded live by BBC Scotland's Pipeline Radio Programme for future broadcast. Unfortunately, the Band has had to cancel its scheduled street performance in Main Street on Saturday 11th June.