The Inveraray & District Pipe Band became Grade 1 World Champions for the third time on 17 August 2024, with St Laurence O’Toole winning the Grade 1 percussion title. Today’s Class 1 result also crowns Inveraray & District Champion of Champions for Drums and overall for 2024.

Leading up to the World Championships, the four majors in 2024 were won by St Laurence O’Toole (UK Championship), Peoples Ford Boghall & Bathgate (British), Inveraray & District (Scottish) and Field Marshal Montgomery (European) and these four bands all but dominated the top four spots at the World Championships in the two events on Friday and the two on Saturday. But the inclusion of Simon Fraser University negated the dominance of the top four as SFU had strong results on Friday to finish third overall. The other band challenging the top four was Police Scotland Fife, led by Pipe Major David Wilton, as they finished fourth in both the MSR and Medley on Saturday, giving them sixth place overall. Full results can be found below.

Class 1

1. Inveraray and surrounding area
2. Field Marshal Montgomery
3. Simon Fraser University
4. St. Laurence O’Toole
5. People’s Ford Boghall and Bathgate Caledonia
6. Police Scotland Fife
7. Shotts and Dykehead Caledonia
8. Scottish power
9. Scottish Police Federation
10. 78. Fraser Highlanders
11. St. Thomas Alumni
12. Johnstone
13. Closkelt
14. City of Dunedin
    Drums: St. Laurence O’Toole

Class 2

1. Ravara
2. North Stratton
3. Bagpipe Band Club
4. Glasgow: The most beautiful cities in the world
5. Uddingston
6. Ulster Scottish
7. Manorcunningham
8. Buchan Peterson
9. MacMillan
10. Royal City of Annan
11. Portlethen and surrounding area
12. Scots from Los Angeles
13. City of Edinburgh
14. Peel Regional Police
15. Tullylagan
16. St. Joseph
17. Kilchoman Distillery Isle of Islay
18. Coalburn IOR
19. Great Midwest
    Drums: North Stratton

Class 3A

1. Oban
2. Dartmouth and surrounding area
3. Vale of Atholl
4. Guelph
5. Denny & Dunipace
6. Greighland Crossing
   Drums: Greighlan Crossing

Class 3B

1. Uddingston Strathclyde (Scotland)
2. Burntisland & District (Scotland)
3. Cross-border (Spain)
4. Methel and surroundings
5. Cloughfin (Northern Ireland)
6. Arbroath (Scotland)
   Drums: Syerla & District

Class 4A

1. Irvine Memorial
2. Ballyboley
3. William Kerr Memorial
4. Upper cross gare
5. City of Dunedin
6. Cullen
   Drums: Upper Crossgare

Class 4B

1. Black Raven
2. 2 Scots
3. Altnaveigh
4. Greed
5. Govan Parish
6. Letterkenny and surrounding areas
   Drums: Black Raven

youth

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Beginner A

1. George Watson’s College
2. West Lothian Schools
3. Scots College No. 1
4. Brisbane Boys College
5. Dollar Academy
6. Renfrewshire Schools
   Drums: George Watson’s College

Beginner B

1. Lochgelly High School Junior
2. Youth in the capital district
3. Dundee Grammar School
4. Burntisland and surrounding areas
5. Schools in the Balerno district
6. Scots College No. 2
   Drums: Capital District