Win For Wellington Band

Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31306, 28 February 1967, Page 12

Win For Wellington Band

(N.Z. Press Association) INVERCARGILL, February 26. It was a bonny day for the supporters of the City of Wellington Highland Pipe Band on Saturday, for it won the A grade aggregate at the Dominion Pipe Band Championship at Rugby Park for the sixth successive time. With this win the Wellington band has now carried off the championship 11 times since its inception in 1930, six more than its nearest rival, Dunedin Highland. The Canterbury Caledonian Society’s Highland Pipe Band won the B grade aggregate for the first time since 1957. The Wellington band gained its win from Its performance in the test piece on Friday, finishing with 191.333 points, five ahead of the Scottish Society of New Zealand Pipe Band. However, in the quickstep on Saturday afternoon these placings were reversed, but only by a small margin. The Scottish Society of New Zealand were awarded 197.876 points, the City of Wellington 197.808, and the third placegetter, the City of Invercargill Caledonian Pipe Band, 197.378. The Invercargill band also won the street march. The Wellington band would have won had it not had four points deducted for arriving late at the starting point. Results: Street March A Grade.—City of Invercargill (drill 36.491, music 8.583), 45.074, 1: Scottish Society of New Zealand (drill 35.2, music 9.083), 44.283, 2; Timaru Highland (drill 34.908. music 8.0), 42.908, 3; City of New Plymouth (drill 33.433, music 8.75), 42.183, 4; City of Wanganui (drill 33.36, music 8.66), 42.032, 5; City of Wellington (drill 32.266, four points deducted for lateness, music 9.33), 41.599, 6; City of Dunedin (drill 33.575, music 8.0), 41.575, 1. B grade.— Canterbury Caledonian Society (drill 34.525, music 8.833) 43.358, 1; Christchurch Metropolitan (drill 31.583, music 7.0), 38.583, 2; Hawke’s Bay Scottish (drill 31.033, music 6.33), 37.366, 3; Balclutha (drill 29.025, music 7.166), 36.191, 4; St. Andrew’s College (drill 29.625, music 6.0), 35.625, 5. C grade. Horowhenua Scottish (drill 31.566, music 7.5), 39.066, 1; City of Christchurch Ladles (drill 30.758, music 6.6), 37.124, 2; Pleasant Point and District (drill 28.780, music 6.833) 35.613, 3; Riccarton Highland (drill 29.250, music 5.33), 24.583, 4; Tuatapere (drill 28.150, music 5.666), 34.416, 5. Quickstep A grade.—Scottish Society of New Zealand (drill 88.210, music 109.666), 197.876, 1; City of Wellington (drill 89.475, music 108.333), 197.808, 2; City of Invercargill (drill 91.912, music 105.40), 197.378, 3; City of Wanganui (drill 89.062, music 1,07.066), 196.128, 4; City of New Plymouth (drill 86.125, music 104.133), 190.258, 5; City of Dunedin (drill 86.912, music 102.466), 189.378, 6; Timaru Highland (drill 87.050, music 101.666), 188.716, 7. B grade.—Christchurch Metropolitan (drill 85.650, music 98.666), 184.316, 1; Canterbury Caledonian (drill 85.650, music 97.933), 175.453, 2; Gore (drill 82.387, music 93.066), 175.453, 3; Hawke’s Bay Scottish (drill 81.987, music 91.933), 173.920, 4; Waimatuku Highland (drill 85.1, music 85.?), 170.9, 5. Drumming A grade.—City of Wellington, 35 points, 1; City of Dunedin, 33.8, 2; City of Invercargill, 33.6, 3; B grade.—Canterbury Caledonian, 33.8, 1; Christchurch Metropolitan, 33.4, 2; Hawke’s

Bay Scottish, 33.2, 3. C grade.— Horowhenua Scottish, 31.6, 1; Methven, 28.2, 2; City of Christchurch Ladies, 28.0, 3. Dress A grade.—City of Invercargill, 66, 1; City of Dunedin, 64, 2; Scottish Society of New Zealand, 63, 3 B grade.—Canterbury Caledonian, 63, 1; Gore Highland, 62, 2; Christchurch Metropolitan and Waimatuku Highland, 59, 3. C grade.—City of Christchurch Ladies, 60, 1; Methven, 58, 2; Dunedin Ladies Scottish, 57, 3. Aggregate A Grade.—City of Wellington, 389.141, 1; Scottish Society of New Zealand, 384.076, 2; City of Invercargilil, 381.178, 3; City of Wanganui, 375.861, 4; City of Dunedin, 372.378, 5; City of New Plymouth, 372.195, 6; Timaru Highland, 366.982, 7. B Grade.—Canterbury Caledonian, 348.116, 1; Christchurch Metropolitan, 348.049, 2; Hawke’s Bay Scottish, 336.853, 3; Gore Highland, 336.119, 4; Balclutha, 325.120, 5; Waimatuku, 324.433, 6; St. Andrew’s College (Christchurch), 317.091, 7; Green Island, 311.920, 8; North Otago Highland, 302.395, 9; City of Christchurch (men), 291.295, 10. C Grade.—Horowhenua Scottish, 322.682, 1; City of Christchurch Ladies, 306.069, 2; Dunedin Ladies’ Highland, 287.991, 3; Tuatapere Caledonian, 287.674, 4; Pleasant Point and District, 287.236, 5; Christchurch Ladies, 287.236, 6; Pipes and Drums of Winton and District, 283.112, 7; Meth ven Caledonian, 280.875, 8; Strath Taieri, 279.625, 9; Riccarton Highland, 279.491, 10; Wyndham, 273.178, 11: Dunedin Ladies’ Scottish, 267.095, 12; Otautau and Districts, 263.894, 13; St. Andrew’s College (Christchurch), 252.920, 14. Test Selection C Grade. —Horowhenui Scottish (144.6 music, 16.2 drums), 162.866, 1; City of Christchurch Ladies (135.666, 14.0), 149.66, 2; Tuatapere Caledonian (136.33, 11.4), 147.73, 3; Christchurch Ladies (134.333, 12.6). 146.93, 4; Dunedin Ladies’ Highland (132.33, 13.8), 146.133, 5. Championship Challenge Shield (highest aggregate points for selection and quickstep music and total military points).—City of Wellington. The Harry Lauder Shield (band gaining highest aggregate points for music and drill in quickstep).—Scottish Society of New Zealand Pipe Band, Christchurch. John Begg Challenge Cup (band gaining highest points for music in the selection). — City of Wellington. George Lachlan Memorial Cup (band gaining highest points for music in the quickstep).— Scottish Society of New Zealand Pipe Band. Hunter Drill Shield (band gaining highest points for'drill in quickstep).—City of Invercargill. Timaru Highland Pipe Band Challenge Cup (for band gaining highest points in drum mayor’s display).—City of Wellington. Major John Smith Memorial Cup (band gaining highest points for drill in street march). —City of Invercargill. E. J. Gittb Memorial Trophy (band gaining highest points for best drum selection). —City of Wellington. Goulding Challenge Cup (band gaining most points at the inspection of bands in quickstep).—City of Invercargill. Pleasant Point District Pipe Band Challenge Cup (band gaining highest points for music in street march). —City of Wellington. South Canterbury Centennial Challenge Trophy (for runnerup in A grade).—Scottish Society of New Zealand Pipe Band. John Hope Memorial Cup (highest aggregate points in selection and quickstep).—City of Wellington. Lauchie Simpson Memorial Trophy (band gaining highest points in music in drum major’s display.—City of Wellington. B Grade Timaru Chalelnge Cup (band with highest aggregate points for selection, quickstep, music, and total highest military points).—Canterbury Caledonian. Empire Challenge Cup (band gaining highest points in drum major’s display.—Christchurch Metropolitan. Alastair Macdonald Challenge Cup (band gaining highest points in quickstep).—Christchurch Metropolitan. Robert Thomson Trophy (highest points for music in drum

majors display).—Canterbury Caledonian. Innes Webb Challenge Shield (highest points for dress in B grade quickstep, street march, and selection). —Canterbury Caledonian. William Duncan Memorial Shield (highest points in street march drill). —Canterbury Caledonian. Manawatu Scottish Society Challenge Shield (highest points in test selection).—Canterbury Caledonian. Neil Cruden Challenge Shield (highest points in music In quick step and selection).— Canterbury Caledonian. E. Patterson Challenge Cup (highest drumming points in championships). Canterbury Caledonian. L. L. Aitken Shield highest aggregate for music and drill in street march). —Canterbury Caledonian. James Lothian Memorial Cud (second place in aggregate).— Christchurch Metropolitan. Jock Campbell Memorial Cup (highest paints for music in quickstep). Christchurch Metropolitan. V. J. Nicholson Shield (highest points for drill and quickstep) . —Christchurch Metropolitan and Canterbury Caledonian. Douglas Milne Memorial Trophy (runner-up in quickstep).—Canterbury Caledonian. C Grade Gordon Challenge Cup (highest aggregate for selection and quickstep).—Horowhenua Scottish. Kendall Challenge Bowl (highest points in selection).— Horowhenua Scottish. Canterbury Challenge Cup (highest points in inspection.— City of Christchurch Ladies. Craig Challenge Cup (highest points in street march). —Horowhenua Scottish. I. D. Cameron Shield (best college band). —St. Andrew’s College Christchurch. I. D. Cameron Shield (ladles band gaining highest points).— City of Christchurch Ladies. W. Craig Shield (best ladies band).—City of Christchurch Ladies. William Galloway Trophy (second place in aggregate).— City of Christcchurch Ladies. South Auckland Centre Challege Cup (highest points in drill and quickstep).—Horowhenua Scottish. P. J. McDonald Challenge Cup (highest points in drumming).— Horowhenua. A or B Grades Colin Campbell Challenge Cup (corps ■ of drummers gaining highest points in quickstep and selection). —City of Wellington. Open Stewart Memorial Cup (drum major gaining highest points in the staff flourishing championships).—Drum Major A. Miller, Scottish Society. R. G. Hardy Trophy (highest piping points in quickstep and selection). —Horowhenua. Special Invercargill City Trophy (most points for punctuality and decorum in the contest). —St. Andrew’s College, Christchurch. Drum Majors' Display A Grade Drum Majors* Display.—City of Wellington, 116.166 points, 1; Scottish Society of New Zealand (Christchurch), 115.13, 2; City of Invercargill, 109.83 3. Open Staff Flourishing.—A. Miller (Scottish Society of New Zealand), 42 points. 1; R. G. Steel (Canterbury Caledonian), 41, 2; Miss B. Burrell (Dunedin Ladies Scottish), 38, 3; Miss J. L. Blair (City of Christchurch Ladies), 37, 4.