2011
Dowco Triumph Street Pipe Band won the qualifying round at the World Pipe Band Championships placing 1st of 13 bands. Their third trip to the worlds in the new edition of the band, they placed 6th in the Medley competition, and their overall result at the World Championships was up three spots from 2010, ninth place overall. The final result was the best overall placing of any band competing in the qualifier round. While in Scotland, the band performed at Piping in the Square hosted by Piping Live! and three of the band's young pipers were featured in the Pipe Idol competitions; Joseph Stewart, Aaron Stone, and Scott Wood.
The 2011 season saw veteran drummers Michael Hunter and Alan Savage added to the Dowco Triumph Street drum corps, joining Eli Fugate - formerly of Shotts and Dykehead - to provide more veteran musical experiences and knowledge to the band's young drum corps. Alan Savage won the World's Drumming Sash with the 78th Fraser Highlanders, and Michael Hunter, while with Polkemmet and Shotts and Dykehead Pipe Bands under Jim Kilpatrick won 4 drumming sashes at the World Pipe Band Championships.
Shortly before the World Championships, the band announced a change to their drumming sound, moving to Premier snare drums and new tenor drums as well as a retrofit Hosbilt Bass.
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