Ulster Pipe Band & Drum Major Championships – Band Results 2024


Grade 1 – MSR

Piping Adjudicator 1: William Garrett
Piping Adjudicator 2: Mark Faloon
Drumming Adjudicator: Gordon Parkes
Ensemble Adjudicator: John Moles

Band Piping 1 Place Piping 2 Place Drumming Place Ensemble Place Total Final Position
Closkelt 1 1 1 1 4 1st

Grade 1 – Medley

Piping Adjudicator 1: John Reville
Piping Adjudicator 2: David Middleton
Drumming Adjudicator: Keith Orr
Ensemble Adjudicator: Cameron Edgar

Band Piping 1 Place Piping 2 Place Drumming Place Ensemble Place Total Final Position
Closkelt 1 1 1 1 4 1st

Grade 1 – Overall

MSR Piping Adjudicator 1: William Garrett
MSR Piping Adjudicator 2: Mark Faloon
MSR Drumming Adjudicator: Gordon Parkes
MSR Ensemble Adjudicator: John Moles

Medley Piping Adjudicator 1: John Reville
Medley Piping Adjudicator 2: David Middleton
Medley Drumming Adjudicator: Keith Orr
Medley Ensemble Adjudicator: Cameron Edgar

Band Piping  Total Drumming Total Ensemble Total Overall Total Overall Position
Closkelt 4 2 2 8 1

Best Bass: Closkelt
M&D: Closkelt

Grade 2

Piping Adjudicator 1: John Reville
Piping Adjudicator 2: David Middleton
Drumming Adjudicator: Keith Orr
Ensemble Adjudicator: Cameron Edgar

Band Piping 1 Place Piping 2 Place Drumming Place Ensemble Place Total Final Position
Ravara 1 1 1 1 4 1st
Manorcunningham 2 2 3 2 9 2nd
Tullylagan 3 4 2 3 12 3rd
Clogher & District 4 3 4 4 15 4th
Matt Boyd Memorial 5 5 5 5 20 5th
Major Sinclair Memorial 6 6 6 6 24 6th

Best Bass: Ravara
M&D: Ravara

Grade 3a

Piping Adjudicator 1: John Reville
Piping Adjudicator 2: David Middleton
Drumming Adjudicator: Keith Orr
Ensemble Adjudicator: Cameron Edgar

Band Piping 1 Place Piping 2 Place Drumming Place Ensemble Place Total Final Position
McNeillstown 2 1 2 4 9 1st
Cullybackey 3 3 5 2 13 2nd EP
Battlehill 1 2 7 3 13 3rd
Major Sinclair Memorial 4 4 6 1 15 4th
Clogher & District 7 6 1 5 19 5th
Matt Boyd Memorial 5 5 3 8 21 6th
Syerla & District 8 8 4 6 26 7th
Cloughfin 6 7 8 7 28 8th
Drumlough 9 9 9 9 36 9th

Best Bass: Clogher & District
M&D: Matt Boyd Memorial

Grade 3b

Piping Adjudicator 1: William Garrett
Piping Adjudicator 2: Mark Faloon
Drumming Adjudicator: Gordon Parkes
Ensemble Adjudicator: John Moles

Band Piping 1 Place Piping 2 Place Drumming Place Ensemble Place Total Final Position
Cloughfin 1 1 3 1 6 1st
Syerla & District 2 3 1 5 11 2nd
Drumlough 6 5 2 2 15 3rd
William Kerr Memorial 4 2 5 6 17 4th
Irvine Memorial 3 4 6 7 20 5th
Cleland Memorial 5 6 8 3 22 6th
Ballyboley 7 8 7 4 26 7th
Gransha 8 7 4 8 27 8th

Best Bass: Drumlough
M&D: Syerla & District

Grade 4a

Piping Adjudicator 1: John Reville
Piping Adjudicator 2: David Middleton
Drumming Adjudicator: Keith Orr
Ensemble Adjudicator: Cameron Edgar

Band Piping 1 Place Piping 2 Place Drumming Place Ensemble Place Total Final Position
Irvine Memorial 2 2 3 4 11 1st
William Kerr Memorial 3 3 7 1 14 2nd EP
Gransha 5 5 2 2 14 3rd
Upper Crossgare 1 1 8 5 15 4th
Ballyboley 4 4 6 3 17 5th
Raphoe Ulster-Scots 8 8 1 6 23 6th
Cottown 6 6 4 8 24 7th
Thiepval Memorial 7 7 5 7 26 8th

Best Bass: Irvine Memorial
M&D: William Kerr Memorial

Grade 4b

Piping Adjudicator 1: William Garrett
Piping Adjudicator 2: Mark Faloon
Drumming Adjudicator: Gordon Parkes
Ensemble Adjudicator: John Moles

Band Piping 1 Place Piping 2 Place Drumming Place Ensemble Place Total Final Position
Black Raven 1 1 1 1 4 1st
Altnaveigh Memorial 4 2 2 3 11 2nd
Moneygore 2 3 5 2 12 3rd
McDonald Memorial 7 8 4 4 23 4th
Major Sinclair Memorial 3 5 11 5 24 5th
Letterkenny & District 6 6 10 6 28 6th
Bready Ulster Scots 9 10 3 9 31 7th EP
Raffrey 5 7 9 10 31 8th
Joseph Forde Memorial 8 4 14 8 34 9th
Tullylagan 10 11 8 7 36 10th
Down Academy 11 9 6 12 38 11th
Queen Elizabeth 12 12 7 11 42 12th
Hollymount 13 13 12 13 51 13th
Kirkistown 14 14 13 14 55 14th

Best Bass: Black Raven
M&D: Kirkistown