Benoni Gathering (Regional Final)

Calculated ranking scores by grade and set

Competition Details Back to Rankings

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

Competition Info

Date

July 11, 2026

Location

Benoni South

Bands / Results

18 bands · 38 results

Competition Results with Calculated Scores

2

4 bands 7 results

MSR

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: 3, P2: 1 D: 2, E: 1	100.0	88.89	100.0	94.44	100.0	95.56	2.56	1518.24
2	Còmhlan 1645 Pipe Band (Gr. 2) Johannesburgh, Gauteng	P1: 1, P2: 4 D: 1, E: 2	94.44	100.0	83.33	100.0	94.44	94.72	1.68	1533.33
3	Pretoria Highlanders Pipes & Drums (Gr. 3) Cape Town, Western Cape	P1: 2, P2: 3 D: 3, E: 3	88.89	94.44	88.89	88.89	88.89	90.28	5.27	1530.73
4	Transvaal Scottish Pipes & Drums (Gr. 2) Johannesburg, Gauteng	P1: 4, P2: 2 D: 4, E: 4	83.33	83.33	94.44	83.33	83.33	86.11	-6.53	1545.91

Medley

3 bands

Place	Band	Positions	PU	Q_P1	Q_P2	Q_D	Q_E	Q	Delta	Rating
1	Benoni MacTalla Pipe Band Benoni, Gauteng	P1: 2, P2: 1 D: 1, E: 1	100.0	87.5	100.0	100.0	100.0	96.88	4.78	1515.68
2	Còmhlan 1645 Pipe Band (Gr. 2) Johannesburgh, Gauteng	P1: 1, P2: 2 D: 3, E: 3	87.5	100.0	87.5	75.0	75.0	84.38	-3.52	1531.65
3	Transvaal Scottish Pipes & Drums (Gr. 2) Johannesburg, Gauteng	P1: 3, P2: 3 D: 2, E: 2	75.0	75.0	75.0	87.5	87.5	81.25	-6.3	1552.44

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: 1, E: 2	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	94.44	98.89	5.27	1530.73
2	De La Salle Holy Cross College Pipe Band (Gr. 3) Johannesburg, Gauteng	P1: 2, P2: 3 D: 3, E: 1	94.44	94.44	88.89	88.89	100.0	92.5	-1.13	1540.95
3	African Skye Pipe Band (Gr. 3) Cape Town, Western Cape	P1: 3, P2: 2 D: 2, E: 3	88.89	88.89	94.44	94.44	88.89	91.94	0.95	1447.51

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	87.5	100.0	96.25	4.04	1525.46
2	De La Salle Holy Cross College Pipe Band (Gr. 3) Johannesburg, Gauteng	P1: 2, P2: 2 D: 3, E: 2	87.5	87.5	87.5	75.0	87.5	83.75	-4.56	1542.07
3	African Skye Pipe Band (Gr. 3) Cape Town, Western Cape	P1: 3, P2: 3 D: 1, E: 3	75.0	75.0	75.0	100.0	75.0	82.5	-1.8	1446.56

4

5 bands 9 results

March

5 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: 1, P2: 1 D: 3, E: 1	100.0	100.0	100.0	83.33	100.0	95.0	2.79	1632.77
2	Pretoria Highlanders Pipes & Drums (Gr. 4) Cape Town, Western Cape	P1: 2, P2: 2 D: 5, E: 3	91.67	91.67	91.67	66.67	83.33	82.5	2.23	1465.88
3	African Skye Pipe Band (Gr. 4) Cape Town, Western Cape	P1: 4, P2: 3 D: 4, E: 2	83.33	75.0	83.33	75.0	91.67	80.42	1.49	1460.59
4	Benoni Pipe Band (Gr. 4) Benoni, Gauteng	P1: 3, P2: 4 D: 2, E: 4	75.0	83.33	75.0	91.67	75.0	82.08	2.3	1457.36
5	Còmhlan 1645 Pipe Band (Gr. 4) Johannesburg, Gauteng	P1: 5, P2: 5 D: 1, E: 5	66.67	66.67	66.67	100.0	66.67	76.67	-1.09	1492.57

MSR

4 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: 1, P2: 1 D: 1, E: 1	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	3.76	1636.52
2	Pretoria Highlanders Pipes & Drums (Gr. 4) Cape Town, Western Cape	P1: 3, P2: 2 D: 3, E: 2	94.44	88.89	94.44	88.89	94.44	91.39	-0.1	1465.79
3	Benoni Pipe Band (Gr. 4) Benoni, Gauteng	P1: 4, P2: 4 D: 2, E: 3	88.89	83.33	83.33	94.44	88.89	87.78	-2.59	1454.77
4	African Skye Pipe Band (Gr. 4) Cape Town, Western Cape	P1: 2, P2: 3 D: 4, E: 4	83.33	94.44	88.89	83.33	83.33	87.5	-2.94	1457.65

Juvenile

2 bands 4 results

MSR

2 bands

Place	Band	Positions	PU	Q_P1	Q_P2	Q_D	Q_E	Q	Delta	Rating	Actions
1	Pretoria Boys High School Pipe Band Cape Town, Western Cape	P1: 1, P2: 1 D: 1, E: 2	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	94.44	98.89	5.59	1528.66
2	St. Benedict's College Pipe Band Johannesburg, Gauteng	P1: 2, P2: 2 D: 2, E: 1	94.44	94.44	94.44	94.44	100.0	95.56	-5.28	1437.89

Medley

2 bands

Place	Band	Positions	PU	Q_P1	Q_P2	Q_D	Q_E	Q	Delta	Rating	Actions
1	Pretoria Boys High School Pipe Band Cape Town, Western Cape	P1: 2, P2: 1 D: 2, E: 1	100.0	87.5	100.0	87.5	100.0	93.12	1.99	1523.07
2	St. Benedict's College Pipe Band Johannesburg, Gauteng	P1: 1, P2: 2 D: 1, E: 2	87.5	100.0	87.5	100.0	87.5	94.38	5.38	1443.16

Novice Juvenile

7 bands 12 results

March

7 bands

Place	Band	Positions	PU	Q_P1	Q_P2	Q_D	Q_E	Q	Delta	Rating
1	De La Salle Holy Cross College Pipe Band (Gr. Novice Juvenile B) Johannesburg, Gauteng	P1: 3, P2: 1 D: 2, E: 1	100.0	83.33	100.0	91.67	100.0	93.33	4.59	1543.08
2	Benoni Pipe Band (Gr. Novice Juvenile B) Benoni, Gauteng	P1: 2, P2: 2 D: 1, E: 2	91.67	91.67	91.67	100.0	91.67	94.17	4.45	1560.11
3	Jeppe Pipe Band Kensington, Johannesburg	P1: 1, P2: 3 D: 5, E: 3	83.33	100.0	83.33	66.67	83.33	82.5	1.69	1484.0
4	St. Benedict's College Pipe Band Johannesburg, Gauteng	P1: 7, P2: 5 D: 3, E: 4	75.0	50.0	66.67	83.33	75.0	69.17	-2.01	1437.79
5	Cornwall Hill College Pipe Band Cape Town, Western Cape	P1: 5, P2: 4 D: 6, E: 6	66.67	66.67	75.0	58.33	58.33	64.58	-5.57	1483.09
6	King Edward VII School Pipe Band Cape Town, Western Cape	P1: 4, P2: 6 D: 7, E: 5	58.33	75.0	58.33	50.0	66.67	61.67	-2.99	1371.03
7	Pretoria Boys High School Pipe Band Cape Town, Western Cape	P1: 6, P2: 7 D: 4, E: 7	50.0	58.33	50.0	75.0	50.0	59.58	-7.88	1521.08

MSR

5 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: 4, E: 1	100.0	100.0	100.0	83.33	100.0	95.0	1.28	1561.39
2	Jeppe Pipe Band Kensington, Johannesburg	P1: 3, P2: 2 D: 2, E: 2	94.44	88.89	94.44	94.44	94.44	93.06	0.92	1484.92
3	De La Salle Holy Cross College Pipe Band (Gr. Novice Juvenile B) Johannesburg, Gauteng	P1: 2, P2: 3 D: 1, E: 3	88.89	94.44	88.89	100.0	88.89	93.61	-0.08	1542.99
4	St. Benedict's College Pipe Band Johannesburg, Gauteng	P1: 5, P2: 4 D: 3, E: 5	83.33	77.78	83.33	88.89	77.78	82.5	-5.28	1437.89
5	King Edward VII School Pipe Band Cape Town, Western Cape	P1: 4, P2: 5 D: 5, E: 4	77.78	83.33	77.78	77.78	83.33	80.28	-5.03	1366.01

Score Statistics

Highest Delta

5.59

Lowest Delta

-7.88

Bands Scored

18

Grade Distribution

2 4 bands

3 3 bands

4 5 bands

Juvenile 2 bands

Novice Juvenile 7 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