Stuart Easton, New Zealand, won the Lorient Piobaireachd yesterday playing Lament for the Children. Stuart is pictured above with his trophy.
Other places:
2 Alexis Meunier, Melbank’s Salute
3 Andrew Carlisle, Lament for Donald Duaghal MacKay
4 Alastair Donaghy, Beloved Scotland
5 Josh Chandler, Desperate Battle
Prizemoney: 1 €450 2 €300 3 €200 4 €150 5 €130 ; Also competing were Stuart Liddell, Robbie MacIsaac, Hervé le Floc’h, Cédric LeBozec and Craig Muirhead.
In the MacCrimmon Trophy held the previous day in the town’s Palais de Congrés the winner was Stuart Liddell. Pipers have to play selections from Scotland, Ireland and Brittany. Points awarded were as follows
Judges for the Piobaireachd and the Scottish section of the MacCrimmon Trophy were Tom Johnstone and Euan Anderson (pictured above).
Young Piper of the Year, Benbecula
Margaret Campbell: ‘The competition was held in Sgoil Lionacleit, Benbecula, on the 24th July 2025. The winner of the competition and the Highlands and Islands Young Piper 2025 was Angus MacPhee, Inverness, who features in the first photograph (below).
‘There is also a photo of David Stulpner from Perth, Australia, who received £250 for the furthest travelled senior competitor.
‘The final picture is of Charlie Mack from Port Seton who won the overall Under 18 competition and also £50 for furthest travelled junior competitor. Sorry for the delay with these results.’
Chanter: 1 Maria Beaton 2 Iagan MacDonald 3 Angus Walker
Novice Pipes: 1 Calum MacLean 2 Anna Riddoch 3 Callum MacDonald 4 Niamh MacPhee
U15 Ceòl Mòr: 1 Seonaidh MacLean 2 Neil Sweeney 3 Seonaidh Forrest 4 Domhnall Eachann MacLean
U15 March: 1 Seonaidh MacLean 2 Domhnall Eachann MacLean 3 Seonaidh Forrest 4 Charlene Nicholson
U15 S&R: 1 Seonaidh MacLean 2 Seonaidh Forrest 3 Domhnall Eachann MacLean 4 Mairi MacNeil
U15 Jig: 1 Seonaidh MacLean 2 Seonaidh Forrest 3 Neil Sweeney 4 Shone Beaton
U18 Ceòl Mòr: 1 Charlie Mack 2 Hugh Anderson 3 Calum Beaton 4 Calum MacNeill
U18 March: 1 Christopher Drummond 2 Hugh Anderson 3 Charlie Mack 4 Calum Beaton
U18 S&R: 1 Christopher Drummond 2 Hugh Anderson 3 Charlie Mack 4 Craig MacNeill
U18 H&J: 1 Charlie Mack 2 Hugh Anderson 3 Christopher Drummond 4 Calum MacNeill
Senior Ceòl Mòr: 1 Kevin Beaton 2 Angus MacPhee 3 David Stulpner 4 Calum Dunbar
Senior March: 1 Angus MacPhee 2 David Stulpner 3 Kevin Beaton 4 Calum Dunbar
Senior S&R: 1 Calum Dunbar 2 Angus MacPhee 3 Kevin Beaton 4 David Stulpner
Senior H&J: 1 Angus MacPhee 2 Aaron Ingram 3 Kevin Beaton 4 Calum Dunbar
Judges: I Duncan, P Grant, A MacDonald JD MacKenzie.
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.
