A very pleasant day of senior and junior piping in the beautiful village of Ceres in Fife on Saturday June 28. Fine weather brought good Open entries with 15 in the light music and 12 in the piobaireachd. Champion Piper was Angus MacPhee, Inverness.
Piob: 1 Angus MacPhee, Stewart’s White Banner 2 Darach Urquhart, Lament for Ronald MacDonald of Morar 3 Keith Bowes 4 Hector Munro
March: 1 Thomas Turner 2 Angus MacPhee 3 Andrew Hall 4 Lewis Maxwell
S&R: 1 David Bruce 2 Thomas Turner 3 Darach Urquhart 4 Andrew Pattison
Judge for all events: P/M Jimmy Banks MBE
Junior Piob: 1 Douglas Baird 2 Kai Hay 3 Morla Bruce 4 Arthur MacKay
Junior March: 1 Douglas Baird 2 Kai Hay 3 Charlie Mack 4 Arthur MacKay
Junior S&R: 1 Douglas Baird 2 Arthur MacKay 3 Kai Hay 4 Charlie Mack
Judge for all events: Greig Canning
Drumtochty Games
Not a great entry at this small games in Aberdeenshire despite a sunny, warm day (June 28). There is no piobaireachd event at Drumtochty and Aberdeen Piping Society are hoping this can be introduced next year. There was senior light music and 14 & Under and U18 junior piping.
March: 1 James Fraser 2 Fraser Maitland 3 Max Gillespie
S&R: 1 Fraser Maitland 2 James Fraser 3 Max Gillespie
Champion Piper: Fraser Maitland
14 & Under March: 1 James Silcock 2 Larry Presslie 3 Archie Leonard 4 Angus Gourlay
14 & Under S&R: 1 James Silcock 2 Larry Presslie 3 Archie Leonard 4 Angus Gourlay
14 & Under Champion Piper: James Silcock
U18 March: 1 Craig Mitchell 2 Louis Stewart 3 Caillum Acamousc 4 Andrew Fraser
U18 S&R: 1 Craig Mitchell 2 Andrew Fraser 3 Caillum Acamousc 4 Amy Houatt
U18 Champion Piper: Craig Mitchell
Classic 2/4 Competition Marches (H -Y) – ‘Play Along’ Lessons
More of the all time greats of the 2/4 march repertoire are listed here. Each is played in full on the practice chanter by Robert Wallace. Firstly he goes through the tune very slowly at a practice tempo and then he plays it a little more quickly, closer to performance speed. If the tune you need is not listed email pipingpress@gmail.com.