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Top prize winners in the four grades at Moira last Saturday with top officials. From left : PM Frank Andrews

... Top prize winners in the four grades at Moira last Saturday with top officials. From left : PM Frank Andrews (McNeillstown), PM Richard Newell (Frank Rainey Memorial), PM Tom Wray (Faughan Valley), Eddie McVeigh (president), Jim Major (chairman), Fred ...

Published: Thursday 12 June 1986
Newspaper: Banbridge Chronicle
County: Down, Northern Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 286 | Page: 10 | Tags: none

Reel to Reel

... Band can be heard in “Reel to Reel” on Radio Ulster at 1.30 pm on Monday, December 1. Joe McKee introduces Pipe Major Frank Andrews of the McNeillstown Pipe Band from near Portglenone, and talks to Derek Greer about the centenary of Ballymena’s oldest ...

Published: Thursday 27 November 1986
Newspaper: Banbridge Chronicle
County: Down, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 50 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

Good viewing

... Boys Flute Ensemble, Belfast. The other band on the programme was McNeillstown Pipe under the direction of Pipe Major Frank Andrews and Drum Major Robert Cochrane. The band comes from the Portglenonedistrictof Co. Antrim. Again we saw the various sections ...

Published: Thursday 06 March 1986
Newspaper: Banbridge Chronicle
County: Down, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 186 | Page: 12 | Tags: none

Don’t miss the Portadown Music Festival

... attention focussed on the latter, especially as they havea number of former Killycoogan players, one of whom, Clyde Pipe Major Frank Andrews (below) whose band all- Ireland senior champions McNeilstown played at the Upper Crossgare concert in Banbridge last week ...

Published: Thursday 02 April 1987
Newspaper: Banbridge Chronicle
County: Down, Northern Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 315 | Page: 10 | Tags: none

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... absence of R.U.C. from the open grade (they did not travel for security reasons), all eyes were on the battle between Frank Andrews’ McNeillstown, from Portglenone, and the current title holders, Cullybackey, who had taken the title five times in six ...

Published: Thursday 19 July 1984
Newspaper: Banbridge Chronicle
County: Down, Northern Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 349 | Page: 22 | Tags: none

10000000000000000000¢ ‘Dry’ at Ahoghill contests !

... gone unnoticed ! On to Grade One and McNeillstown just got the nod overthe RUC. Bothbands had 112% points with Pipe Major Frank Andrews’ outfit from Portglenone getting the verdict on piping preference. Complete results : And while the elements last Saturday ...

Published: Thursday 09 June 1988
Newspaper: Banbridge Chronicle
County: Down, Northern Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 562 | Page: 10 | Tags: none

MecNeillstown and Ballyelare on TV

... Ballyclare Victoria Flute, conductor Arthur Fleming, and another Co. Antrim outfit McNeillstown Pipe with their pipe major, Frank Andrews,in charge. The bands were recorded and filmed at the University of Ulster in Coleraine and at Dunluce Castle. ...

Published: Thursday 27 February 1986
Newspaper: Banbridge Chronicle
County: Down, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 88 | Page: 10 | Tags: none

CJs A stretch their unbeaten run

... was in severe difficulties again during his tussle with opponent Alan Rooney in the scheduled second tie. To be brutally frank. Andrew was never “at the races” as Rooney plundered his way to a mightily impressive 65-37, 68-31 win. There hasn’t ever been ...

Published: Thursday 01 November 2001
Newspaper: Banbridge Chronicle
County: Down, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 562 | Page: 36 | Tags: none