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In Pictures: World Pipe Band Championships 2024

News imageWorld Pipe Band Championships Members of a pipe band celebrate being crowned world champions. About 20 members dressed in kilts and jackets look happy posing behind a blue champions banner.World Pipe Band Championships

The 2024 World Pipe Band champions have been crowned after two days of competition in Glasgow.

Inveraray and District triumphed ahead of Field Marshall Montgomery from Northern Ireland and Canada's Simon Fraser University.

It is the third time that the Argyll and Bute pipe band have won the coveted title, following previous successes in 2017 and 2019.

More than 40,000 people enjoyed the spectacle, which featured over 7,000 pipers and drummers from 204 bands.

News imageGetty Images Back of a female tenor drummers head. She is wearing a navy waistcoat and a red kilt. She is twirling tenor sticks in the air.Getty Images
About 7,000 pipers and drummers competed at Glasgow Green yesterday
News imageGetty Images A group of pipers wearing kilts standing next to young girls smiling as she also wears a kilt. Getty Images
This young girl looks happy to be dressed in her full kilt
News imageGetty Images Celebrating his first birthday, one-year-old Nicholas Bellia from Canada plays with his father's drumGetty Images
Celebrating his first birthday, one-year-old Nicholas Bellia from Canada plays with his father's drum
News imageGetty Images A young boy dressed as a piper blowing into mini bagpipesGetty Images
The next generation of pipers got some practise in
News imageGetty Images Three members The Royal Army of Oman Pipes and Drums practise., They are wearing red jackets and glengarry's. The man in the centre is holding a drum majors baton.Getty Images
The Royal Army of Oman Pipes and Drums were one of 204 bands taking part
News imageGetty Images Pipers compete while people hold umbrellas over their headsGetty Images
Light showers didn't stop the action
News imageGetty Images Drummer sternly looks off in the distance during competitionGetty Images
News imageGetty Images Female pipers fixes the hat of a male pipers as he blows in the bagpipes.Getty Images
This piper has some finishing touches added before he competes
News imageGetty Images Pipe band members wearing dark blue kilts competeGetty Images
119 bands from Scotland took part in the competition
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