St. Benedict's Gathering (SA Championships)

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Ranking Model: Elo-like (discipline-weighted). Event deltas are based on expected vs actual field outcomes.

Competition Info

Date

July 25, 2026

Location

Bedfordview

Bands / Results

22 bands · 51 results

Competition Results with Calculated Scores

2

4 bands 8 results

MSR

4 bands

Place	Band	Positions	PU	Q_P1	Q_P2	Q_D	Q_E	Q	Delta	Rating
1	Còmhlan 1645 Pipe Band (Gr. 2) Johannesburgh, Gauteng	P1: 1, P2: 1 D: 2, E: 1	100.0	100.0	100.0	96.0	100.0	98.8	9.45	1546.07
2	Benoni MacTalla Pipe Band Benoni, Gauteng	P1: 2, P2: 2 D: 1, E: 4	96.0	96.0	96.0	100.0	88.0	95.6	5.24	1526.46
3	Transvaal Scottish Pipes & Drums (Gr. 2) Johannesburg, Gauteng	P1: 3, P2: 3 D: 3, E: 3	92.0	92.0	92.0	92.0	92.0	92.0	-1.74	1534.75
4	Durban Caledonian Society Pipe Band Cape Town, Western Cape	P1: 4, P2: 4 D: 4, E: 1	88.0	88.0	88.0	88.0	100.0	90.4	1.5	1430.78

Medley

4 bands

Place	Band	Positions	PU	Q_P1	Q_P2	Q_D	Q_E	Q	Delta	Rating
1	Benoni MacTalla Pipe Band Benoni, Gauteng	P1: 1, P2: 3 D: 2, E: 1	100.0	100.0	80.0	90.0	100.0	92.0	2.98	1521.22
2	Còmhlan 1645 Pipe Band (Gr. 2) Johannesburgh, Gauteng	P1: 3, P2: 1 D: 1, E: 2	90.0	80.0	100.0	100.0	90.0	93.0	3.29	1536.62
3	Transvaal Scottish Pipes & Drums (Gr. 2) Johannesburg, Gauteng	P1: 2, P2: 2 D: 4, E: 4	80.0	90.0	90.0	70.0	70.0	80.0	-9.43	1536.49
4	Durban Caledonian Society Pipe Band Cape Town, Western Cape	P1: 4, P2: 4 D: 3, E: 3	70.0	70.0	70.0	80.0	80.0	75.0	-9.39	1429.28

3

3 bands 6 results

MSR

3 bands

Place	Band	Positions	PU	Q_P1	Q_P2	Q_D	Q_E	Q	Delta	Rating
1	Pretoria Highlanders Pipes & Drums (Gr. 3) Cape Town, Western Cape	P1: 1, P2: 1 D: 2, E: 1	100.0	100.0	100.0	96.0	100.0	98.8	9.37	1547.79
2	African Skye Pipe Band (Gr. 3) Cape Town, Western Cape	P1: 2, P2: 3 D: 1, E: 2	96.0	96.0	92.0	100.0	96.0	96.2	9.14	1459.45
3	De La Salle Holy Cross College Pipe Band (Gr. 3) Johannesburg, Gauteng	P1: 3, P2: 2 D: 3, E: 3	92.0	92.0	96.0	92.0	92.0	93.0	0.01	1534.79

Medley

3 bands

Place	Band	Positions	PU	Q_P1	Q_P2	Q_D	Q_E	Q	Delta	Rating
1	Pretoria Highlanders Pipes & Drums (Gr. 3) Cape Town, Western Cape	P1: 1, P2: 1 D: 2, E: 1	100.0	100.0	100.0	90.0	100.0	97.0	7.69	1538.42
2	African Skye Pipe Band (Gr. 3) Cape Town, Western Cape	P1: 2, P2: 3 D: 1, E: 3	90.0	90.0	80.0	100.0	80.0	88.5	2.79	1450.3
3	De La Salle Holy Cross College Pipe Band (Gr. 3) Johannesburg, Gauteng	P1: 3, P2: 2 D: 3, E: 2	80.0	80.0	90.0	80.0	90.0	84.5	-6.16	1534.79

4

8 bands 15 results

March

8 bands

Place	Band	Positions	PU	Q_P1	Q_P2	Q_D	Q_E	Q	Delta	Rating
1	St. Andrew's College SA Pipe Band Johannesburg, Gauteng	P1: 2, P2: 1 D: 3, E: 2	100.0	93.75	100.0	87.5	93.75	93.44	6.12	1544.67
2	Transvaal Scottish Pipes & Drums (Gr. 4) Johannesburg, Gauteng	P1: 1, P2: 2 D: 5, E: 1	93.75	100.0	93.75	75.0	100.0	90.94	2.45	1638.97
3	St. John's College Pipe Band (Gr. Novice Juvenile A) Harare	P1: 4, P2: 3 D: 1, E: 4	87.5	81.25	87.5	100.0	81.25	88.44	7.82	1489.86
4	Benoni Pipe Band (Gr. 4) Benoni, Gauteng	P1: 3, P2: 4 D: 4, E: 3	81.25	87.5	81.25	81.25	87.5	84.06	6.12	1460.89
5	Colum Cille Pipes & Drums (Gr. 4) Cape Cod, Massachusetts	P1: 7, P2: 6 D: 2, E: 8	75.0	62.5	68.75	93.75	56.25	72.19	-4.14	1495.86
5	Pretoria Highlanders Pipes & Drums (Gr. 4) Cape Town, Western Cape	P1: 6, P2: 5 D: 6, E: 6	75.0	68.75	75.0	68.75	68.75	70.31	-3.78	1462.0
7	Knysna & Districts Pipe Band Knysna, Western Cape	P1: 5, P2: 8 D: 7, E: 5	62.5	75.0	56.25	62.5	75.0	66.56	-7.72	1487.02
8	African Skye Pipe Band (Gr. 4) Cape Town, Western Cape	P1: 8, P2: 7 D: 8, E: 7	56.25	56.25	62.5	56.25	62.5	59.06	-11.08	1446.57

MSR

7 bands

Place	Band	Positions	PU	Q_P1	Q_P2	Q_D	Q_E	Q	Delta	Rating
1	Transvaal Scottish Pipes & Drums (Gr. 4) Johannesburg, Gauteng	P1: 2, P2: 2 D: 3, E: 1	100.0	96.0	96.0	92.0	100.0	95.6	-0.37	1638.6
2	St. Andrew's College SA Pipe Band Johannesburg, Gauteng	P1: 3, P2: 1 D: 2, E: 2	96.0	92.0	100.0	96.0	96.0	96.0	1.62	1546.29
3	St. John's College Pipe Band (Gr. Novice Juvenile A) Harare	P1: 1, P2: 3 D: 1, E: 3	92.0	100.0	92.0	100.0	92.0	96.4	8.07	1495.94
4	Knysna & Districts Pipe Band Knysna, Western Cape	P1: 4, P2: 4 D: 5, E: 4	88.0	88.0	88.0	84.0	88.0	86.8	-5.76	1481.25
5	Benoni Pipe Band (Gr. 4) Benoni, Gauteng	P1: 7, P2: 7 D: 4, E: 5	84.0	76.0	76.0	88.0	84.0	81.2	-8.54	1452.34
6	Pretoria Highlanders Pipes & Drums (Gr. 4) Cape Town, Western Cape	P1: 5, P2: 6 D: 6, E: 6	80.0	84.0	80.0	80.0	80.0	81.0	-8.93	1453.07
7	African Skye Pipe Band (Gr. 4) Cape Town, Western Cape	P1: 6, P2: 5 D: 7, E: 7	76.0	80.0	84.0	76.0	76.0	79.0	-9.55	1437.02

Juvenile

3 bands 6 results

MSR

3 bands

Place	Band	Positions	PU	Q_P1	Q_P2	Q_D	Q_E	Q	Delta	Rating
1	St. Benedict's College Pipe Band Johannesburg, Gauteng	P1: 1, P2: 2 D: 3, E: 1	100.0	100.0	96.0	92.0	100.0	96.6	-11.27	1431.27
2	Pretoria Boys High School Pipe Band Cape Town, Western Cape	P1: 3, P2: 3 D: 1, E: 2	96.0	92.0	92.0	100.0	96.0	95.2	-13.17	1505.83
3	St. John's College Pipe Band (Gr. Novice Juvenile A) Harare	P1: 2, P2: 1 D: 2, E: 3	92.0	96.0	100.0	96.0	92.0	96.2	8.07	1495.94

Medley

3 bands

Place	Band	Positions	PU	Q_P1	Q_P2	Q_D	Q_E	Q	Delta	Rating
1	St. Benedict's College Pipe Band Johannesburg, Gauteng	P1: 2, P2: 2 D: 2, E: 1	100.0	90.0	90.0	90.0	100.0	92.0	7.12	1442.54
2	Pretoria Boys High School Pipe Band Cape Town, Western Cape	P1: 1, P2: 1 D: 3, E: 2	90.0	100.0	100.0	80.0	90.0	92.0	3.1	1519.0
3	St. John's College Pipe Band (Gr. Novice Juvenile A) Harare	P1: 3, P2: 3 D: 1, E: 3	80.0	80.0	80.0	100.0	80.0	86.0	-1.99	1487.87

Novice Juvenile

8 bands 16 results

March

8 bands

Place	Band	Positions	PU	Q_P1	Q_P2	Q_D	Q_E	Q	Delta	Rating
1	Benoni Pipe Band (Gr. Novice Juvenile B) Benoni, Gauteng	P1: 1, P2: 1 D: 3, E: 1	100.0	100.0	100.0	87.5	100.0	96.25	9.39	1570.78
2	St. Andrew's College SA Pipe Band Johannesburg, Gauteng	P1: 2, P2: 3 D: 4, E: 2	93.75	93.75	87.5	81.25	93.75	88.44	6.12	1544.67
3	De La Salle Holy Cross College Pipe Band (Gr. Novice Juvenile B) Johannesburg, Gauteng	P1: 4, P2: 4 D: 1, E: 4	87.5	81.25	81.25	100.0	81.25	86.88	3.85	1546.84
4	Jeppe Pipe Band Kensington, Johannesburg	P1: 3, P2: 2 D: 8, E: 3	81.25	87.5	93.75	56.25	87.5	79.69	1.71	1486.63
5	King Edward VII School Pipe Band Cape Town, Western Cape	P1: 6, P2: 6 D: 5, E: 5	75.0	68.75	68.75	75.0	75.0	71.88	1.79	1367.8
6	Cornwall Hill College Pipe Band Cape Town, Western Cape	P1: 5, P2: 5 D: 7, E: 6	68.75	75.0	75.0	62.5	68.75	70.0	-4.82	1478.27
7	St. Benedict's College Pipe Band Johannesburg, Gauteng	P1: 8, P2: 7 D: 2, E: 7	62.5	56.25	62.5	93.75	62.5	70.31	-2.47	1435.42
8	Pretoria Boys High School Pipe Band Cape Town, Western Cape	P1: 7, P2: 8 D: 6, E: 8	56.25	62.5	56.25	68.75	56.25	61.56	-12.76	1515.91

MSR

8 bands

Place	Band	Positions	PU	Q_P1	Q_P2	Q_D	Q_E	Q	Delta	Rating
1	Benoni Pipe Band (Gr. Novice Juvenile B) Benoni, Gauteng	P1: 1, P2: 1 D: 2, E: 4	100.0	100.0	100.0	96.0	88.0	96.4	4.29	1575.07
2	De La Salle Holy Cross College Pipe Band (Gr. Novice Juvenile B) Johannesburg, Gauteng	P1: 3, P2: 4 D: 1, E: 1	96.0	92.0	88.0	100.0	100.0	95.0	2.98	1549.82
3	St. Andrew's College SA Pipe Band Johannesburg, Gauteng	P1: 2, P2: 2 D: 3, E: 3	92.0	96.0	96.0	92.0	92.0	94.0	1.62	1546.29
4	Jeppe Pipe Band Kensington, Johannesburg	P1: 4, P2: 3 D: 4, E: 2	88.0	88.0	92.0	88.0	96.0	90.6	-1.14	1485.48
5	King Edward VII School Pipe Band Cape Town, Western Cape	P1: 5, P2: 6 D: 7, E: 5	84.0	84.0	80.0	76.0	84.0	80.6	-5.04	1362.76
6	Pretoria Boys High School Pipe Band Cape Town, Western Cape	P1: 7, P2: 8 D: 5, E: 6	80.0	76.0	72.0	84.0	80.0	78.2	-13.17	1505.83
7	Cornwall Hill College Pipe Band Cape Town, Western Cape	P1: 6, P2: 5 D: 8, E: 7	76.0	80.0	84.0	72.0	76.0	77.8	-11.62	1466.65
8	St. Benedict's College Pipe Band Johannesburg, Gauteng	P1: 8, P2: 7 D: 6, E: 8	72.0	72.0	76.0	80.0	72.0	75.4	-11.27	1431.27

Score Statistics

Highest Delta

9.45

Lowest Delta

-13.17

Bands Scored

22

Grade Distribution

2 4 bands

3 3 bands

4 8 bands

Juvenile 3 bands

Novice Juvenile 8 bands

Scoring Explanation

PU (Placing Units): Base score from overall position
Q_P1/Q_P2: Qualified piping scores (Piping 1 & 2)
Q_D: Qualified drumming score
Q_E: Qualified ensemble score
Q: Overall qualified score (weighted average)

Delta: Rating change for this event
Rating: Elo-like rating after this event
Scores are calculated using current ranking parameters
Higher positions (1st, 2nd, etc.) generate higher scores
Piping, drumming, and ensemble outcomes drive rating changes