How the judges score Scottish Borders
19 performances across 5 seasons · every sheet they've been given
Read this carefully. Each bar is a judge's average placing of Scottish Borders minus where the band finished overall that day — left means they tend to score the band higher than it finishes, right means lower. It reflects a judge's tendency, not a verdict: piping, drumming and ensemble also carry the band's own strengths in those disciplines, and a small sample says little. For piping — the only discipline with two judges on the same tune — the vs co-judge figure is the cleaner signal. Adjudicators seen 2+ times get a bar — two-sheet reads are shown faint, since one day swings them; everyone else is listed below.
◄ scores you higherscores you lower ►
Maurice Rhodes
-2.5
vs co-judge -1.0
David Brown
-1.0
John Connor
-1.0
vs co-judge +0.5
Grant Walker
-1.0
vs co-judge -4.7
Robert Mathieson
-0.8
Gordon Lawrie
-0.7
Ronnie McShannon
-0.7
vs co-judge +0.3
Stuart Coils
-0.5
James Campbell
-0.3
vs co-judge -0.5
Robert Shaw
-0.3
vs co-judge +1.3
Alvis Kerr
-0.3
vs co-judge -0.3
Ross Walker
≈0
Ian Bowden
≈0
vs co-judge -0.5
James Semple
+0.3
vs co-judge +1.3
Jim Baxter
+0.3
Iain Simpson
+0.5
vs co-judge +3.0
Arthur Cook
+1.0
Barry Donaldson
+2.0
vs co-judge +2.0
Paul Turner
+3.0
Gordon Brown
+3.3
Also on the sheet (judged only once — too few to read a tendency)
Alec Dudgeon Allan Craig Anthony Sloane Brian Martin Brian Switalla Cameron Edgar Christopher Armstrong Colin Moffett David Hilder Don Bradford Duncan Millar Jennifer Hutcheon John Reville Keith Orr Mark Faloon Mark Wilson Peter Snaddon Shaunna Hilder Terry Lee Thomas Brown William Black