Schools’ Pipe Band Competition
George Heriot’s Pipe Band enjoyed a successful day at the Scottish Schools’ CCF Pipes & Drums Competition which took place at Heriot’s on Sunday 13th June. Heriot’s were runners up in their first appearance in the competition for many years. The Junior Solo Drumming Champion was Iain Kay (P6).
The competition featured nine Pipe Bands and over 100 individual competitors in events for solo piping/drumming, highland dancing, bugling and Drum Majors. The Band competition was won by Dollar Academy for the eleventh consecutive year. George Heriot’s were second and Erskine Stewart’s Melville third. In the solo events, Robert Kay (S1) was third in the Junior Solo Piping and Kirsty Dunbar (S2) was third in the Junior Solo Drumming with Iain Kay first. Heriot’s last hosted the competition at Goldenacre in 1993.
The full results were as follows:
Bugling
Winner - E. Torrance, Dollar Academy
Junior Solo Drumming
1st - I. Kay, George Heriot's
2nd - L. Manson, Dollar Academy
3rd - K. Dunbar, George Heriot's
Intermediate Solo Drumming
1st - A. Danelian, Merchiston Castle School
2nd - B. Waters, Dollar Academy
3rd - L. Galloway, Loretto School
Senior Solo Drumming
1st - L. Carson, Dollar Academy
2nd - J. Connor, Edinburgh Academy
3rd - E. Stanhope, Dollar Academy
Junior Solo Piping
1st - A. MacPherson, Edinburgh Academy
2nd - H. MacPherson, Edinburgh Academy
3rd - R. Kay, George Heriot's School
Intermediate Solo Piping
1st - L. Ferguson, Dollar Academy
2nd - D. Barcroft, Dollar Academy
3rd - A. Sinclair, Merchiston Castle School
Intermediate Solo Piping Dress & Deportment
Winner - N. Keyden, Edinburgh Academy
Senior Solo Piping
1st - G. Drummond, Edinburgh Academy
2nd - R. Hastie Smith, Erskine Stewart's Melville
3rd - F. Stewart, Dollar Academy
Senior Solo Piping Dress & Deportment
Winner - M. Paget, Loretto School
Loch Nan Eun Quaich
(In memory of Pipe Major Bert Barron, B.E.M. Awarded to the school with the highest aggregate points in the three solo piping competitions.)
Winner - Edinburgh Academy
Drum Majors' Competition
1st - K. Wishart, Dollar Academy
2nd - A. English, Loretto School
3rd - M. Orr, Dollar Academy
Band Drill & Turnout
Winner - Dollar Academy A
Best Bass Section
Winner - Dollar Academy A
Best Drum Section
1st - Dollar Academy A
2nd - Erskine Stewart's Melville
3rd - George Heriot's School
Band Competition
1st - Dollar Academy A
2nd - George Heriot's School
3rd - Erskine Stewart's Melville