TALENTED pipers from Newton Aycliffe won a top prize at one of the largest music competitions in the region.
Bill Farrell, Neil Thain and Anthony Britton won the National Power Shield at the Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association North-East branch open trio pipers contest, held in Sunderland this month.
The contest was the first competition for members of the reformed Newton Aycliffe Pipes and Drums. They landed the top prize at grade four level.
The band is enthusiastic about its next contest in which four pipers, two sides, a tenor and bass drummer will perform in Sunderland on April 16.
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