World Championships
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The Inveraray & District Pipe Band became Grade 1 World Champions for the third time on August 17, 2024.
Congratulations to Inveraray & District Pipe Band
World Champions Pipe Bands Winners
- 2024- 1st Place: Inveraray & District
- 2nd Place:
- 3rd Place:
 
- 2023- 1st Place: Peoples Ford Boghall and Bathgate Caledonia Pipe Band
- 2nd Place: Field Marshall Montgomery
- 3rd Place: Inveraray and District
 
- 2022- 1st Place: Field Marshal Montgomery (C)
- 2nd Place: Inveraray & District
- 3rd Place: ScottishPower Pipe Band
 
- 2021- 1st Place: No Championships were held during global pandemic
- 2nd Place:
- 3rd Place:
 
- 2020- 1st Place: No Championships were held during global pandemic
- 2nd Place:
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- 2019- 1st Place: Inveraray & District (C)
- 2nd Place: Field Marshal Montgomery
- 3rd Place: St. Laurence O'Toole*
 
- 2018- 1st Place: Field Marshal Montgomery
- 2nd Place: Inveraray & District (C)
- 3rd Place: St. Laurence O'Toole*
 
- 2017- 1st Place: Inveraray & District* (C)
- 2nd Place: Field Marshal Montgomery
- 3rd Place: St. Laurence O'Toole
 
- 2016- 1st Place: Field Marshal Montgomery
- 2nd Place: Inveraray & District (C)
- 3rd Place: St. Laurence O'Toole*
 
- 2015- 1st Place: Shotts & Dykehead Caledonia
- 2nd Place: St. Laurence O'Toole*
- 3rd Place: Inveraray & District
 
- 2014- 1st Place: Field Marshal Montgomery (C)
- 2nd Place: Inveraray & District
- 3rd Place: St. Laurence O'Toole
 
- 2013- 1st Place: Field Marshal Montgomery* (C)
- 2nd Place: Boghall & Bathgate
- 3rd Place: ScottishPower Pipe Band
 
- 2012- 1st Place: Field Marshal Montgomery (C)
- 2nd Place: ScottishPower Pipe Band
- 3rd Place: Simon Fraser University
 
- 2011- 1st Place: Field Marshal Montgomery (C)
- 2nd Place: Simon Fraser University
- 3rd Place: ScottishPower Pipe Band
 
- 2010- 1st Place: St. Laurence O'Toole *
- 2nd Place: Field Marshal Montgomery (C)
- 3rd Place: Simon Fraser University
 
- 2009- 1st Place: Simon Fraser University*
- 2nd Place: Field Marshal Montgomery (C)
- 3rd Place: St. Laurence O'Toole
 
- 2008- 1st Place: Simon Fraser University*
- 2nd Place: Field Marshal Montgomery
- 3rd Place: House of Edgar - Shotts & Dykehead
 
- 2007- 1st Place: Field Marshal Montgomery (C)
- 2nd Place: Simon Fraser University
- 3rd Place: House of Edgar - Shotts & Dykehead
 
- 2006- 1st Place: Field Marshal Montgomery (C)
- 2nd Place: Simon Fraser University
- 3rd Place: House of Edgar - Shotts & Dykehead
 
- 2005- 1st Place: House of Edgar - Shotts & Dykehead*
- 2nd Place: Field Marshal Montgomery
- 3rd Place: Simon Fraser University
 
- 2004- 1st Place: Field Marshal Montgomery
- 2nd Place: Simon Fraser University*
- 3rd Place: House of Edgar - Shotts & Dykehead
 
- 2003- 1st Place: House of Edgar - Shotts & Dykehead*
- 2nd Place: Field Marshal Montgomery
- 3rd Place: Simon Fraser University
 
- 2002- 1st Place: Field Marshal Montgomery
- 2nd Place: Simon Fraser University
- 3rd Place: Shotts & Dykehead*
 
- 2001- 1st Place: Simon Fraser University
- 2nd Place: Shotts & Dykehead
- 3rd Place: Field Marshal Montgomery
 
- 2000- 1st Place: Shotts & Dykehead
- 2nd Place: Field Marshal Montgomery
- 3rd Place: Simon Fraser University
 
- 1999- 1st Place: Simon Fraser University*
- 2nd Place: Shotts & Dykehead
- 3rd Place: Field Marshal Montgomery
 
- 1998- 1st Place: Victoria Police
- 2nd Place: Shotts & Dykehead*
- 3rd Place: Field Marshal Montgomery
 
- 1997- 1st Place: Shotts & Dykehead*
- 2nd Place: Simon Fraser University
- 3rd Place: Victoria Police
 
- 1996- 1st Place: Simon Fraser University
- 2nd Place: Field Marshal Montgomery
- 3rd Place: Shotts & Dykehead*
 
- 1995- 1st Place: Simon Fraser University
- 2nd Place: Field Marshal Montgomery
- 3rd Place: Shotts & Dykehead*
 
- 1994- 1st Place: Shotts & Dykehead*
- 2nd Place: Boghall & Bathgate
- 3rd Place: Victoria Police
 
- 1993- 1st Place: Field Marshal Montgomery
- 2nd Place: Shotts & Dykehead*
- 3rd Place: Boghall & Bathgate
 
- 1992- 1st Place: Field Marshal Montgomery
- 2nd Place: Strathclyde Police
- 3rd Place: Victoria Police
 
- 1991- 1st Place: Strathclyde Police
- 2nd Place: Polkemmet Grorud
- 3rd Place: Power of Scotland
 
- 1990- 1st Place: Strathclyde Police
- 2nd Place: Power Of Scotland
- 3rd Place: ScotRail Vale Of Atholl
 
- 1989- 1st Place: Strathclyde Police
- 2nd Place: Power Of Scotland
- 3rd Place: ScotRail Vale Of Atholl
 
- 1988- 1st Place: Strathclyde Police
- 2nd Place: Simon Fraser University
- 3rd Place: 78th Fraser Highlanders
 
- 1987- 1st Place: 78th Fraser Highlanders*
- 2nd Place: Simon Fraser University
- 3rd Place: Strathclyde Police
 
- 1986- 1st Place: Strathclyde Police
- 2nd Place: 78th Fraser Highlanders
- 3rd Place: Boghall & Bathgate*
 
- 1985- 1st Place: Strathclyde Police
- 2nd Place: Simon Fraser University
- 3rd Place: Polkemmet Grorud
 
- 1984- 1st Place: Strathclyde Police
- 2nd Place: Shotts & Dykehead*
- 3rd Place: 78th Fraser Highlanders
 
- 1983- 1st Place: Strathclyde Police
- 2nd Place: Boghall & Bathgate*
- 3rd Place: Shotts & Dykehead
 
- 1982- 1st Place: Strathclyde Police
- 2nd Place: Boghall & Bathgate*
- 3rd Place: Dysart and Dundonald
 
- 1981- 1st Place: Strathclyde Police
- 2nd Place: Shotts & Dykehead
- 3rd Place: Boghall & Bathgate
 
- 1980- 1st Place: Shotts & Dykehead
- 2nd Place: Strathclyde Police
- 3rd Place: Polkemmet Colliery
 
- 1979- 1st Place: Strathclyde Police
- 2nd Place: Dysart and Dundonald
- 3rd Place: Shotts & Dykehead
 
- 1978- 1st Place: Dysart and Dundonald
- 2nd Place: Strathclyde Police
- 3rd Place: Shotts & Dykehead*
 
- 1977- 1st Place: Dysart and Dundonald
- 2nd Place: Strathclyde Police
- 3rd Place: Shotts & Dykehead
 
- 1976- 1st Place: Strathclyde Police
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- 1975- 1st Place: Lothian & Borders Police Pipe Band
- 2nd Place: Muirhead & Sons Pipe Band
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- 1974- 1st Place: Shotts & Dykehead
- 2nd Place: Dysart and Dundonald Pipe Band
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- 1973- 1st Place: Shotts & Dykehead*
- 2nd Place: City of Glasgow Police Pipe Band
- 3rd Place: Red Hackle Pipe Band
 
- 1972- 1st Place: Edinburgh City Police Pipe Band
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- 1971- 1st Place: Edinburgh City Police Pipe Band
- 2nd Place: Shotts & Dykehead*
- 3rd Place: City of Glasgow Police Pipe Band
 
- 1970- 1st Place: Shotts & Dykehead*
- 2nd Place: Muirhead & Sons Pipe Band
- 3rd Place: Edinburgh City Police Pipe Band
 
- 1969- 1st Place: Muirhead & Sons Pipe Band
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- 1968- 1st Place: Muirhead & Sons Pipe Band
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- 3rd Place: Red Hackle Pipe Band
 
- 1967- 1st Place: Muirhead & Sons Pipe Band
- 2nd Place: City of Glasgow Police Pipe Band
- 3rd Place: Invergordon Distillery Pipe Band
 
- 1966- 1st Place: Muirhead & Sons Pipe Band
- 2nd Place: City of Glasgow Police Pipe Band
- 3rd Place: Invergordon Distillery Pipe Band
 
- 1965- 1st Place: Muirhead & Sons Pipe Band
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- 1964- 1st Place: Edinburgh City Police Pipe Band
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- 1963- 1st Place: Edinburgh City Police Pipe Band
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- 1962- 1st Place: 277 (Argyll And Sutherland Highlanders) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (T.A.)
- 2nd Place: Edinburgh City Police Pipe Band
- 3rd Place: Renfrew Pipe Band
 
- 1961- 1st Place: Muirhead & Sons Pipe Band
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- 1960- 1st Place: Shotts & Dykehead*
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- 3rd Place: Bucksburn & District Pipe Band
 
- 1959- 1st Place: Shotts & Dykehead*
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- 1958- 1st Place: Shotts & Dykehead*
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- 3rd Place: Edinburgh City Police Pipe Band
 
- 1957- 1st Place: Shotts & Dykehead*
- 2nd Place: Renfrew Pipe Band
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- 1956- 1st Place: Muirhead & Sons Pipe Band
- 2nd Place: Renfrew Pipe Band
- 3rd Place: Shotts & Dykehead
 
- 1955- 1st Place: Muirhead & Sons Pipe Band
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- 1954- 1st Place: Edinburgh City Police Pipe Band
- 2nd Place: Red Hackle Pipe Band
- 3rd Place: Muirhead & Sons Pipe Band
 
- 1953- 1st Place: Clan MacRae Society Pipe Band
- 2nd Place: Muirhead & Sons Pipe Band
- 3rd Place: Red Hackle Pipe Band
 
- 1952- 1st Place: Shotts & Dykehead
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- 1951- 1st Place: Muirhead & Sons Pipe Band
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- 1950- 1st Place: Edinburgh City Police Pipe Band
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- 1949- 1st Place: City of Glasgow Police Pipe Band
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- 1948- 1st Place: Shotts & Dykehead
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- 1947- 1st Place: Bowhill Colliery Pipe Band
- 2nd Place: Clan MacRae Society Pipe Band
- 3rd Place: Bonhill Parish Pipe Band
 
- 1946- 1st Place: City of Glasgow Police Pipe Band
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- 1945- 1st Place: No Championships were held during World War II
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- 1944- 1st Place: No Championships were held during World War II
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- 1943- 1st Place: No Championships were held during World War II
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- 1942- 1st Place: No Championships were held during World War II
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- 1941- 1st Place: No Championships were held during World War II
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- 1940- 1st Place: No Championships were held during World War II
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- 1939- 1st Place: Glasgow Corporation Transport
- 2nd Place: Glasgow Corporation Transport
- 3rd Place: Edinburgh City Police Pipe Band
 
- 1938- 1st Place: Glasgow Corporation Transport
- 2nd Place: Glasgow Corporation Transport
- 3rd Place: Clan MacRae Society Pipe Band
 
- 1937- 1st Place: City of Glasgow Police Pipe Band
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- 1936- 1st Place: City of Glasgow Police Pipe Band
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- 1935- 1st Place: MacLean Pipe Band
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- 1934- 1st Place: Clan MacRae Society Pipe Band
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- 1933- 1st Place: Clan MacRae Society Pipe Band
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- 1932- 1st Place: Clan MacRae Society Pipe Band
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- 1931- 1st Place: Clan MacRae Society Pipe Band
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- 1930- 1st Place: Millhall Pipe Band
- 2nd Place: Glasgow Corporation Transport
- 3rd Place: MacLean Pipe Band
 
- 1929- 1st Place: Glasgow Corporation Transport
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- 1928- 1st Place: MacLean Pipe Band
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- 1927- 1st Place: MacLean Pipe Band
- 2nd Place: Clan MacRae Society Pipe Band
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- 1926- 1st Place: Millhall Pipe Band
- 2nd Place: Clan MacRae Society Pipe Band
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- 1925- 1st Place: Clan MacRae Society Pipe Band
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- 1924- 1st Place: Millhall Pipe Band
- 2nd Place: Clan MacRae Society Pipe Band
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- 1923- 1st Place: Clan MacRae Society Pipe Band
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- 1922- 1st Place: Clan MacRae Society Pipe Band
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- 1921- 1st Place: Clan MacRae Society Pipe Band
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- 1920- 1st Place: City of Glasgow Police Pipe Band
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- 1919- 1st Place: Edinburgh City Police Pipe Band
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- 1918- 1st Place: No Championships were held during World War I
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- 1917- 1st Place: No Championships were held during World War I
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- 1916- 1st Place: No Championships were held during World War I
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- 1915- 1st Place: No Championships were held during World War I
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- 1914- 1st Place: No Championships were held during World War I
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- 1913- 1st Place: 7th Battalion Highland Light Infantry
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- 1912- 1st Place: 5th Battalion Highland Light Infantry
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- 3rd Place: Stonehouse Pipe Band
 
- 1911- 1st Place: 5th Battalion Highland Light Infantry
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- 1910- 1st Place: 5th Battalion Highland Light Infantry
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- 1909- 1st Place: Stonehouse Pipe Band
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- 1908- 1st Place: 5th Battalion Highland Light Infantry
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- 1907- 1st Place: 3rd Volunteer Battalion H.L.I.
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- 1906- 1st Place: 1st Volunteer Battalion H.L.I.
- 2nd Place: Govan Police
- 3rd Place: Tie: 3rd Volunteer Battalion H.L.I. Queen's R.V.B. (Royal Scots)