History
The current Inveraray band was founded in 2005 by Stuart Liddell. An Argyll native and one of the world's top solo players, Liddell believed the community could support a thriving competitive pipe band, even though the region's last pipe band had folded 70 years earlier. Liddell was at the time a member of the four-time World Champion Simon Fraser University Pipe Band, and had been hired to teach piping at local schools.
The band's first competition was at the 2005 Cowal Gathering. Using borrowed drums and their own kilts, the group finished 13th of 19 in the Novice Juvenile division. In 2006, the band finished in the top 6 at all major competitions in Novice Juvenile, and in 2007 won 4 out of 5 majors and the Champion of Champions award. In 2008, the band won the World Championships, Cowal Championships and Champion of Champions in the Juvenile division, and were promoted to Grade 2.
In 2009, the band won all five major Grade 2 contests (Scottish, British, European, World and Cowal Championships), and were promoted to Grade 1.
In 2010, the band's first year in Grade 1, they placed 8th in the Scottish Championships, 7th in the British Championships, 8th in the European Championships, 8th and 9th for 9th overall at the World Pipe Band Championships, and 5th at the Cowal Championships, a remarkable feat by any band in its first year of Grade 1 competitions.
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