FIFTH IN THE WORLD
The SFU Pipe Band was on the Glasgow Green in Scotland last week and took fifth place overall at the World Pipe Band Championships.
The band, which is made up of 10 Tri-City residents — Alastair Lee (piper), Terry Lee (piper), Reid Maxwell (lead drummer), MacKenzie Webster (drummer), Rob MacNeil (band manager), Andrew Lee (piper), Dani Miller (piper), Kim Mercado (drummer), Kyle Wallis (drummer) and Gavin MacRae (drummer) — was up against 21 other Grade 1 bands including the Port Coquitlam-based Dowco Triumph Street Pipe Band; the latter ensemble placed 11th overall.
Dowco also has 10 Tri-City members: David Hilder (pipe major), Shaunna Hilder (pipe sergeant), Liam Hilder (piper), Gordon McRae (piper), Fraser Yorston (piper), Cameron Reid (side), Jessica Lahti (bass), Scott Wood (piper), Tyler Wood (side) and Jocelyn Bellamy-Marsh (midsection).
The competition was won by Shotts & Dykehead Caledonia — the first time in a decade a Scottish group has clinched the top prize. SFU Drum Major Jason Paguio placed fifth in the best adult pipe major category.
HONOURING FOX
Runners with an inaugural cross-Canada journey to raise money for HIV/AIDS research are now more than half way across the country.
And on Aug. 8, the team got a boost of support after visiting a monument in Thunder Bay in honour of Port Coquitlam hometown hero Terry Fox.
The 25 professional and amateur participants in the Mylan Relay for Hope started their adventure April 21 in St. John’s, NL — the same place Fox began his Marathon of Hope in 1980.
In each province, teams of three have run westward — relay-style — until they can hand off the baton to the next provincial team. The trios in each province run an average of 50 km per day. They are expected to be in Calgary Sept. 26 and Hope, BC, by mid-October.
The relay seeks to raise funds for the Canadian AIDS Society, the relay’s main partner, as well as the Elton John AIDS Foundation. Visit relayforhope.ca to donate.
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