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Robert Wiseman Dairies Vale of Atholl Pipe Band
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| Established |
1906
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| Location |
Atholl, Scotland
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| Grade |
1
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| Pipe Major |
Andy Renwick
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| D. Sergeant |
Paul Turner
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| Notable Honours |
3rd place, World Pipe Band Chmpionships: 1989, 1990
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| Website |
www.thevale.org |
The Robert Wiseman Dairies Vale of Atholl Pipe Band is a competitive Grade One pipe band. The band has placed highly in the Major Scottish competitions and the World Pipe Band Championships since at least the late 1980s. Sponsorship is currently by Robert Wiseman Dairies, thoughin the past it has been by Macnaughtons and ScotRail. "The Vale" has continued to be consistent in high level competition, placing 8th in the 2006 World Championships.
| 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, Lothian & Borders Police Pipe Band |
| Ireland |
Field Marshal Montgomery Pipe Band, St. Laurence O'Toole Pipe Band, Ballycoan Pipe Band, Ballindery Bridge Pipe Band, Bleary & District 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, Fredericton Society of St. Andrews Pipe Band, Peel Regional Pipe Band |
| Australia |
Australia Highlanders Pipe Band, City of Adelaide Pipe Band, Victoria Police Pipe Band, Western Australia Police Pipe Band, Queensland Highlanders Pipe Band, City of Blacktown Pipe Band |
| New-Zealand |
Manawatu Scottish Society Pipe Band, Canterbury Caledonian Society Pipe Band, New Zealand Police Pipe Band, City of Wellington Pipe Band, Dalewool Auckland & District Pipe Band |
| United States |
City of Washington Pipe Band, Los Angeles Scottish Pipe Band, Prince Charles Pipe Band |
| South Africa |
Cape Town Highlanders |
| Bold links indicate winners of the World Pipe Band Championships. |
