Fine weather, reasonably warm and dry all day at Stonehaven on July 21. Light music only but a good atmosphere and camaraderie among the pipers and supporters as the picture below shows.
Six played in the Juniors and eight in the Seniors. Champion Piper was Callum Brown and the judge for all events Brian Ellrick. Callum is pictured above receiving his trophies from Brian.
March: 1 Callum Brown 2 Fraser Maitland 3 Louis Newman
S&R: 1 Callum Brown 2 Louis Newman 3 Austin Diepenhorst
Local: 1 Callum Brown 2 Fraser Maitland 3 Jeffrey Lawson
U18 March: 1 Craig Mitchell 2 Rory Menzies 3 Andrew Fagan
U18 S&R: 1 Rory Menzies 2 Craig Mitchell 3 Andrew Fagan
Tomintoul Games
Overcast and humid at this games held on Saturday July 20th in the heart of the Cairngorm National Park. Eleven played in the Seniors.
Piobaireachd: 1 Hamish Munro, MacLeod’s Salute 2 Angus MacPhee, Lament for MacSwan of Roaig 3 Ben Hall, Rout of Glenfruin 4 Callum Dunbar, Fair Honey
March: 1 Angus MacPhee 2 Calum Dunbar 3 Fraser Maitland 4 Hamish Munro
S&R: 1 Angus MacPhee 2 Fraser Maitland 3 Hamish Munro 4 David Stulpner
Junior Piob.: 1 Rory Menzies, Lament for the Old Sword 2 Craig Mitchell, Cabar Feidh Gu Brath 3 Lewis Stewart, Lament for Alasdair Dearg 4 Andrew Fagan, Struan Robertson’s Salute
Junior March: 1 Rory Menzies 2 Craig Mitchell 3 Lewis Stewart 4 Morag Barclay 5 Ethan Cowie
Junior S&R: 1 Rory Menzies 2 Craig Mitchell 3 Lewis Stewart 4 Morag Barclay 5 Ethan Cowie
U14 March: 1 Larry Presslie 2 Andrew Fagan 3 Lennox Stewart
U14 S&R: 1 Andrew Fagan 2 Larry Presslie 3 Lennox Stewart
Judges: R Anderson, L Barclay, R Lightfoot, D Watson.
The Bagpiper’s Handbook…a must have for all pipers
A little error in the prize list for the piobaireachd at Tomintoul. It reads that Calum Brown was 4th when it should read Calum Dunbar.