Not one to take things lying down is our feisty correspondent MacStig. Here he is responding to two comments on his article earlier this week on the Maxville fiasco and the Worlds tie-breaks…. In reply to Ian: ‘Thanks Ian. I agree that the possibility of a band dead heat not being broken with the current tie breakers is as remote as me buying the Editor a goldie. However, in the…

The organisers have announced tonight that tomorrow’s games at Strathpeffer have had to be cancelled due to inclement weather. Torrential rain and high winds have left the ground waterlogged with the car park under a foot of water in places. Also cancelled tomorrow are Perth Highland Games.

By the Editor Two hundred and seventy three years ago part of Bonnie Prince Charlie’s rebel army, five clans and their pipers, walked past my front door. How do I know that I hear you ask. Well, I’ve been reading Christopher Duffy’s authoritative tome ‘The ’45 – Bonnie Prince Charlie and the Untold Story of the Jacobite Rising’ and on page 403 it reads: ‘The Prince’s army left Glasgow at…

Bright day on Deeside and a healthy entry – 16 played. The standard was reportedly very good particularly in the piobaireachd. Champion Piper was Allan Russell, Kelty (pictured). Piob1 Allan Russell, The Vaunting2 Greig Canning, Marquis of Argyll’s Salute3 Anna Kummerlöw, Tulloch Ard4 Jonathon Simpson, Lament for the Viscount of Dundee5 James Feeny, Rory MacLoude’s Lament6 Calum Brown, MacKay’s Banner March1 Calum Brown2 Allan Russell3 Gordon McCready4 Greig Canning5 Jonathon…

Our MacStig is a deep thinker and closet data anorak. He’s a stats freak, not just a pretty face, (truthfully not pretty at all – he could frighten a police horse and has a great face for radio – hence the helmet). But spare him some of your time. You might have heard his brain clunking as far north as Oban and the cerebral gears grinding far south in Gatehouse…