The Northern Meeting Piping Competitions.
The Northern Meeting Piping Competitions have emerged as the pre-eminent and most prestigious piping competition in the world. The Gold Medal for the classical piobaireachd music and the Gold Clasp for former winners, are the most sought after achievements for any piper. The honour attaching to such success attracts pipers from the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Northern Ireland, Europe and throughout the British Isles.

Innerleithen Pipe Band
Innerleithen Pipe Band is a community based organisation operating from Innerleithen in the Scottish Borders. The band performs at local festivals and gala days such as the St Ronan's Border Games Week and the Peebles Beltane Festival, as well as at private functions. The band also competes under the name Tweedvale Pipe Band (for an explanation of why, see the bands website) in pipe band competitions run under the auspices of the Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association . At the end of a very successful 2006 competition season the band was promoted to grade 3B.