How the judges score Ayr Pipe Band Society
25 performances across 4 seasons · every sheet they've been given
Read this carefully. Each bar is a judge's average placing of Ayr Pipe Band Society 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 ►
William Black
-3.5
Alvis Kerr
-2.0
vs co-judge -3.3
Paul Turner
-2.0
Cameron Edgar
-1.0
James Campbell
-1.0
vs co-judge +2.0
Barry Donaldson
-0.5
vs co-judge +0.8
Stuart Coils
-0.3
Jim Baxter
≈0
Maurice Rhodes
≈0
vs co-judge -0.3
John Wilson
≈0
vs co-judge 0.0
Gordon Lawrie
+0.3
Ross Walker
+0.3
vs co-judge +1.0
James Semple
+1.0
vs co-judge 0.0
Ronnie McShannon
+1.0
vs co-judge +0.5
Allan Craig
+1.0
Robert Shaw
+1.0
vs co-judge +1.0
Mark Faloon
+1.7
vs co-judge +1.3
Also on the sheet (judged only once — too few to read a tendency)
1 2 A Dudgeon Alan Ronaldson Alec Dudgeon Alexander Russell Anthony Sloane Arthur Cook Brian Martin Brian Switalla Donald Mackay George Wilson Gordon Brown Grant Walker I Simpson Jennifer Hutcheon John Connor John McCarlie John Moles John Nevans John Reville Lee Innes Mark Wilson Paul Brown Peter Snaddon Robert Mathieson Terry Lee Thomas Brown William Garrett