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Canadian pipe band crowned 2026 world champions after ‘thrilling’ contest

A pipe band from Canada has been crowned World Pipe Band champions – the first time in 16 years that a band outside the UK has taken the honour.

The Simon Fraser University pipe band won the coveted title following the two-day event at Glasgow Green.

The Field Marshal Montgomery pipe band from Lisburn, Northern Ireland, was runner-up, with the Peoples Ford Boghall and Bathgate Caledonia band, coming third.

A total of 211 bands from 14 countries, including youth bands, took part in the “truly thrilling and fiercely contested competition”.


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