Crowds of spectators watching Field Marshal Montgomery Pipe Band at the World Championships on Glasgow Green, lead by Pipe Major Richard Parkes, MBE


As of 2016 the band has won a total of 66 major championships, namely 15 Scottish Championships, 12 British Championships, 12 European Championships, 11 World Championships, 12 Cowal Championships and all four editions to date of the United Kingdom Championships. Further, the band has won 25 Ulster Championships, 24 All-Ireland Championships, and gained 14 RSPBA Champion of Champions titles. Since its first Grade 1 prize at a major championship in 1990, the band has never been out of the top six at a major championship, finishing in the prize list in 128 consecutive championship competitions. And are the world's most successful pipe band ever.


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