The South African Pipe Band Championships was held, as part of the Benoni Gathering, at Benoni High School in Benoni on Saturday, 28 July 2012.
Grade 2 – Overall
Band
1st Benoni MacTalla
2nd Transvaal Scottish A
3rd African Skye A
4th MacChamberlain Richmond Avenue
5th 1 Medical Battalion A
Drum Corps
1st Benoni MacTalla
2nd Transvaal Scottish A
3rd African Skye A
4th 1 Medical Battalion A
5th MacChamberlain Richmond Avenue
Bass Section
1st Benoni MacTalla
2nd Transvaal Scottish A
3rd African Skye A
4th 1 Medical Battalion A
5th MacChamberlain Richmond Avenue
Grade 2 – March, Strathspey & Reel
Band
1st Benoni MacTalla
2nd Transvaal Scottish A
3rd African Skye A
4th MacChamberlain Richmond Avenue
5th 1 Medical Battalion A
Ensemble : Ewen Gilchrist
1st Benoni MacTalla
2nd Transvaal Scottish A
3rd African Skye A
4th MacChamberlain Richmond Avenue
5th 1 Medical Battalion A
Piping 1 : Roy Blevins
1st Benoni MacTalla
2nd Transvaal Scottish A
3rd MacChamberlain Richmond Avenue
4th African Skye A
5th 1 Medical Battalion A
Piping 2 : Roger Davies
1st Benoni MacTalla
2nd Transvaal Scottish A
3rd MacChamberlain Richmond Avenue
4th African Skye A
5th 1 Medical Battalion A
Drum Corps : Duncan Tee
1st Benoni MacTalla
2nd African Skye A
3rd Transvaal Scottish A
4th 1 Medical Battalion A
5th MacChamberlain Richmond Avenue
Bass Section : Lynne van den Berg
1st Benoni MacTalla
2nd African Skye A
3rd Transvaal Scottish A
4th 1 Medical Battalion A
5th MacChamberlain Richmond Avenue
Grade 2 – Medley Selection
Band
1st Benoni MacTalla
2nd Transvaal Scottish A
3rd African Skye A
4th MacChamberlain Richmond Avenue
5th 1 Medical Battalion A
Ensemble : Roger Davies
1st Transvaal Scottish A
2nd Benoni MacTalla
3rd African Skye A
4th MacChamberlain Richmond Avenue
5th 1 Medical Battalion A
Piping 1 : David Harris
1st Benoni MacTalla
2nd Transvaal Scottish A
3rd MacChamberlain Richmond Avenue
4th African Skye A
5th 1 Medical Battalion A
Piping 2 : Craig Herwill
1st Benoni MacTalla
2nd African Skye A
3rd Transvaal Scottish A
4th 1 Medical Battalion A
5th MacChamberlain Richmond Avenue
Drum Corps : Dennis Tewson
1st Transvaal Scottish A
2nd Benoni MacTalla
3rd African Skye A
4th MacChamberlain Richmond Avenue
5th 1 Medical Battalion A
Bass Section : Roger Davies, Dennis Tewson
1st Transvaal Scottish A
2nd Benoni MacTalla
3rd African Skye A
4th MacChamberlain Richmond Avenue
5th 1 Medical Battalion A
Grade 3 – Overall
Band
1st SA Irish
2nd African Skye B
3rd Glen Allen
Drum Corps
1st SA Irish
2nd African Skye B
3rd Glen Allen
Bass Section
1st Glen Allen
2nd African Skye B
3rd SA Irish
Grade 3 – March, Strathspey & Reel
Band
1st SA Irish
2nd African Skye B
3rd Glen Allen
Ensemble : Ewen Gilchrist
1st SA Irish
2nd African Skye B
3rd Glen Allen
Piping 1 : Roy Blevins
1st SA Irish
2nd African Skye B
3rd Glen Allen
Piping 2 : Craig Whitley
1st African Skye B
2nd Glen Allen
3rd SA Irish
Drum Corps : Richard Dockerill
1st SA Irish
2nd African Skye B
3rd Glen Allen
Bass Section : Lucky Khumalo
1st Glen Allen
2nd African Skye B
3rd SA Irish
Grade 3 – Medley Selection
Band
1st SA Irish
2nd Glen Allen
3rd African Skye B
Ensemble : Robert du Toit
1st SA Irish
2nd Glen Allen
3rd African Skye B
Piping 1 : David Harris
1st SA Irish
2nd African Skye B
3rd Glen Allen
Piping 2 : Struan Young
1st SA Irish
2nd Glen Allen
3rd African Skye B
Drum Corps : Steve Buchanan
1st SA Irish
2nd African Skye B
3rd Glen Allen
Bass Section : Lynne van den Berg
1st Glen Allen
2nd SA Irish
3rd African Skye B
Grade 4 – Overall
Band
1st Sandton Scottish
2nd KZN
3rd Cape Town Highlanders
4th Cape Town Caledonian
5th Knysna
6th Lyttelton Manor
7th Transvaal Scottish B
Drum Corps
1st KZN
2nd Lyttelton Manor
3rd Sandton Scottish
4th Cape Town Caledonian
5th Transvaal Scottish B
6th Cape Town Highlanders
7th Knysna
Bass Section
1st Sandton Scottish
2nd KZN
3rd Transvaal Scottish B
4th Cape Town Caledonian
5th Cape Town Highlanders
6th Knysna
7th Lyttelton Manor
Grade 4 – March Selection
Band
1st Sandton Scottish
2nd KZN
3rd Cape Town Highlanders
4th Knysna
5th Cape Town Caledonian
6th Lyttelton Manor
7th Transvaal Scottish B
8th Kempton Park
Ensemble : Ewen Gilchrist
1st Sandton Scottish
2nd Cape Town Highlanders
3rd KZN
4th Knysna
5th Cape Town Caledonian
6th Lyttelton Manor
7th Kempton Park
8th Transvaal Scottish B
Piping 1 : Roy Blevins
1st Sandton Scottish
2nd KZN
3rd Cape Town Highlanders
4th Knysna
5th Cape Town Caledonian
6th Lyttelton Manor
7th Transvaal Scottish B
8th Kempton Park
Piping 2 : Andy Dippenaar
1st Sandton Scottish
2nd Cape Town Highlanders
3rd Knysna
4th KZN
5th Cape Town Caledonian
6th Lyttelton Manor
7th Kempton Park
8th Transvaal Scottish B
Drum Corps : Dave Jeffrey
1st KZN
2nd Lyttelton Manor
3rd Cape Town Caledonian
4th Sandton Scottish
5th Transvaal Scottish B
6th Cape Town Highlanders
7th Knysna
8th Kempton Park
Bass Section : Nicholas Schmidt
1st Sandton Scottish
2nd Cape Town Highlanders
3rd KZN
4th Cape Town Caledonian
5th Kempton Park
6th Knysna
7th Transvaal Scottish B
8th Lyttelton Manor
Grade 4 – March, Strathspey & Reel
Band
1st Sandton Scottish
2nd KZN
3rd Cape Town Highlanders
4th Cape Town Caledonian
5th Lyttelton Manor
6th Knysna
7th Transvaal Scottish B
Ensemble : Rory Bellingan
1st Sandton Scottish
2nd KZN
3rd Cape Town Highlanders
4th Lyttelton Manor
5th Cape Town Caledonian
6th Knysna
7th Transvaal Scottish B
Piping 1 : Craig Herwill
1st Cape Town Highlanders
2nd Sandton Scottish
3rd Cape Town Caledonian
4th KZN
5th Knysna
6th Transvaal Scottish B
7th Lyttelton Manor
Piping 2 : Struan Young
1st Sandton Scottish
2nd Cape Town Highlanders
3rd KZN
4th Knysna
5th Cape Town Caledonian
6th Transvaal Scottish B
7th Lyttelton Manor
Drum Corps : Steve Buchanan
1st KZN
2nd Sandton Scottish
3rd Lyttelton Manor
4th Cape Town Caledonian
5th Transvaal Scottish B
6th Cape Town Highlanders
7th Knysna
Bass Section : Lynne van den Berg
1st Sandton Scottish
2nd Transvaal Scottish B
3rd KZN
4th Knysna
5th Cape Town Caledonian
6th Lyttelton Manor
7th Cape Town Highlanders
Juvenile – Overall
Band
1st Benoni Juvenile
2nd St Benedict’s Juvenile
3rd KES
4th CBC Boksburg Jeppe
5th Pretoria Boys
Drum Corps
1st St Benedict’s Juvenile
2nd Benoni Juvenile
3rd KES
4th CBC Boksburg Jeppe
5th Pretoria Boys
Bass Section
1st Benoni Juvenile
2nd Pretoria Boys
3rd CBC Boksburg Jeppe
4th St Benedict’s Juvenile
5th KES
Juvenile – March, Strathspey & Reel
Band
1st Benoni Juvenile
2nd KES
3rd St Benedict’s Juvenile
4th CBC Boksburg Jeppe
5th Pretoria Boys
Ensemble : Adrian Haddow
1st Benoni Juvenile
2nd St Benedict’s Juvenile
3rd KES
4th CBC Boksburg Jeppe
5th Pretoria Boys
Piping 1 : Gavin Abell
1st CBC Boksburg Jeppe
2nd Benoni Juvenile
3rd KES
4th St Benedict’s Juvenile
5th Pretoria Boys
Piping 2 : Gordon Delaney
1st Benoni Juvenile
2nd KES
3rd CBC Boksburg Jeppe
4th Pretoria Boys
5th St Benedict’s Juvenile
Drum Corps : Richard Dockerill
1st St Benedict’s Juvenile
2nd KES
3rd Benoni Juvenile
4th CBC Boksburg Jeppe
5th Pretoria Boys
Bass Section : Lucky Khumalo
1st Benoni Juvenile
2nd CBC Boksburg Jeppe
3rd Pretoria Boys
4th KES
5th St Benedict’s Juvenile
Juvenile – Medley Selection
Band
1st Benoni Juvenile
2nd St Benedict’s Juvenile
3rd CBC Boksburg Jeppe
4th KES
5th Pretoria Boys
Ensemble : Robert du Toit
1st Benoni Juvenile
2nd St Benedict’s Juvenile
3rd CBC Boksburg Jeppe
4th KES
5th Pretoria Boys
Piping 1 : Ian Houston
1st KES
2nd CBC Boksburg Jeppe
3rd Benoni Juvenile
4th St Benedict’s Juvenile
5th Pretoria Boys
Piping 2 : Graham Whitley
1st Benoni Juvenile
2nd St Benedict’s Juvenile
3rd CBC Boksburg Jeppe
4th KES
5th Pretoria Boys
Drum Corps : Steven St Clair-Hall
1st Benoni Juvenile
2nd St Benedict’s Juvenile
3rd KES
4th CBC Boksburg Jeppe
5th Pretoria Boys
Bass Section : Chad Naude
1st Benoni Juvenile
2nd Pretoria Boys
3rd St Benedict’s Juvenile
4th CBC Boksburg Jeppe
5th KES
Novice Juvenile – Overall
Band
1st Benoni Novice Juvenile
2nd Bishops Knysna
Drum Corps
1st Benoni Novice Juvenile
2nd Bishops Knysna
Bass Section
1st Benoni Novice Juvenile
2nd Bishops Knysna
Novice Juvenile – March Selection
Band
1st Bishops Knysna
2nd Benoni Novice Juvenile
3rd St Benedict’s Novice Juvenile
Ensemble : Adrian Haddow
1st Bishops Knysna
2nd St Benedict’s Novice Juvenile
3rd Benoni Novice Juvenile
Piping 1 : Gavin Abell
1st Bishops Knysna
2nd Benoni Novice Juvenile
3rd St Benedict’s Novice Juvenile
Piping 2 : Gordon Delaney
1st Benoni Novice Juvenile
2nd Bishops Knysna
3rd St Benedict’s Novice Juvenile
Drum Corps : Richard Dockerill
1st Benoni Novice Juvenile
2nd St Benedict’s Novice Juvenile
3rd Bishops Knysna
Bass Section : Lucky Khumalo
1st Benoni Novice Juvenile
2nd St Benedict’s Novice Juvenile
3rd Bishops Knysna
Novice Juvenile – March, Strathspey & Reel
Band
1st Benoni Novice Juvenile
2nd Bishops Knysna
Ensemble : Rory Bellingan
1st Benoni Novice Juvenile
2nd Bishops Knysna
Piping 1 : Ian Houston
1st Benoni Novice Juvenile
2nd Bishops Knysna
Piping 2 : Graham Whitley
1st Benoni Novice Juvenile
2nd Bishops Knysna
Drum Corps : Steven St Clair-Hall
1st Bishops Knysna
2nd Benoni Novice Juvenile
Bass Section : Chad Naude
1st Bishops Knysna
2nd Benoni Novice Juvenile
Drill, Dress & Discipline
Judge : Ian Hooper
Senior
1st Cape Town Highlanders
2nd SA Irish
3rd Benoni MacTalla
Juvenile
1st St Benedict’s Juvenile
2nd Benoni Juvenile
3rd CBC Boksburg Jeppe
Drum Major – Line Abreast
Judges : Kathryn Janson, Deborah Robinson
Open
1st Deon Bester (Benoni MacTalla)
2nd Anthony Evans (Transvaal Scottish A)
3rd Dominique Kerkhove (African Skye B)
4th Catherine Beretta (SA Irish)
5th Timothy Ballantyne (SA Irish)
Juvenile
1st Dominique Kerkhove (African Skye B)
2nd Luca Mazzanti (St Benedict’s Juvenile)
3rd Liam Aucamp (Benoni Juvenile)
4th Arthur Krauss (St Benedict’s Juvenile)