INVERARAY and District Pipe Band’s success continued as they took the Grade 1 Scottish Championship title.
And the ding-dong battle for supremacy continued between Inveraray and Northern Ireland’s Field Marshal Montgomery Pipe Band.
At Dumbarton last Saturday – for the third time in four 2017 majors – it was the Argyll- based outfit that came out on top. At none of the majors so far have these two bands been separated by more than three points.
Inveraray’s Scottish Championship trophy can now be placed on the mantlepiece alongside first prize silverware from the British and European championships – and the band now appears to be odds-on to retain the champion of champions trophy it won for the first time in 2016.
Away from Grade 1, there was success for Oban High School as they became Scottish champions at both Novice A and B grades.