Argyllshire Gathering and Northern Meeting Pipers and Judges

The two leading solo piping competitions in the world, the Argyllshire Gathering, Oban, and the Northern Meeting, Inverness, will be held on August 23/24, and August 31/ Sept 1 respectively.

Places for competitors are limited to under 30 and are allocated on a track record basis by a joint committee of promoters, competing pipers’ representatives and judges’ representatives.

Competitors for the senior events are not listed. The Senior Piobaireachd and Clasp are for pipers who have won the Gold Medal. The Former Winners’ March, Strathspey and Reel is open to A Grade light music competition winners.

The Argyllshire Gathering is held at various venues around Oban and at the town’s Mossfield Stadium on the second day. The Northern Meeting is at Inverness’s Eden Court Theatre over both days.

The following judges benches have been selected for Oban:
Senior Piobaireachd: M McRae, J Taylor, R Wallace
Gold Medal: R Barnes, W Livingstone, J Wilson
Silver Medal: M Henderson, R MacShannon, R Worrall
Former Winners’ MSR: I Duncan, J McGillivray, W Morrison
MacGregor Mem. Piob: D Fraser, M Grey, P Henderson, B Hitchings
Games Day benches will drawn from the above.

The following judges have been selected for Inverness:
Gold Medal: P Henderson, A MacDonald, M McRae
Silver Medal: B Hitchings, R Livingstone, N Matheson
Former Winners’ MSR: R Barnes, M Henderson, I MacFadyen
A MSR: I Duncan, R Wallace, W Wotherspoon
Clasp: A Forbes, C MacLellan, J Wilson
H&J: B Hitchings, I MacFadyen, M McRae
B MSR: M Henderson, A MacDonald, N Matheson
B H&J: I Duncan, W Wotherspoon
U 18 Piob: P Henderson, R Livingstone
U 18 MSR: R Barnes, R Wallace
U 15 Piob: R Barnes, R Wallace
U 15 MSR: P Henderson, R Livingstone

Reserves in the event of call offs are: Calum Brown, Gordon Bruce, Brendon Eade and Jonathan Greenlees

Reserves in the event of call offs are: Edward McIlwaine, Xavier Bouderiou, Finlay Cameron, Michael Fitzhenry