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Grade 4B · 2026 season
Contests
6 in 2026
Major titles
0
Podium finishes
1 of 6
Season form
486311

Across the seasons (each year is its own published partition — tap a year to open it)

YearGradeContestsBestMajors wonBand CoCDrumming CoC
2026Grade 4B6 contests3rd best— majors won23rd29th
2025Grade 4B4 contests5th best— majors won27th28th
2024Grade 4B5 contests4th best— majors won22nd16th
2023Grade 4B5 contests1st best— majors won4th13th
2022Grade 4B7 contests1st best— majors won4th17th

2026 season · most recent first

Major

The Worlds

15 Aug 2026 Full field ›
Qualifier 14th of 21 did not qualify
Piping 1P1
11
Piping 2P2
8
DrummingD
18
EnsembleE
13
TotalTot
50
Qualifier heat — 21 bands
1 Uddingston Strathclyde 7 pts
2 Lanark and District 16 pts
3 Irvine and District 17 pts
4 Arbroath 23 pts
5 Dumfries 26 pts
6 Dean Castle Pipes & Drums 30 pts
How to read it: lower is better. Two piping judges, one drumming, one ensemble — placings sum to the total, lowest total wins. EP/CEP = (combined) ensemble preference, used to break ties.
Major

Scottish

25 Jul 2026 Full field ›
Result 11th of 12
Piping 1P1
6
Piping 2P2
12
DrummingD
12
EnsembleE
12
TotalTot
42
Full result — 12 bands
1 Royal Air Force of Oman 4 pts
2 City of Brechin 9 pts
3 Uddingston Strathclyde 15 pts
4 Arbroath 17 pts
5 1st Troon Boys Brigade 19 pts
6 East Kilbride 28 pts
How to read it: lower is better. Two piping judges, one drumming, one ensemble — placings sum to the total, lowest total wins. EP/CEP = (combined) ensemble preference, used to break ties.

Stonehaven Highland Games

19 Jul 2026 Full field ›
Result 3rd of 3
Piping 1P1
3
Piping 2P2
2
DrummingD
3
EnsembleE
3
TotalTot
11
Full result — 3 bands
1 City of Brechin 5 pts
2 Dunnottar Pipes & Drums 8 pts
3 City of Aberdeen 11 pts
How to read it: lower is better. Two piping judges, one drumming, one ensemble — placings sum to the total, lowest total wins. EP/CEP = (combined) ensemble preference, used to break ties.

Aberdeen Highland Games

21 Jun 2026 Full field ›
Result 6th of 8
Piping 1P1
5
Piping 2P2
5
DrummingD
8
EnsembleE
6
TotalTot
24
Full result — 8 bands
1 Bucksburn & District NoviceNJB 8 pts
2 Granite City 9 pts
3 Ellon & District Royal British Legion 14 pts
4 Dunnottar Pipes & Drums 16 pts
5 HIGHLAND GRANITE DEVELOPMENT - ANJB 16 pts
6 City of Aberdeen 24 pts
How to read it: lower is better. Two piping judges, one drumming, one ensemble — placings sum to the total, lowest total wins. EP/CEP = (combined) ensemble preference, used to break ties.

Garioch

24 May 2026 Full field ›
Result 8th of 9
Piping 1P1
9
Piping 2P2
9
DrummingD
7
EnsembleE
5
TotalTot
30
Full result — 9 bands
1 Bucksburn & District NoviceNJB 5 pts
2 Granite City 9 pts
3 Dunnottar Pipes & Drums 12 pts
4 Arbroath 18 pts
5 Ellon & District Royal British Legion 22 pts
6 Towie and District 22 pts
How to read it: lower is better. Two piping judges, one drumming, one ensemble — placings sum to the total, lowest total wins. EP/CEP = (combined) ensemble preference, used to break ties.

NoS Branch Indoors

18 Apr 2026 Full field ›
Result 4th of 7
Piping 1P1
3
Piping 2P2
3
DrummingD
6
EnsembleE
7
TotalTot
19
Full result — 7 bands
1 Bucksburn & District NoviceNJB 5 pts
2 Ellon & District Royal British Legion 9 pts
3 Granite City 14 pts
4 City of Aberdeen 19 pts
5 FORRES & DISTRICT 20 pts
6 FRASERBURGH RBL 22 pts
How to read it: lower is better. Two piping judges, one drumming, one ensemble — placings sum to the total, lowest total wins. EP/CEP = (combined) ensemble preference, used to break ties.

Quartets & mini-bands · 2026

Grade 4B Champion of Champions form · 2026 majors (major placings — tap a band to open their season)

Overall standing shown. Rotate or widen the screen to see each major's placing.

#BandBritishUKEuropeanScottishThe WorldsPts
1 Arbroath 6—143 14
2 Lanark and District 4—3—2 12
3 Uddingston Strathclyde 734310 11
4 Royal Air Force of Oman ———14 9
5 1st Troon Boys Brigade 1——56 9
6 Bready Ulster Scots —5——1 8
7 Dumfries 10—275 7
8 Tullylagan —1——— 6
9 East Kilbride 2—76— 6
10 Kilbarchan 375—— 6
11 City of Brechin ———29 5
12 Hollymount —2——— 5
13 City of Limerick —4——— 3
14 Paisley & District R.B.L 5—1298 2
15 Irvine and District 9—61011 1
16 Joseph Forde Memorial —6——— 1
17 Dean Castle Pipes & Drums ——10—7 0
18 Granite City ——88— 0
19 Down Academy —8——— 0
19 Queensferry 8———— 0
21 Dunnottar Pipes & Drums ——9—— 0
21 Gorey —9——— 0
23 City of Aberdeen ———11— 0
23 Northern Constabulary Community ——11—— 0
23 Stockbridge 11———— 0
26 The Sons of Scotland ————12 0
26 Troon Blackrock 12———— 0
26 Vale of Atholl ———12— 0
29 Alyth & District ——13—— 0
29 Dunoon Argyll 13———— 0
31 Tulliallan 15———— 0
31 Warrington 14———— 0