The original Western Australia Police Band was a brass band between 1902 and 1925. The WA Police Pipe Band, now commonly known as and referred to as WAPOL, was formed in 1966.[1]
The band won the Grade 2 title at the World Pipe Band Championships in 1998, and was promoted to Grade 1 at the end of the season.[2][3] It is currently the only Australian competitive pipe band, sanctioned in competition by the Western Australia Police.
At the World Championships in 2004 the band qualified for the final and came 11th overall.[4]
As of August 2016[update], WAPOL are the current Australian and South Pacific Grade 1 champions, having won this biennial national competition in 2012 and 2014 and are also the reigning WA Grade 1 Champions.
In 2004, the WA Police allowed civilians to become members of the police pipe band alongside officers, and as of 2019, most members of the WA Police pipe band are civilians, and therefore not police officers.
In 2020, the band made the decision to form a youth development program to encourage local interest in learning bagpipes and Scottish drumming.[5]
^"Western Australia Police Pipe Band". pipes-drums. 31 December 2000. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
^"WAPOL changes plans to compete at World's – pipes-drums".
^"More moves at WAPOL, as band launches Youth Development program". Retrieved 25 August 2020.
External linksedit
Official website
November 29, 2023
western, australia, police, pipe, band, wapol, australian, competitive, pipe, band, organization, based, perth, western, australia, associated, with, western, australia, police, established1966locationperthgrade1pipe, majorchris, mcdonalddrum, majordarren, kin. The Western Australia Police Pipe Band WAPOL is an Australian competitive pipe band organization based in Perth Western Australia associated with the Western Australia Police Western Australia Police Pipe BandEstablished1966LocationPerthGrade1Pipe majorChris McDonaldDrum majorDarren KingDrum sergeantGary PotterTartanNapierWebsitewapol wbr com wbr au Contents 1 History 2 Pipe majors 3 Leading drummers 4 Discography 5 References 6 External linksHistory edit nbsp The band at a police recruit graduationThe original Western Australia Police Band was a brass band between 1902 and 1925 The WA Police Pipe Band now commonly known as and referred to as WAPOL was formed in 1966 1 The band won the Grade 2 title at the World Pipe Band Championships in 1998 and was promoted to Grade 1 at the end of the season 2 3 It is currently the only Australian competitive pipe band sanctioned in competition by the Western Australia Police At the World Championships in 2004 the band qualified for the final and came 11th overall 4 As of August 2016 update WAPOL are the current Australian and South Pacific Grade 1 champions having won this biennial national competition in 2012 and 2014 and are also the reigning WA Grade 1 Champions In 2004 the WA Police allowed civilians to become members of the police pipe band alongside officers and as of 2019 most members of the WA Police pipe band are civilians and therefore not police officers In 2020 the band made the decision to form a youth development program to encourage local interest in learning bagpipes and Scottish drumming 5 Pipe majors editJames Murray 2012 2019 Stuart Robertson Acting 2019 2020 Alisdair McLaren 2020 2022 Chris McDonald 2022 present Leading drummers editGary Potter 2017 2020 David Johnston 2020 2021 Gary Potter 2021 present Discography editSeolauh Ur 1996 Music of the Gael 1998 Off Duty 2000 References edit Home wapol com au Retrieved 18 March 2015 Alisdair McLaren The National Piping Centre Western Australia Police Pipe Band pipes drums 31 December 2000 Retrieved 7 September 2016 WAPOL changes plans to compete at World s pipes drums More moves at WAPOL as band launches Youth Development program Retrieved 25 August 2020 External links editOfficial website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Western Australia Police Pipe Band amp oldid 1158949444, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
