Field Marshal Montgomery: 2025 Scottish Champions; SLOT Takes the Drumming

Scottish Pipe Band Championships – Field Marshal Triumph – Piping Press

Field Marshal Montgomery (pictured today) were declared Scottish Pipe Band Champions at a warm and largely dry Levengrove Park, Dumbarton. The victory gave P/M Matt Wilson and P/Sgt Ben Duncan their first championship win. The Scottish was considered by many to be the first for Grade 1 this year given that the UK event at Ingliston, Edinburgh, earlier in the month only attracted two entries. Ten played at Dumbarton. The...More Scottish Pipe Band…

Field Marshal Montgomery: 2025 Scottish Champions; SLOT takes the drumming

Compared with the UK Championships two weeks previous, there was a much stronger entry by bands at the 2025 Scottish Championships. With three firsts from the four judges, Field Marshal Montgomery won Grade 1 to secure the title, the second of the RSPBA's four major championships, against a field of nine other contestants. It was the first major championship win for Pipe-Major Matt Wilson, who took over from the legendary Richard Parkes in the o…