Inveraray Piping Secretary Brian Spalding: The entry form for the 2025 piping contests at the Inveraray Highland Games is now available online.
Entry form here or via the Piping Section of the games website. Please refer to the Rules and Regulations on the entry form before committing to entry and tick the relevant boxes before submitting payment via PayPal.
No other means of payment can be accepted and no payment will be taken on the day. Refunds will only be issued in exceptional circumstances. All entry forms must be received by the Piping Secretaries no later than 23:59 hrs on Monday 30th June 2025.
Please be advised that competitors will be admitted to the field this year without being issued with a Games Pass. Please make yourself known to a steward on arrival at the field to be admitted.
All senior competitions are limited to the first 25 entries received. If any competition receives entries exceeding 25, a reserve list will be compiled and those on the reserve list shall be refunded via Paypal.
No refunds will be given for withdrawal from competition and any piper withdrawing from the competition in the two weeks prior to date of competition may be excluded from entry to future contests at Inveraray.
Competitors must register at the Piping Secretary’s Tent from 8am on the day of competition to collect their Bib number. Competitors will be informed of the Tent number and designated steward they must report to prior to performing.
Competitors must present themselves in full uniform when collecting trophies and prizes to allow for photos to be submitted to media partners. Please advise below should you wish that you are excluded from press/media attention. All trophies are retained by Inveraray Highland Games.
If you have any queries please contact the piping secretary at piping@inveraray-games.co.uk
Fees: Chanter £1 each event, Juniors £3.00 each event, all others £5 each event. Four tunes in P, A and B grade events, three in C, two in juniors.
Blairgowrie Games
Piping Convenor Stuart Samson: Blairgowrie Highland Games are on Sunday 7th September. Entries for the solo piping will be open and accepted from the 1st of June, with the closing date Sunday the 17th of Aug.
Entries are by email to myself at piping@blairgowriehighlandgames.co.uk . Entries received before the 1st of June unfortunately cannot be accepted.
All events start at 10.30am, unless otherwise stated. Registration open from 10am – all competitors are required to check in on arrival and collect competitor’s number badge before competing.
Open Piobaireachd (3 tunes): 1 £100, 2 £60, 3 £40, 4 £30
B Piobaireachd (3 tunes): 1 £70, 2 £50, 3 £40, 4 £30, 5 £20
C Piobaireachd (3 tunes): 1 £40, 2 £30, 3 £25, 4 £20, 5 £1
March (3 tunes): 1 £40, 2 £30, 3 £25, 4 £20
S&R (3 tunes): 1 £40, 2 £30, 3 £25, 4 £20
C March (3 tunes): 1 £30, 2 £25, 3 £20, 4 £10
C S&R (3 tunes): 1 £30, 2 £25, 3 £20, 4 £10
Further info here.
John MacKenzie’s Collection – digital book
First published in 1973, this outstanding collection is re-issued here in digital format with kind permission of the late Pipe Major’s family. The book runs to more than 50 pages. It is offered at a nominal price to cover overheads. It contains outstanding melodies such as the 6/8s Tug Argan Gap and MacNeills of Ugadale, the Wedding Waltz, Neuve Chappelle, Joe McGann’s Fiddle, the Saffron Kilt,…