.......PROFILES

Name: Neil Pinkerton

Year of Birth: 1977

Occupation: Vehicle Body Repair/ Sprayer

Year Joined Ravara: 1997

Former Bands: Ballydonaghy

• He is former World Solo champion and twice Ulster champion at Juvenile Level
• All Ireland champion at Intermediate Level. Now Competes in Senior grade
• His tutors include Charlie & Bobby Rea and Mark Wilson
• He won Grade 4 Worlds Drumming with Ballydonaghy in 1988
• His favorite sports personalities are Lewis Hamilton and Damon Hill
• His hobbies include Clay pigeon shooting, hunting, practising his drumming and listening to music
• His favorite pipe band is Strathclyde Police