The 2024 Highlands and Islands Young Piper of the Year is Austin Diepenhorst now of San Diego, California [pictured]. The competition was held today in Linaclate School (Sgoil Lionacleit), Benbecula.
Ceol Mor
1 Austin Diepenhorst, Unjust Incarceration
2 Piers Dover, Park Piob. No2
3 Angus MacPhee, Earl of Ross’s March
4 Andrew Hutton, Old Men of the Shells
March
1 Piers Dover, Knightswood Ceilidh
2 Austin Diepenhorst, Crags of Stirling
3 Angus MacPhee, Mrs Duncan MacFadyen
4 Joshua Chandler, Duncan MacColl
S&R
1 David Stulpner, Inveraray Castle, Miss Proud
2 Joshua Chandler, Dora MacLeod, Smith of Chilliechassie
3 Angus MacPhee, Lady Loudon, Broadford Bay
4 Austin Diepenhorst, Cal. Soc. of London, Mrs MacPherson of Inveran
H&J
1 Austin Diepenhorst, Pipers’ Controversy, Donnie MacGregor
2 Joshua Chandler, Sandy’s New Chanter, Alan MacPherson, Mosspark
3 Andrew Pattison, P/M George Allen/ John Patterson’s Mare
4 Campbell Wilson, Ina MacKenzie, The Seagull
Junior results to follow.
Judges: P Grant, M Grey, A MacDonald.
