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By selecting the desired year from the left hand side navigation menu you can reveal the winning placements for the selected Australian Pipe Band Championships since the inaugural event in 1961.

Prior to 1986 Band Championships comprised Grade 1, 2, 3, Juvenile & Champion Drum Major. Post 1986 the Grade 4 element was added.

Grade

1st

2nd

3rd

1

Hawthorn

2

Emmanuel College Highlanders

3

City of Melbourne No 1
City of Adelaide
Coastal Scottish (WA)

4A

Scot College No.1
Scots College Sydney
Old Scotch

4B

Maryborough and District
City of Melbourne No.2
Scotch College No.2

Novice Juvenile A

Scots College Sydney
Halleybury Pipes & Drums
Scotch College No.1

Novice Juvenile B

Scotch College No.2
PLC Melbourne
Halleybury Pipes & Drums

Drum Major - Open

Sergeant Benjamin Casey
Dominic Andersen-Strudwick
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Grade

1st

2nd

3rd

2

Hawthorn
Pipe Band Club
Emmanuel College Highlanders

3

City of Melbourne
City of Ipswich
St Mary's District

4A

Haileybury
Scotch College (Vic)
Scots College (NSW)

4B

Scotch College (Vic)
Ballarat Grammar
Scots College (NSW)

Novice Juvenile A

Scotch College (Vic)
Scots College (NSW)
Haileybury

Novice Juvenile B

Scotch College (Vic)
Scots College (NSW)
Ballarat Grammar

Drum Major - Juvenile

Heath Turner
Finn O'Regan
Justin Wong

Drum Major - Open

Dominic Anderson Strudwick
Nick Tragoutsis
Benjamin Casey
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Grade

1st

2nd

3rd

2

Hawthorn City
The Pipe Band Club
Moorabbin City

3

NZ Foundation
Emmanuel College Highlanders
Scotch College (Vic)

4

Knox Grammar
Brisbane Boys College
Haileybury College

Juvenile

Scotch College (Vic)
NZ Foundation
Scots College (NSW)

Drum Major - Junior

Izaak Dove

Drum Major - Senior

Benjamin Casey
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Grade

1st

2nd

3rd

1

Western Australia Police

2

The Pipe Band CLub
Moorabbin City
Hawthorn City

3

Scotch College (Vic)
Canberra Burns Club
Coastal Scottish

4

Brisbane Boys College
Scots College
Canterbury Caledonian (NZ)

Juvenile

NZ Foundation
Scotch College (Vic)
Scots College (NSW)

Drum Major - Junior

Callum Thompson

Drum Major - Senior

Benjamin Casey
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Grade

1st

2nd

3rd

1

Western Australia Police
Queenslander Highlanders
Moorabbin City

2

The Pipe Band Club
St Andrews (QLD)
Hawthorn City

3

Scotch College (Vic)
University of Ballarat (Vic)
Williamstown RSL

4

Hawkesbury Neepean Valley
Scottish Society
Golden City

Juvenile

Scots College
Haileybury College
Scots College #1 (NSW)

Drum Major - Senior

Benjamin Casey

Grade

1st

2nd

3rd

1

Western Australia Police
Queenslander Highlanders
The Pipe Band Club

2

Moorabbin City
City of Adelaide
St Andrews (QLD)

3

NZ Foundation
Williamstown RSL
City of Melbourne

4

University of Ballarat #2
Golden City
South Canterbury

Juvenile

NZ Foundation
Socts College (NSW)
Scotch College (Vic)

Drum Major - Junior

Domenic Anderson-Strudwick

Drum Major - Senior

Brian Wilson (Northern Ireland)

Grade

1st

2nd

3rd

1

The Pipe Band Club
Australian Highlanders
Queensland Highlanders

2

Hawthorn City
City of Adelaide
Moorabbin City

3

Manawatu Development (NZ)
LCC Southern Cross #1
Wynnum Series Club

4

LCC Southern Cross #2
Gold Coast Tweed
Canberra Burns #2

Juvenile

Scots College (Vic)
Scots College (NSW)
Scots School Bathurst (NSW)

Drum Major - Junior

Domenic Anderson-Strudwick

Drum Major - Senior

Dominic Anderson-Strudwick

Grade

1st

2nd

3rd

1

St Marys Band Club
Australian Highlanders
Queensland Highlanders

2

City of Adelaide
Canberra Burns Club
Temuka (NZ)

3

LCC Southern Cross
University of Ballarat
United Mineworkers

4

Scots College (NSW)
Watonia RSL (Victoria)
Queensland Police Juvenile

Juvenile

Scots College (NSW)
Scots School Bathurst (NSW)
Hawkesbury City

Drum Major - Senior

Brian Wilson (Northern Ireland)

Grade

1st

2nd

3rd

1

Australian Highlanders
Queensland Highlanders
City of Blacktown RSL #1

2

St Mary's Band Club
Clayton RSL
Canberra Burns Club

3

University of Ballarat
Warrnambool
City of Blacktown #2

4

Haileybury College
City of Melbourne
Frankston RSL

Juvenile

Haileybury College
City of Blacktown RSL
Scots College (NSW)

Drum Major - Senior

David MacPherson (Scotland)

Grade

1st

2nd

3rd

1

Celtin Inn Manawatu (NZ)
Queensland Highlanders
City of Blacktown

2

City of Blacktown

3

Canberra Burns Club
St Andrews (QLD)
Warrnambool

4

Haileybury College
Maclean (NSW)
Queensland Highlanders #2

Juvenile

Queensland Police
Haileybury College
Scots PGC Warwick

Drum Major - Senior

Brian Wilson (Northern Ireland)

Grade

1st

2nd

3rd

1

Queensland Highlanders
City of Nunawading
City of Blacktown

2

Clayton RSL
St Marys Band CLub
St Andrews (QLD)

3

Warrnambool
Maryborough
University of Ballarat

4

Haileybury College
City of Melbourne #2
City of Nunawading #2

Juvenile

Haileybury College
Scotch College
Queensland Police

Drum Major

David Silver (Victoria)

Grade

1st

2nd

3rd

1

Simon Fraser University (Canada)
Canterbury Caledonian (NZ)
City of Adelaide

2

Clayton RSL
City of Bankstown RSL
Christchurch Metropolitan (NZ)

3

Warrnambool
Canberra Burns Club
Bendigo Golden City

4

Maryborough
Haileybury College
Scotch College (VIC)

Juvenile

Scotch College (VIC)
Haileybury
St Andrews College (NZ)

Drum Major

Douglas McFarland (New South Wales)

Grade

1st

2nd

3rd

1

Williamstown RSL
City of Adelaide
Queensland Police

2

Moorabbin City
Warrnambool
City of Nunawading

3

Warrnambool
Canberra Burns Club
Bendigo Golden City

4

Maryborough
Haileybury College
Scotch College (VIC)

Juvenile

Haileybury College
Scotch College (VIC)

Drum Major

Brian Wilson (Northern Ireland)

Grade

1st

2nd

3rd

1

City of Adelaide
City of Blacktown
St Marys Band Club

2

Footscray City
Queensland Highlanders
City of Melbourne

3

Moorabbin City
University of Ballarat
Bendigo Golden City

4

Watsonia RSL
Haileybury College
Maryborough

Juvenile

Haileybury College
St Andrews College (NZ)
Scots PGC Warwick

Drum Major

Alan McBridge (Northern Ireland)

Grade

1st

2nd

3rd

1

Victoria Police
City of Melbourne
St Marys Band Club

2

Footscray City
Western Australia Police
City of Adelaide

3

Armadale City
Bendigo Golden City
City of Melbourne #2

4

Haileybury College
Maryborough
Scotch College (VIC)

Juvenile

Scotch College
Haileybury College
Scotch College (WA)

Drum Major

Brian Wilson (Northern Ireland)

Grade

1st

2nd

3rd

1

Victoria Police
City of Nunawading
City of Blacktown #1

2

Queensland Police
Footscray City
Western Australia Police

3

University of Ballarat
Bendigo Golden City #1
City of Melbourne #2

4

Haileybury College
Bendigo Golden City #2
Maryborough

Juvenile

Haileybury College
Moorabbin City
Warrnambool

Drum Major

Bob Currie (South Australia)

Grade

1st

2nd

3rd

1

Victoria Police
City of Nunawading
City of Melbourne

2

Warrnambool
Queensland Police
East Coast (ACT)

3

City of Melbourne #2
Footscray City
Bendigo Golden City

4

Haileybury College
Tenterfield Highlanders
City of Nunawading #2

Juvenile

Haileybury College
Scots School Bathurst
Scots College (VIC)

Drum Major

Alex McEachan (New South Wales)

Grade

1st

2nd

3rd

1

Victoria Police
Queensland Irish
City of Dunedin (NZ)

2

City of Nunawading
Warrnambool
Rooty Hill RSL

3

Queensland Police
City of Melbourne
Scots School Bathurst

4

Haileybury College
City of Blacktown #2
Wynnum RSL

Juvenile

Haileybury College
City of Blacktown
Scots School Bathurst

Drum Major

Alex Misseldine (New South Wales)

Grade

1st

2nd

3rd

1

Wellington Police (NZ)
Queensland Irish
St Marys

2

Victoria Police
Queensland Irish #2
3rd Bat. RAR (NSW)

3

Monstown/ Mossley (Northern Ireland)
Bendigo Golden City
Warrnambool

4

Footscray
Liverpool City
Scotch College (VIC)

Juvenile

Monkstown/ Mossley (Northern Ireland)
Haileybury College
Scots School Bathurst

Drum Major

Bob Semple (Victoria)

Grade

1st

2nd

3rd

1

Queensland Irish
St Marys Band Club
City of Melbourne

2

Royal Caledonian Society
Canberra Caledonia
City of Nunawading

3

Footscray
Northern Suburbs
Scots School Bathurst

4

Haileybury College
City of Blacktown #2
Scotch College (VIC)

Juvenile

Haileybury
Scots School Ballarat
City of Blacktown

Drum Major

Ian Morrison (Victoria)

Grade

1st

2nd

3rd

1

Hawthorn City
St Marys Band Club
City of Melbourne

2

City of Nunawading
Bendigo Golden City
5/6 Batt RVR Victoria

3

Victoria Police
City of Newcastle RSL
St Andrews Ladies (VIC)

Juvenile

Scots School Bathurst

Drum Major

Bob Semple (Victoria)

Grade

1st

2nd

3rd

1

Hawthorn City
St Marys Band Club
Queensland Irish

2

City of Blacktown
Queensland Irish #2
Royal Caledonian Society

3

Ballantyne Scotch
Queensland Irish #3
Bendigo Highland

Juvenile

Scots School Bathurst
Warrnambol
Haileybury

Drum Major

Bob Semple (Victoria)

Grade

1st

2nd

3rd

1

City of Wellington (NZ)
Hawthorn
Melbourne Highland

2

Moorabin City
City of Nunawading
St Johns Ambulance

3

St Marys #2
Queensland Irish #2
Scotch College

Juvenile

Scots School Bathurst
Scotch College (VIC)
Haileybury College

Drum Major

Bob Semple (Victoria)

Grade

1st

2nd

3rd

1

Queensland Irish
St Marys Band Club
Melbourne Highland

2

Moorabin City
Queensland Irish #2
City of Nunawading

3

3RD Batt. RAR South Australia
Scotch College (VIC)
Canterbury Caledonian Ladies (NZ)

Juvenile

Parramatta Police Boys
Scots School Bathurst
Scotch College (VIC)

Drum Major

Ian Vaughan (New South Wales)

Grade

1st

2nd

3rd

1

City of Wellington (NZ)
Queensland Irish
St Marys Band Club

2

Cardiff RSL
Adelaide University
City of New Town

3

St Marys Band Club #2
Fairfield Police Boys
Queensland Irish #2

Juvenile

Melbourne Highland
Broken Hill Police Boys
Queensland Irish

Drum Major

Keith Rylin (New South Wales)

Grade

1st

2nd

3rd

1

Queensland Irish
Hawthorn City
St Marys Band Club

2

Adelaide University Regiment
St Johns Ambulance
Queensland Irish

3

Northern Suburbs (NSW)
City of Springvale
St Andrews #2 (QLD)

Drum Major

Trevor Warnock (Queensland)

Grade

1st

2nd

3rd

1

St Marys Band Club
Sydney Thistle
Queensland Irish

2

Adelaide University Regiment
City of Newcastle RSL
City of Nunawading

3

Nepean & District
Scotch College
Brisbane St Andrews

Juvenile

Scotch College #1
Scotch College #2
The Friends' School (TAS)

Drum Major

Bob Semple (Victoria)

Grade

1st

2nd

3rd

1

Hawthorn
Sydney Thistle
St Marys Band Club

2

St Andrews (QLD)
Sydney University Regiment
Brisbane Caledonian

3

Queensland Irish
Brisbane Blue Bonnets
Brisbane Thistle

Drum Major

Bob Semple (Victoria)

Grade

1st

2nd

3rd

1

Brisbane Red Hackle
Sydney Thistle
St Marys Band Club

2

John MacDouall Stuart
Brisbane Red Hackle #2
Victoria Police

3

Sydney University Regiment
Cameronian Ladies
Scots School Bathurst

Juvenile

Scots School Bathurst
Scots College (VIC)
Broken Hill Police Boys

Drum Major

Brian Banks (Tasmania)

Grade

1st

2nd

3rd

1

Brisbane Red Hackle
Sydney Thistle
Innes Tartan

2

Victoria Police
Colac & District
Blue Lake Ladies

3

City of Nunawading
Sydney University Regiment
Queensland Irish

Juvenile

Scotch College (VIC)
Knox Grammar
Scots School Bathurst

Drum Major

Norm Vaughan (New South Wales)

Grade

1st

2nd

3rd

1

Brisbane Red Hackle
Hawthorn
Melbourne Ladies

2

Victoria Police
Derwent Scottish
Scotch College (VIC)

3

John MacDouall Stuart
Royal Caledonian
Naracoorte

Juvenile

Trinity College
Scotch College
Blue Lake Ladies

Drum Major

Bob Semple (Victoria)

Grade

1st

2nd

3rd

1

Sydney Thistle
Brisbane Red Hackle
Northern Suburbs

2

Canberra Highland
Victoria Police
Scotch College

3

City of Nunawading
Warrnambool
Naracoorte

Drum Major

Norm Vaughan (New South Wales)

Grade

1st

2nd

3rd

1

Brisbane Red Hackle
Sydney Thistle
Lower Hutt (NZ)

2

Scotch College (VIC)
Melbourne Ladies
Rats of Tobruk

3

City of Whyalla
Cameronian Ladies
Canberra Highland

Drum Major

Keith Stephenson (South Australia)

Grade

1st

2nd

3rd

1

Brisbane Red Hackle
Sydney Thistle
Brisbane Caledonian

2

Queensland Police
Brisbane Thistle
St Andrews (QLD)

3

Queensland Irish
St Andrews #2 (QLD)
Canberra Highland

Drum Major

Len Davidson (Queensland)

Grade

1st

2nd

3rd

1

New South Wales Police
Sydney Thistle
Hawthorn

2

Blue Lake Ladies
Parramatta Caledonian
Lakemba Caledonian

3

Scots School Bathurst
Knox Grammar
Lakemba Caledonian

Drum Major

Jimmy Cairncross (New South Wales)

Grade

1st

2nd

3rd

1

New South Wales Police
Brisbane Red Hackle
Hawthorn

2

17th Batt. RNSWR
Knox Grammar
Ararat & District

3

Knox Grammar
Donald
Ararat & District

Juvenile

Knox Grammar
Scotch College (VIC)
Broken Hill Police Boys

Drum Major

Len Davies (VIC)