RSPBA crest The Royal Scottish Pipe Band AssociationResults

Aberdeen Highland Games

Grade 4B · 21 Jun 2026 · 8 bands · Result · 3 playing up
Playing up. 47TH Culter Boys Brigade, Bucksburn and District Novice, HIGHLAND GRANITE DEVELOPMENT - A entered the Grade 4B section from a lower grade. They contest the result here but aren't Grade 4B bands, so they don't appear in the Grade 4B roster or Champion of Champions.
This contest, by grade: Grade 1Grade 2Grade 3A/3BGrade 4AGrade 4B
Best piping
Bucksburn & District Novice
Best drumming
Dunnottar Pipes & Drums
Best ensemble
Granite City
AdjudicatorsPipingAlvis Kerr & Gordon Lawrie·DrummingStuart Coils·EnsembleRoss Walker
#▲Band Piping 1Piping 2DrummingEnsembleTotal
1 Bucksburn & District NoviceNJB 1 1 4 2 8
2 Granite City 2 3 3 1 9
3 Ellon & District Royal British Legion 4 4 2 4 14
4 Dunnottar Pipes & Drums 6 6 1 3 16
5 HIGHLAND GRANITE DEVELOPMENT - ANJB 3 2 6 5 16
6 City of Aberdeen 5 5 8 6 24
7 FRASERBURGH RBL 7 7 7 7 28
8 47TH Culter Boys BrigadeNJB 8 8 5 8 29
Every cell is a placing from one adjudicator's sheet — lower is better, deeper blue = higher placing. Piping, drumming and ensemble are judged independently, so a band can win a discipline and lose the contest.