PBNews || December 2020

NEWS
MANAWATU
SWEEP PALMY
Staff Reporters
Manawatu Scottish Society
MANAWATU Scottish Society
claimed almost perfect scores
at the 41st Annual Jenny
Mair Highland Square Day at
Palmerston North.
Three of New Zealand’s five grade
one pipe bands attended the
December event, marked as the
biggest contest outside of the
National Championships.
Incidentally, outside of the
Nationals earlier in March, this
was the second largest pipe
band event to be held throughout
the world this year due to the
COVID-19 pandemic.
Hamtilon Caledonian won a
hotly contested grade two event,
tying overall with Wellington Red
Hackle for points. City of Tauranga
won the grade three event while
Papakura won the grade four
event. The Lewis Turrell Memorial
PB won the Juvenile event.
Director-General of Health, Dr
Ashley Bloomfield, attended the
event to watch his son compete
with Scots College PB who finished
fifth in grade four.
Grade One
MSR
1st Manawatu Scottish (2,2,1,1)
2nd Auckland and District (1,1,2,3)
3rd New Zealand Police (3,3,3,2)
Judges: Ian Ferguson, Lance
Turnbull (piping), Chris Stevens
(ensemble), Scott Mitchell
(drumming)
Medley
1st Manawatu Scottish (1,2,1,1)
2nd New Zealand Police (3,1,3,2)
3rd Auckland and District (2,3,2,3)
Judges: Liam Kernaghan, Iain
Blakely (piping), Graeme Bryce
(ensemble), Adam Alexander
(drumming)
Grade Two
MSR
1st Hamilton Caledonian (1,1,1,2)
2nd Wellington Red Hackle (2,2,2,1)
Judges: Ian Ferguson, Lance
Turnbull (piping), Chris Stevens
(ensemble), Scott Mitchell
(drumming)
Medley
1st Wellington Red Hackle (1,2,1,1)
2nd Hamilton Caledonian (2,1,2,2)
Judges: Liam Kernaghan, Iain
Blakely (piping), Graeme Bryce
(ensemble), Adam Alexander
(drumming)
Grade Three
MSR
1st Hamilton Caledonian (1,1,1,2)
2nd Wellington Red Hackle (2,2,2,1)
Judges: Ian Ferguson, Lance
Turnbull (piping), Chris Stevens
(ensemble), Scott Mitchell
(drumming)
Medley
1st Wellington Red Hackle (1,2,1,1)
2nd Hamilton Caledonian (2,1,2,2)
Judges: Liam Kernaghan, Iain
Blakely (piping), Graeme Bryce
(ensemble), Adam Alexander
(drumming)
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