Renfrewshire pipe band keeps hitting the right note

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Kilbarchan Pipe Band have added to their trophy haul by winning the UK Championships in Northern Ireland last weekend.The band competed just a month after their success in Gourock when they became the British Champions.The Renfrewshire pipe band left Kilbarchan on Friday at half past three in the morning and arrived at the accommodation they were staying in later around 9am on Friday.

The band used the Friday to practise for the upcoming competition which was said to be of a really high standard.Don't miss the latest headlines from around Renfrewshire.

Sign up to our newsletters here.Speaking about the event and the standard, Michael Kerr, who is the pipe corporal and secretary, spoke about how level of competition was high.“There were a lot of good bands competing, and some that we don't get to see as they dont travel across to Britain.

Amongst our band, there was a lot of excitement and trepidation due to the unknown nature of some of the bands competing”Michael had travelled with the band and spoke about how some of them hadn't properly slept since Thursday night, therefore, amongst practising there still was time to relax in the hydropool in the accommodation and play frisbee.On competition day, the band travelled to the field that they were competing in and performed the best that they could.