Simon Fraser University Pipe Band places 5th at the 2019 Worlds

The SFU Pipe Band placed 5th in a field of 15 Grade 1 Pipe Bands this weekend at the World Pipe Band Championships at Glasgow Green.

The Grade 1 competition used a different format this year with each band playing both of their MSR and Medley competition sets; one of each on both Friday and Saturday, with all performances counting towards the final result.

Inveraray & District took the title of 2019 World Pipe Band Champions for the second time in three years after an impressive two day total of 41 total ranking points. Field Marshal Montgomery was a close second overall with 44 points. See below for all the results and points for each day.

SFU Pipe Band - World's 2019 - MSR

SFU Pipe Band - World's 2019 - Medley

Grade 1 (15 competed, 2 X medley and 2 X MSR)

1st Inveraray & District (Scotland) (41 total ranking points)
2nd Field Marshal Montgomery (Northern Ireland) (44)
3rd St. Laurence O’Toole (Ireland) (58)
4th ScottishPower (Scotland) (65)
5th Simon Fraser University (Canada) (68)
6th Peoples Ford Boghall & Bathgate (Scotland) (93)
7th Police Scotland Fife (Scotland) (108)
8th Shotts & Dykehead Caledonia (Scotland) (120)
9th Glasgow Police (Scotland) (176)
10th Johnstone (Scotland) (177)
11th 78th Fraser Highlanders (Canada) (181)
12th Canterbury Caledonian Society (New Zealand) (182)
13th Lomond & Clyde (Scotland) (185)
14th Glasgow Skye Association (Scotland) (200)
15th Police Service of Northern Ireland (222)
Drumming: St. Laurence O’Toole

Medley (Friday)
1st Inveraray & District (1,3,2,3)
2nd Field Marshal Montgomery (2,1,7,1)
3rd ScottishPower (5,2,4,2)
4th St. Laurence O’Toole (4,4,3,4)
5th Peoples Ford Boghall & Bathgate Caledonia (ens.pref.) (3,6,5,5)
6th Simon Fraser University (6,5,1,7)
7th Police Scotland Fife (8,7,6,8)
8th Shotts & Dykehead Caledonia (7,14,9,6)
9th Johnstone (11,11,8,10)
10th 78th Fraser Highlanders (10,13,10,11)
11th Glasgow Police ((9,9,15,12)
12th Canterbury Caledonian Society (13,12,13,9)
13th Lomond & Clyde (12,10,12,14)
14th Glasgow Skye Association (14,8,14,13)
15th Police Service of Northern Ireland (15,15,11,15)
Judges: Alvis Kerr, Jim Wark (piping); Brian Martin (drumming); John Moles (ensemble)

Medley (Saturday)
1st Simon Fraser University (3,1,5,3)
2nd ScottishPower (ens.pref.) (6,5,1,1)
3rd Inveraray & District (4,3,2,4)
4th Field Marshal Montgomery (2,4,6,2)
5th St. Laurence O’Toole (ens.pref.) (5,8,3,4)
6th Shotts & Dykehead Caledonia (1,2,9,9)
7th Police Scotland Fife (7,6,7,6)
8th Peoples Ford Boghall & Bathgate Caledonia (9,7,4,7)
9th 78th Fraser Highlanders (8,11,10,12)
10th Johnstone (15,13,8,8)
11th Canterbury Caledonian Society (ens.pref.) (12,14,11,11)
12th Glasgow Police (ens.pref.) (11,9,15,13)
13th Glasgow Skye Association (10,10,14,14)
14th Lomond & Clyde (14,12,13,10)
15th Police Service of Northern Ireland (13,15,12,15)
Judges: Colin Moffett, Peter Snaddon (piping); Bill Black (drumming); Paul Turner (ensemble

MSR (Friday)
1st St. Laurence O’Toole (2,2,1,1)
2nd Inveraray & District (1,1,4,3)
3rd Field Marshal Montgomery (3,3,5,2)
4th ScottishPower (6,6,2,4)
5th Police Scotland Fife (ens.pref.) (7,8,3,5)
6th Simon Fraser University (4,4,8,7)
7th Peoples Ford Boghall & Bathgate Caledonia (5,5,7,8)
8th Shotts & Dykehead Caledonia (10,9,6,6)
9th Canterbury Caledonian Society (8,7,15,10)
10th Johnstone (12,12,9,9)
11th Lomond & Clyde (11,10,12,12)
12th 78th Fraser Highlanders (ens.pref.) 13,11,10,13)
13th Glasgow Police (9,13,11,14)
14th Glasgow Skye Association (14,14,13,11)
15th Police Service of Northern Ireland (15,15,14,15)
Judges: Barry Donaldson, Ronnie McShannon (piping); Gordon Craig (drumming); Jim Campbell (ensemble)

MSR (Saturday)
1st Field Marshal Montgomery (1,1,2,2)
2nd Inveraray & District (2,2,5,1)
3rd Simon Fraser University (3,4,3,4)
4th St. Laurence O’Toole (4,5,1,6)
5th ScottishPower (5,3,10,3)
6th Peoples Ford Boghall & Bathgate Caledonia (7,6,4,5)
7th Police Scotland Fife (8,8,7,7)
8th Shotts & Dykehead Caledonia (6,7,11,8)
9th Glasgow Police (10,9,8,9)
10th Lomond & Clyde (12,13,6,12)
11th Canterbury Caledonian Society (9,12,15,11)
12th 78th Fraser Highlanders (13,10,13,13)
13th Johnstone (ens.pref.) (14,14,19,14)
14th Glasgow Skye Association (11,11,14,15)
15th Police Service of Northern Ireland (15,15,12,10)
Judges: Bill Garrett, Gordon Lawrie (piping); Mark Wilson (drumming); David Brown (ensemble)