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SFU Pipe Band CD Cover - "On Home Ground"

The SFU Pipe Band was the overall winner at the 2008 World Pipe Band Championships on August 16, 2008  won this year’s Grade 1.

2nd is Field Marshal Montgomery and 3rd is Shotts and Dykehead.

2008 World Champion Results

For full results check out the RSPBA World Pipe Band Championship Web Page.

World Champion Pipe Band Historical Results

The highly coveted Grade One title remained in Scotland until 1987, when the Canadian 78th Fraser Highlanders Pipe Band became the first overseas band to win. In recent years, the title has returned to Canada with Simon Fraser University Pipe Band, and has travelled to Northern Ireland with the Field Marshal Montgomery Pipe Band, as well as travelling all the way to Australia with the Victoria Police Pipe Band. The most successful pipe bands in this competition remain Strathclyde Police Pipe Band (winning twenty times), and the House of Edgar Shotts & Dykehead Caledonia Pipe Band (winning fifteen times). Other winners include the Dysart and Dundonald Pipe Band (winning twice), the Edinburgh Police Pipe Band (winning seven times), and the Muirhead and Sons Pipe Band (winning eight times).

Full List of Pipe Band Champions 1947 - 2008

HAWICK Pipe Band travel to Glasgow Green on Saturday for the annual World Pipe Band Championships hoping for a repeat of their prize-winning performance at the British Championships earlier this year.

Pipers aim to be on top of world - Hawick Today
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Thousands gather in Lisburn for the 2008 European Pipe Band Championships.

BBC NEWS | UK | Northern Ireland | City hosts pipe championships.

The Silver Chanter MacCrimmon Memorial Piobaireachd Competition was founded in 1967 by Dame Flora MacLeod, 28th Chief of MacLeod, with John MacFadyen and Seumas MacNeill for the purpose of encouraging top class pipers to compete at the Skye Gathering. This was much needed, as the piping competitions had been waning for some years at that time. The stratagem was a success, and the piping competitions at the Games are now well attended at all levels.

The Silver Chanter MacCrimmon Memorial Piobaireachd Competition - Times Online

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