The Standard Triumph Pipe Band
Coventry
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Announcement
Jim Tudhope, Chairman and Honorary Life Pipe Major of the Pipe Band passed away peacefully on 16th September 2011.  Jim joined the Pipe Band in 1964 and soon after took over as Pipe Major, leading the band to great success on the contest field including coming 3rd in the World Pipe Band Championships.  Jim’s great gift was teaching, especially youngsters and watching their progress through the band and going on to greater success with other bands.  If Jim Tudhope had taught you, they knew they were getting a good piper.  Jim himself was taught by the Harbour Master in Girvan, his home town.  Originally wanting to be a drummer, he was told they had enough drummers in the band and needed pipers, so Jim became a piper. He was called up for National Service but signed up for 3 years in the Royal Scots Fusiliers.  While in the army Jim went through the Army College of Piping Scottish Command Edinburgh Castle.  While on demob leave Jim was recalled to the colours for the Suez crisis and redrafted into the Royal Scots and served in the Suez campaign with them.

The members of the Pipe Band send their sincere condolences to Jim’s wife Hannah and family.

Jim’s funeral will take place on the 30th September 2011 at the Heart of England Crematorium, Nuneaton at 12.45 p.m. Family flowers only by request, donations to the Mary Ann Evans Hospice, Care of Co-op Funeral Service, 34 Central Avenue, Nuneaton, CV11 5BB.

 

  Band Engagements 2011
  
    2nd April 2011  Asian Wedding Hagley Road, Birmingham
  12th June  2011 Nuneaton Carnival 
  25/26th June 2011  Dec Aid Edinburgh
    2nd July 2011 Coventry Godiva Carnival Procession
  10th July 2011 County RBL Parade Warwick
  20th August 2011 Barwell Carnival
  
  
  Competitions 2011
  17th July 2011 Ashbourne Highland Gathering
  4th September 2011 Chatsworth
  
  The Pipe Band won "Best Band" out of eight Pipe Bands taking part in the St. Patrick's
  Day Parade in Birmingham on 13th March 2011.

 
 
 
  
 
 
 

  
  
  
  
 1950's Pictures of the Band
 Mr Alan Gillies kindly sent in the following pictures of the band for us to see.  His father was a piper in the band and he remembers going to the band hut as a child with his father for band practice. The pictures were taken around the 1950's.  We hope you enjoy them and  if anyone else has any old pictures of the band we would love to see them.
Please contact:  Eddie.  eddie1953@tiscali.co.uk   Or telephone:  024 76 419491   Mobile: 07899957545
  
  
  
  
  
  
 1980's Pictures of the Band
 Shelagh Rose, who now lives in the USA was with the band in the Eighties and has sent some pictures along.  Hope you enjoy them.
  
  
Robins & Day (Coventry)
Help The Pipe Band Out With Transport
Local Peugeot Dealer Robins & Day,  Kempas Highway (Coventry) have kindly helped the Pipe band out with a Peugeot 807 to use for band engagements.  New Car Sales Manager Peter Turner is pictured above handing over the keys to piper Eddie McFadzean.
The pipe band is extremely grateful to Robins & Day as this allows us to carry extra equipment and  refreshments with us when undertaking Carnivals and Parades.
 
General Information

Wanted - The pipe band is looking to expand the existing Drum corps with experienced side, bass and tenor drummers.  All tuition equipment and uniforms are free.  If you have experience of playing in a band and would like to join us, contact: Eddie for more info :
eddie1953@tiscali.co.uk           Or telephone   024 76 419491            Mobile: 07899957545
Receiving certificates for 35 years British Legion membership, Jim Lennox, Dave Murray & Jim Tudhope
 1980's Pictures of the Band
 Shelagh Rose, who now lives in the USA was with the band in the Eighties and has sent some pictures along.  Hope you enjoy them.
  

Jim Tudhope, Hon Life  Pipe-Major of  the Standard
Triumph Pipe  Band,  was  a  finalist  for the "teacher of the year" in  the  Coventry Evening Telegraph Pride  of Coventry    and    Warwickshire    Community    Awards    held   on November 10th 2006 at the Ricoh Arena, Coventry.

Well done Jim, keep up the good work!!!
Royal Review in Hyde Park on 12th May 1951
 This picture was submitted by Gillian Gaunt.  Her husband was the executor of Mrs. Freda Germany and it was found amongst her possessions.  It shows the Pipe Band marching in the Royal Review in Hyde Park on 12th May 1951.  They were leading the Midland contingent in the march past, saluting the King and Queen.  One of the pipers, John Willacy, took park in that parade and still plays in the band now..
  

Band Pictures 1950s/1960s
 These photographs were sent in by Hellene Williams.  Her father, Ted Graham, was a Piper in the band and later took over as Drum Major.  The colour pictures show Ted leading the band.  The dates of the photographs are thought to be 1950s/1960s.
  

  

Henglehoff, Belgium in the 1980s
 These pictures were sent in by Ric Stewart, a former Piper in the band, his wife Mary was a Tenor Drummer.  Most of these are from Henglehoff, Belgium when the band used to compete there in the 1980s.  The picture of band members in swimming costumes is the Standard Triumph swimming party when they decided to have a swim in the lake.