30,000 cheer pipers as city hosts Worlds

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30,000 cheer pipers as city hosts Worlds

The World Pipe Band Championships in Glasgow at the weekend were an international hit, with the action being followed online as far away as Turkmenistan, Borneo, Brazil and Hawaii.

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ET

More than 30,000 spectators gathered on Glasgow Green to watch some nine hours of fierce competition across different grades.

The Grade 1 winners and 2011 World Champions were the Field Marshal Montgomery Band, from Lisburn, Co. Antrim, who greeted news of their seventh world title with undisguised delight.