Simon Fraser University Pipe Band

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Simon Fraser University Pipe Band
Established 1966
Location Burnaby, British Columbia
Grade 1
Pipe Major Terry Lee
D. Sergeant J. Reid Maxwell
Tartan Ancient Fraser
Notable Honours Winner, World Pipe Band Championships: 1995, 1996, 1999, 2001
Website www.sfupipeband.com

The Simon Fraser University Pipe Band (SFUPB) is a grade one pipe band affiliated with Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada (a suburb located just east of Vancouver, BC). The band has consistently placed in the top three in world competition and has won the Grade One World Pipe Band Championships four times: 1995, 1996, 1999, and 2001. SFUPB is one of only three bands located outside of the United Kingdom that have won a World Pipe Band Championship (the other two being the 78th Fraser Highlanders Pipe Band and the Victoria Police Pipe Band). In addition, the band has placed second seven times -- finishing in the top two in the world in 11 of its 25 years.

SFUPB regularly competes in Highland Games competitions sanctioned by the British Columbia Pipers Association in the northwestern United States and southwestern British Columbia before travelling to Scotland in August for the World Pipe Band Championships. The band wears the Ancient Fraser tartan.

Since 1994, the SFUPB has led an extensive family of pipe bands which each compete in their own grades. This organization is called the Robert Malcolm Memorial Pipe Band.

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Grade I Pipe Bands ( v • d • e )
Scotland Boghall and Bathgate Caledonia Pipe Band, Clan Gregor Society Pipe Band, Dysart and Dundonald Pipe Band, Shotts and Dykehead Pipe Band, Strathclyde Police Pipe Band, Vale of Atholl Pipe Band, Scottish Power Pipe Band
Ireland Field Marshal Montgomery Pipe Band, St. Laurence O'Toole Pipe Band
Canada 78th Fraser Highlanders Pipe Band, 78th Highlanders (Halifax Citadel) Pipe Band, Alberta Caledonia Pipe Band, Simon Fraser University Pipe Band, Toronto Police Pipe Band, Windsor Police Pipe Band
Australia Australia Highlanders Pipe Band, City of Adelaide Pipe Band, Perth Highland Pipe Band, Victoria Police Pipe Band, Western Australia Police Pipe Band
United States City of Washington Pipe Band, Los Angeles Scottish Pipe Band, Prince Charles Pipe Band
Bold links indicate winners of the World Pipe Band Championships.
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