City Of Wellington Band Retains Title

Press, Volume CII, Issue 30095, 1 April 1963, Page 16

City Of Wellington Band Retains Title

(New Zealand Press Association) ROTORUA. March 31. The City of Wellington Highland Pipe Band won the A grade championship for the seventh time in nine years at the Dominion championships which ended at Rotorua today.

The band was a clear leader in both the quickstep and selection. The Hamilton Caledonian Band’s drill put it ahead of the Auckland and District Band for second place, and the City of Invercargill Band was fourth. In the B grade aggregate, the Whangarei and County and Northland Regimental Band also led in both sections for the championship with Hawke's Bay Scottish runnerup. In the C grade aggregate, the City of Palmerston North Band was well in advance of its nearest rival, Masterton Fern and Thistle, by nearly 22 points. At the end of the A grade quickstep competition at Smallbone Park on Saturday, and again today, massed bands of more than 500 pipers and drummers played and marched together. Results: — A Grade Quickstep.—City of Wellington Highland, drill 86.936. music 106 total 192.836 1; Hamilton Caledonian Society. 87 625, 89.933 —187.558, 2; City of Invercargill Caledonian, 85 625. 100.433186 056, 3; Scottish Society of New Zealand (Christchurch). 85.125 SC .466—183.591 4; Timaru Highland. 80.312, 93—173.312. 8 Aggregate.—City of Wellington. 377 136, 1: Hamilton Caledonian, 366.001 2; Auckland and District. 365 049. 3; Scottish Society of New Zealand. 355 857. 6- Timaru, 345 078 9 Drum Majors' Display.—City of Wellington (J I Garrioch). 112 833 1: Hutt Valley <G I. Hibbert). 1175. 2; Scottish Society of New Zealand (A Miller) 108.833, 3. Dress Points.—City of Invercargill 67. Hutt Valley 66, City of Wellington 65. Scottish Society of New Zealand 64 Timaru 63 B Grade Test Selection. Whangarei County and Northland Regimental music 157 666, drumming 15.2. total 172.866, 1;

Hawkes Bay Scottish. 181.IM. 19.4 566, 2; Wairarapa Caledonian Society. 151.333, 12.8 IM. 133. 3: Metropolitan Highland (Christchurch) 150 MS, 13.4 164.096. 4. Aggregate. Whangarei and County, 351.836, 1; Hawke's Bay Scottish, 343 303 2; Wairarapa Caledonian, 340.033. 3; Metropolitan, 340.032, 4. Drum Majors’ Display. —Wairarapa Caledonian Society (R. Preston), 106 25, I; Metropolitan (A. McAlpine) and Whangarei and Northland Regimental (R. McKinnin). 106.166 (equal). 2 Dress Points.—Metropolitan 62. C Grade Quickstep.—City of Palmerston North, drill 79, music 92.333, total 171 333 1; Fem and Thistle (Masterton), 75.625, 87.2 —162.825. 2; Te Awamutu and District 78 5. 83 666—162166 3. Aggregate.—City of Palmerston North. 339.333, 1; Fern and Thistle. 317 358. 2- Te Awamutu District. 315.232. 3

Open Staff Flourishing.—H. Pay (Invercargill), 42. 1; A. Miller (Christchurch). 40. 2.