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World Pipe Band Championship 2017 winners crowned in Glasgow
This weekend saw 219 bands with 8,000 pipers from 15 nations take park in the World Pipe Band Championships in the Scottish city of Glasgow (Scottish Gaelic: Glaschu). The contest is now in its 70th year and some 35,000 people attended the two-day event. The Scottish Inveraray and District Pipe Band won the Grade 1 contest, beating Field Marshal Montgomery Pipe Band from the north of Ireland into second place and St Laurence O’Toole Pipe Band from Dublin who came third. Organisers gave thanks to every one who played, competed and came to support and watch the Championship. Next years event will be held in Glasgow on 17 and 18 August 2018.
Images: Inveraray and Distric Pipe Band Grade 1 winners and world champions photo from WPBC facebook and World Pipe Band Championships logo
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