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Full results – 115th Maclean Highland Gathering

Band contest 

The best presented pipe band on parade – street march
(Sponsored by the Maclean Lions Club) 

3rd – BBC Old Collegians
2nd – Armidale Pipe Band
1st – Brisbane Boys College Pipes & Drums

Grade 4 Marches

3rd – Moree Caledonian Pipe Band 90pts
2nd – Queensland Police Juvenile 97pts
1st – Warwick Thistle Pipe Band 97.5pts

Juvenile – “Roweena Innes (Highland House) Memorial”
(Sponsored by Sandy & Mary Campbell)

3rd – Greater Ipswich Coll. Pipes & Drums 104.5pts
2nd – Qld Police Juvenile Pipe Band 107.5pts
1st – Brisbane Boys College 115.5pts

Grade 4
(Sponsored by Clan McLennan Grafton)

3rd – City of Ipswich Pipe Band 243.5pts
2nd – BBC Old Collegians 258.5pts
1st – Brisbane Boys College No. 1 Pipe Band 272.5pts

Best dressed band – Grade 4

1st – Brisbane Boys College No. 1 Pipe Band 82pts

Best Drum Corp – Grade 4

“Errol Irons Memorial” (Sponsored by Betty Irons and family)

Winning Band

BBC Old Collegians

Band Ensemble Contest

Grade 4

“W. & M. McGrath Memorial Trophy”

(Sponsored by the McGrath families)

Winner …… Brisbane Boys College No. 1 Pipe Band

Band Contest Grade 3

(Sponsored by Little’s Spar Supermarket Maclean)

3rd – City of Ipswich Pipe Band 232.5pts
2nd – Greater Springfield Pipe Band 261pts
1st – Brisbane Boys College No. 1 271pts

Best Dressed Band – Grade 3

1st – Brisbane Boys College No. 1 76pts

Band Ensemble Contest – Grade 3

“Dave Williamson Memorial Trophy”
(Sponsored by Bellinger River District Pipe Band)

Winner – Greater Springfield Pipe Band

Band Contest – Grade 2
Neil Wallace Memorial

2nd – St Andrew’s Pipe Band Brisbane 281pts
1st – Emmanuel College Highlanders at UQ 286.5pts

Best Dressed Band – Grade 2

1st – Emmanuel College Highlanders at UQ

Drum Major Solo Contest

“Past Chief’s Memorial Contest”
Juvenile – Winner Izaak Dove
Open – Winner Izaak Dove

Highland Games Senior Maclean 2019 Men’s Champion

Winner – Will Edgar

Highland Games Senior Maclean 2019 Lady’s Champion

Winner – Amy Essex
(Sponsored by Skye Coffee Lounge)

Scholarship Awards

Andrew Baker Open Scholarship Award

Piper – Henry Hulbert

(Sponsored by Andrew Baker)
Trevor Essex Memorial Open Scholarship Award

Drummer – Thomas Winks

(Sponsored by Home Timber and Hardware)
Clarence Valley Council Open Scholarship Award

Dancer – Lillie Neuendorf
(Sponsored by Clarence Valley Council)

Local Scholarship Awards
(Sponsored by Clarence Valley Council)

Piper – Robert Baker

Dancer – Joan Mishiah

Dancer – Montana Campbell

Open Piping

2019 Maclean Champion Medals (A) Pipers
Gold – Christopher McLeish
Silver – Jason Craig
Bronze – Dennis Browning

(Sponsored by the McSwan families)
B Grade Champion Piper – Abbas Manchadi
C Grade Champion Piper – Aiden Scott
D Grade Champion Piper – Liam Docherty

Drumming

A Grade Snare – Simon Want