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| World Pipe Band championships in Glasgow watched by thousands | World Pipe Band championships in Glasgow watched by thousands |
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| Thousands of spectators have watched the final of this year's World Pipe Band Championships in Glasgow. | Thousands of spectators have watched the final of this year's World Pipe Band Championships in Glasgow. |
| The event, known as The Worlds and staged at Glasgow Green, was won by Northern Ireland's Field Marshal Montgomery Pipe Band. | The event, known as The Worlds and staged at Glasgow Green, was won by Northern Ireland's Field Marshal Montgomery Pipe Band. |
| The runners up were Inverary and District Pipe Band and third place went to the St Laurence O'Toole Pipe Band from the Republic of Ireland. | The runners up were Inverary and District Pipe Band and third place went to the St Laurence O'Toole Pipe Band from the Republic of Ireland. |
| The competition featured 300 performances and drew 30,000 people. | The competition featured 300 performances and drew 30,000 people. |
| It is the fourth year in a row the Field Marshal Montgomery Pipe Band have won the title. | It is the fourth year in a row the Field Marshal Montgomery Pipe Band have won the title. |
| Based in Lisburn, County Antrim, the band was founded almost 70 years ago. | |
| David Scott of the Pipe Band Association of Northern Ireland said Field Marshal Montgomery's latest success was a landmark. | |
| "This is the equivalent of Manchester United winning the Premiership title in football. | |
| "Field Marshal Montgomery have won their fourth consecutive title and their 10th world championship title." | |
| He added it was a "big achievement for a pipe band from Northern Ireland to take on the world". | |
| Ian Embelton, chief executive of the Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association, said: "Every year we see pipers and drummers putting in thousands of hours of practise in a bid to set new standards for themselves and their bands and the people who have been here over the last two days have enjoyed some terrific competition." | |
| Glasgow lord provost and chieftain of this year's competition, Sadie Docherty, said: "Glasgow has just played host to the best Commonwealth Games ever and now we've welcomed the world's best pipers and drummers for what has been a sensational championships. | |
| "It's been an incredible summer marked by the people of Glasgow and their incredible warmth, humour and hospitality." |