Field Marshal Montgomery’s schedule for the 2014 season is now available. Proceedings commence on 24th May at the County Fermanagh Championships in Enniskillen before the first Major Championship of the season – the British – at Bathgate a week later. After a hard winter’s preparation, FMM are looking forward to[…]
Field Marshal Montgomery were honoured to perform at the “Just Listen” concert in the Aberdeen Music Hall on Saturday, 3rd May. The annual event is hosted by Bucksburn & District Pipe Band. The “Boxy” concert has quickly established itself as one of the premier pipe band concerts in the calendar[…]
Billy Maxwell, President of Field Marshal Montgomery Pipe Band and the band’s founding Pipe Major, died on 21st November 2013. Billy was a giant of a character in piping in Northern Ireland and had a major influence on the development of the pipe band community across the island of Ireland[…]
Field Marshal Montgomery Pipe Band won the 2013 Cowal Pipe Band Championship on Saturday 31stAugust securing the band’s third Grand Slam of RSPBA Major Championships. The band won the competition with firsts in piping, first in ensemble and second in drumming. Congratulations to Stephen McWhirter and the Inveraray Drum Corps[…]
Not only did FMM’s victory at Cowal mark the band’s 3rd Grand Slam, it was also Brian Martin’s 50thRSPBA Championship win with the band. Brian was a 13 year old member of FMM that won the Cowal Championship for the first time in 1990. Brian and Richard are the two remaining[…]
The Field Marshal Montgomery Pipe Band secured its ninth ‘Worlds’ title on Sunday at Glasgow Green. The FMM drum corps also won the Best Drum Corps prize – the first time in the band’s 60+ year history. It was also a hugely successful day for FMM’s Drum Major Samantha Gordon[…]