Field Marshal Montgomery enjoyed a clean sweep of first prizes at the Craigavon & District Championships on Saturday 20th June. The band enjoyed an emphatic win with 7 first places, including wins in both the MSR and Medley competitions, as well as the best piping, best drum corps and best[…]
Field Marshal Montgomery won their second successive UK Championships on Saturday 13th June, 2015. This is the newest major championship in the RSPBA Calendar replacing the long-standing Cowal Highland Gathering for the first time in 2014. The competition is held in the beautiful grounds of Stormont Estate with Northern Ireland’s[…]
*** PRESS RELEASE @ 09.06.15 *** The Field Marshal Montgomery (FMM) Pipe Band of Lisburn, Northern Ireland, are delighted to confirm the recent renewal of a long-term sponsorship agreement with R. G. Hardie & Co. of Glasgow. This new deal comes as the band’s current 10-year agreement with R. G.[…]
Field Marshal Montgomery won their seventh consecutive British Championship title on Saturday 30th May in Bathgate, Scotland. The contest marked the first major championship of the 2015 competition season. This year the competition moved to a new, larger venue at the Balbardie Park of Peace and the dry weather attracted[…]
Field Marshal Montgomery’s competitive season commenced on Saturday at the Co. Fermanagh Championships. The band won the Grade 1 contest as well as Best Pipe Corps and 1st in Marching & Deportment. The band drew their No. 2 MSR – Balmoral Highlanders, John Roy Stewart and Charlie’s Welcome. After a[…]
Field Marshal Montgomery have released their schedule for the 2015 season. Competitive action kicks off on 23rd May at the Co. Fermanagh Championships in Enniskillen, followed a week later by the first Major Championship of the year, the British, which will be held in Bathgate, Scotland. Last year the band achieved[…]
As the pipe band season drew to a close following the World Championships in Glasgow, the band’s many talented solo pipers and drummers took to the competition boards. Notable results included Ashley McMichael’s winning performances at the Northern Meeting (B-grade MSR), All Irelands (Senior MSR) and Northern Ireland Piper of[…]
FM piper, Alisdair McLaren, was absent from the ranks in 2014 as he took a season off competing to chase his boyhood dream of becoming an Ironman. A keen triathlete, Alisdair spent his childhood swimming competitively in his native Western Australia. “As a young boy, I had two dreams: to win[…]
The Field Marshal Montgomery Pipe Band secured its tenth Worlds’ title on Saturday 16th August on Glasgow Green. It was also a hugely successful day for FMM’s Drum Major Samantha Gordon who was placed 2nd in the World Senior Drum Major contest, her best result to date. In a similar[…]
Field Marshal Montgomery won their sixth consecutive Scottish Championships at Dumbarton on 26th July, 2014. The band performed its No. 1 MSR set, Balmoral Highlanders, John Roy Stewart and Charlie’s Welcome. The weather for most of the day was overcast and mild, however this wasn’t to last with heavy downpours[…]