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Other Accomplishments

There are many other international and local Pipe Band Competitions which the Jervis Bay (Memorial) Pipe Band has competed in over the years and they have always done well in any competition that they were involved in. The following is a listing and description of some of their accomplishments.

• 1975... 1st place in Grade 3 competition at the Thousand Islands Games in Ontario.
  
  
• 1976... crowned "Champion Supreme" of the Maritime Provinces Grade 3 level. This distinguished them as the band which accumulated the most overall points from the various designated contests.
  
  
• 1977... 1st place in Grade 3 at the Annual Montreal Highland games in Quebec. This was the inaugural year for this competition.
  
  
• 1979... 2nd place in Grade 3 at the North American Pipe Band Championships in Maxville, Ontario. They also finished 1st at the International Gathering of the Clans Competition in Antigonish, Nova Scotia.
  
  
• 1982... 2nd place at the New Brunswick Music Festival in Saint John and they also won 1st place at the New Brunswick Highland Games in Fredericton. 1982 was also the year in which the band won 1st place at the North American Championships in Grade 3 in Maxville, Ontario.
  
  
• 1983, 1984, 1987 and 1989... 1st place in Grade 2 at the New Brunswick Highland Games in Fredericton and Oromocto.
  
  
• 1990... 1st at the Pugwash Highland Gathering and 4th place at the Montreal Highland games.
  
  
  
  

Ford World Curling Championship
April 4 to April 11, 1999

Here are some of the members of the Jervis Bay (Memorial) Pipe Band who attended the Ford World Curling Championship in April of 1999. The band was responsible for escorting the various countries out to play their matches. They also performed in the opening and closing ceremonies with other local pipe bands from the City of Saint John and surrounding areas.

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