Irvine & Dreghorn retain their Borders title

Congratulations to Irvine & Dreghorn Brass on successfully defending their ‘champion band’ title at yesterday’s Borders entertainment contest.

With an entry of 14 bands, each playing a 15-minute programme of own-choice music, the event was organised by the Scottish Borders Brass Band Association and staged in Hawick – in the High School – for the first time,

Well done to all bands who took part, creating a fantastic day of brass music in the Borders town.

Here are the results from the contest:

1. Irvine & Dreghorn Brass

2. Jedforest Instrumental

3. Broxburn & Livingston

4. Langholm Town

5. Shotts St Patrick

6. Selkirk Silver

7. North Lakes

8. St Ronan’s Silver

9. Buckhaven & Methil

10. MacTaggart Scott Loanhead

11. Kirkton Brass Bathgate

12. Peebles Burgh

13. Hawick Saxhorn

Galashiels Town non-competing

Best entertainment: Irvine & Dreghorn Brass

Best deportment: Irvine & Dreghorn Brass

Best soloist: Jedforest Instrumental trombone

Best instrumentalist: Irvine & Dreghorn Brass euphonium

Best solo cornet: Selkirk Silver

Best bass section: Irvine & Dreghorn Brass

Best percussion: St Ronan’s Silver

Highest placed Borders band: Jedforest Instrumental

Best 2nd Section band: Irvine & Dreghorn Brass

Best 3rd Section band: Langholm Town

Best 4th Section band: North Lakes