A soggy Birnam games with intermittent spells of sunshine throughout the afternoon. An interesting twist for the 12 ceol beag competitors was the submission and performance of two marches, two strathspeys and one reel. Winner of the Sinagoca Cup for Overall Best Piper was Jonathon Simpson. He is pictured above with Junior Champion Ewan Allen. Boggies kilts, boggy ground.Piobaireachd:1 Ben McClamrock 2 Ursa Beckford3 Jacob Dicker4 Archie Drennan5 Dan LydenAdjudicators: R…

This was a highly successful conclusion to two days of top class piping. The 2019 Gold Medallist was young Connor Sinclair pictured above. The overall prize for Champion Piper was won by Stuart Liddell. You can read a review of the Clasp competition by the Editor here. Gold Clasp1 Callum Beaumont, Daughter’s Lament 2 Jack Lee, Lament for John MacDonald, Inverness 3 Angus MacColl, Donald Gruamach’s March4 Stuart Liddell, Donald…

Callum Beaumont may be £1,000 better off this morning but those of us who heard his performance yesterday are richer by far. It may well be the best piobaireachd I have ever heard, if not, it is right up there. I refer to my notes: ‘No one will beat this; beautiful from start to finish; perfect pipe, subtlety, exemplary control’. Callum is pictured above on his way to glory before judges…

1 Callum Beaumont, Daughter’s Lament 2 Jack Lee, Lament for John MacDonald, Inverness 3 Angus MacColl, Donald Gruamach’s March 4 Stuart Liddell, Donald Gruamach’s March 5 Finlay Johnston, Donald Gruamach’s March Judges: I Duncan, M McRae, I MacFadyen

1 Kyle Cameron 2 Fraser Hamilton 3 Jake Robertson 4 Calum Dunbar Judges: A MacDonald, L Tannock