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NEWS:
SFU WINS 2008
HOSBILT CUP - WORLDS BEST BASS SECTION
Added: 9th November, 2008
( Adapted
From
Piper & Drummer )
The bass and tenor
drummers of the 2008 World Champion Simon Fraser
University Pipe Band have been chosen by readers
of pipes|drums to receive the 2008 Hosbilt Cup,
the annual prize that was traditionally awarded
to the best bass-section in Grade 1 at the World
Pipe Band Championships.
The Vancouver-based SFU won the people's choice
award by 10 percentage points over second-place
finishers House of Edgar-Shotts & Dykehead of
Scotland. Finishing third was the Scottish
Lion-78th Fraser Highlanders Pipe Band of
Toronto. Shotts and the 78th Frasers placed
third and seventh overall as a band at the 2008
World's.
More than 3,000
individual votes were cast. While readers could
vote multiple times, obvious attempts to stuff
the ballot-box were identified and deleted. Even
after the 10 or so instances of ballot-stuffing
were thrown out, the ultimate rankings did not
change. All 14 bands that made the Grade 1 Final
at the 2008 World Pipe Band Championships were
included in the poll.
Final result was:
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Simon Fraser
University |
26% |
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House of
Edgar - Shotts & Dykehead |
16% |
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Scottish
Lion - 78th Fraser Highlanders |
14% |
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St Laurence
O'Toole |
9% |
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Spirit of
Scotland |
8% |
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Boghall &
Bathgate Caledonia |
7% |
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Field
Marshal Montgomery |
4% |
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Clan Gregor
Society |
3% |
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Robert
Wiseman Dairies - Vale of Atholl |
3% |
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Strathclyde
Police |
3% |
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The Band
Club |
2% |
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Scottish
Power |
2% |
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Ballycoan |
1% |
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Fife
Constabulary |
1% |
Added By: Admin - 9th Novembers, 2008
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