Peoples Ford Boghall and Bathgate Caledonia Pipe Band Crownd Champions at The World Pipe Band Championships 2023
190 pipe bands 15 different countries across the world compete today at the final day of The World Pipe Band Championships 2023 held at Glasgow Green.
This is the 75th anniversary of Glasgow hosting the renowned event for the first time in 1948, and the city has staged the Worlds ever since 1986.
Peoples Ford Boghall and Bathgate Calendonia Pipe Band win this years competition. This is the first time the pipe band has ever won The World Championships.
190 pipe bands 15 different countries across the world compete today at the final day of The World Pipe Band Championships 2023 held at Glasgow Green.
This is the 75th anniversary of Glasgow hosting the renowned event for the first time in 1948, and the city has staged the Worlds ever since 1986.
Peoples Ford Boghall and Bathgate Calendonia Pipe Band win this years competition. This is the first time the pipe band has ever won The World Championships.
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00:00 [Music]
00:09 Well, it's all happening in Glasgow this weekend.
00:12 We're just out of the cycling events for the 11 days previously.
00:16 We're now in Glasgow Green for the 75th time that the Wallpike Band Championships have been held in Glasgow.
00:23 First time was 1948 and here we are with 190 bands for the Battle of the Bands.
00:30 From 15 different countries, from Australia to Zimbabwe.
00:34 Thousands of people enjoying the sounds of the pipes, calling them home to Glasgow.
00:39 [Music]
00:52 It's everything I thought it would ever be.
00:55 I've been working at this since I was a boy, you know.
00:58 Unbelievable.
00:59 The world, the world.
01:01 See to win it, with every single person in this band.
01:04 What we've all put in as a real family thing.
01:07 We're the first people in this whole history of the band to do it.
01:11 And everyone that's played with us, present and previous, is all part of it.
01:15 We've got guys that have been at this for 10, 20, 30, 40 years to try and do this.
01:21 It's just the best feeling anyone could ever ask for.
01:24 It's just absolutely amazing.
01:27 [Music]