There was a bumper crowd of about 12,000 at Aboyne today, writes Jack Taylor. Calum Brown from Cults, Aberdeen, was overall champion with firsts in March, Strathspey and Reel, Hornpipe and Jig and fifth in Piobaireachd. Calum also piped for the dancing and is due to play a solo at Inveraray Pipe Band’s concert on Wednesday in Glasgow’s Royal Concert Hall.
Under 18 Piobaireachd
1 Alistair Williams, Massacre of Glencoe
2 Craig Mitchell
3 Lewis Stewart
4 Jake Robertson
Under 18 MSR
1 Alistair Williams
2 Jake Robertson
3 Gregor Wildgoose
4 Sarah Keir
Piob:
1 John MacDonald, Tulloch Ard
2 Eireann Ianetta-MacKay
3 James McPetrie
4 Andrew Donald
5 Calum Brown
March:
1 Calum Brown
2 Andrew Donlon
3 Anna Kummerlöw
4 James McPetrie
Strathspey and Reel:
1 Calum Brown
2 Andrew Donlon
3 Eireann Ianetta-MacKay
4 James McPetrie
Hornpipe and Jig
1 Calum Brown
2 Andrew Donlon
3 Gordon Barclay
4 George Taylor
Judges: L Barclay, I Duncan, J Hamilton, M Henderson, P Henderson, S Samson, D Watson
