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Motor Home parking is available on Friday the 8th of June in Lurgan Park for the Craigavon and District Pipe Band Championships, the cost is £10.00.

Please send name, payment and Motor Home registration number to Unit 34 Crescent Business Park, Ballinderry Road, Lisburn, BT28 2GN.

 Please note there is no parking to 2 pm on Friday.

A member of Marlacoo and District Pipe Band lost their wedding ring at yesterday's competition in Enniskillen. If anyone found this please contact us at info@rspbani.org.

Drum Major dress time for the Co. Fermanagh Championships is 10.45 a.m. 

Well done to the following RSPBANI band's and Drum Majors who are bringing Silverware back over the water from the British Championships:

Drum Majors

Junior
1st Leanne Crooks (Syerla & District)
3rd Carys Graham (Upper Crossgare)
5th Louis Anderson  (Crozier Memorial)

Juvenile
1st Kathryn McKeown (Battlehill)
3rd Rachael Lowry (Armaghbreague)
4th Lana Gibson (Ballyboley)
5th Katie Bicker (Marlacoo & District)

Adult
1st Andrea McKeown (Battlehill)
3rd Emma Barr (Field Marshal Montgomery)
4th Jason Price (Ravara)
6th James Kennedy (Closkelt)

Bands

3B
Drums St Mary's Derrytrasna
2nd St Mary's Derrytrasna
3rd Clogher and District

2
1st Closkelt
3rd Ravara

1
3rd Field Marshal Montgomery

Thanks again to Gilbert Cromie for this excellent ‘Tartan Talk’ article in the News Letter.  Gilbert’s weekly ‘Tartan Talk’ article will now be published in each weekly Johnston Press newspaper province-wide - Londonderry Sentinel, Mid Ulster Mail, Ballymena Times, Antrim Times, Ballymoney Times, Coleraine Times, Carrickfergus Times, Larne Times, Newtownabbey Times, Ulster Star, Dromore Leader, Banbridge Leader, Lurgan Mail and Portadown Times. 

Also, with the start of the new pipe band season Gilbert will have an article in each Monday’s News Letter showing pics, report and results from each contest - this is tremendous visibility for the pipe band scene.

Please see attached regarding the Festival of Piping weekend in Enniskillen.

Drum Major dress time is at 11 am for the Ards and North Down Championships.

Please see attached image regarding upcoming training events.