St. Marys Band Club Pipe Band

St Marys District Band Club Pipes and Drums

Established	1964
Location	St Marys, New South Wales, Australia
Grade	3
Pipe major	Bruce Simmons
Drum sergeant	Mark Lambert (2010)
Tartan	Royal Stuart
Notable honours	1st place Australian Pipe Band Championships, Grade 2, 2006; 3rd place World Pipe Band Championships, Grade 2, 2007, 5th place New Zealand Pipe Band Championships, Grade 1, 2008; 14th place World Pipe Band Championships, Grade 1, 2008; 1st place Australian Pipe Band Championships, Grade 1, 2008.

The St Marys District Band Club Pipes and Drums is a pipe band, based in the Suburb of St Marys, New South Wales.^[1] The band has been competing in the Australian Pipe Band Championships since it was formed in 1964 and has obtained successful results. From 2005, the band competed in the World Pipe Band Championships.

In 2005 the band achieved 11th place (Grade 2) at the World Championships in Glasgow. In both 2006 and 2007 they came 3rd in the Grade 2 competition at the "Worlds" and were subsequently promoted to Grade 1 by the Australian Pipe Band Association.^[2]^[3]

In 2008, the band qualified for the Grade 1 final at the World Championships, in which they finished 14th.^[4] They also won the Grade 1 title in the Australian Championships in 2008.^[5]

Current Grade I pipe bands (Bands highlighted in bold have won the World Championships)

Scotland	Boghall and Bathgate Caledonia Denny and Dunipace Police Scotland Fife Inveraray & District ScottishPower Shotts and Dykehead Greater Glasgow Police Scotland Vale of Atholl

Northern Ireland	Bleary and District Cullybackey Field Marshal Montgomery Ravara

Ireland	St. Laurence O'Toole

Canada	78th Fraser Highlanders 78th Highlanders (Halifax Citadel) Alberta Caledonia Ottawa Police Service Peel Regional Police Simon Fraser University Toronto Police Triumph Street

Australia	City of Whitehorse Moorabbin City Queensland Highlanders Western Australia Police

New Zealand	Canterbury Caledonian Society City of Invercargill Auckland & District Manawatu Scottish Society New Zealand Police

United States	Los Angeles Scottish Stuart Highlanders

France	Bagad Cap Caval

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