Four of the major piobaireachd competitions in world piping, plus the Former Winners’ MSR, were held today in Oban, Argyll.
Gold Medal
1 Steven Leask, MacLean’s March
2 Brendan Eade, Prince’s Salute
3 Sean McKeown, Young Laird of Dungallon
4 Callum Brown, Ronald MacDonald of Morar
5 Chris Armstrong, Lament for the Departure of King James
Judges: A Forbes, M Henderson, W Wotherspoon
Silver Medal
1 Kyle Cameron, You’re Welcome Ewen Locheil
2 Jonathon Simpson, Lament for the Viscount of Dundee
3 Ross Miller, MacFarlane’s Gath.
4 Joe Biggs, MacFarlane’s Gath.
5 Anna Kummerlöw, Chisholm’s Salute
Judges: R Barnes, D MacPhee, R Wallace
Senior Piobaireachd
1 Stuart Liddell, Port Urlar
2 Nick Hudson, Farewll to the Queen’s Ferry
3 Angus MacColl, Red Speckled Bull
4 Jamie Forrester, Daughter’s Lament
5 Cameron Drummond, Edinburgh Piob.
Judges: I Duncan, P Henderson, J Taylor
MacGregor Memorial Piobaireachd (For pipers aged 22 and under – two heats, four from each going forward to a final of eight judged by all four judges)
1 Andrew Pattison
2 Maggie McConnachie
3 Magnus Stone
4 Calum Dunbar, Lament for the Viscount of Dundee
Other finalists: Gregor Grierson, Liam Nicolson, Christopher McCartan, Eala Niamh McElhinney.
Judges: E Anderson, D Fraser, B Hitchings, R MacShannon
Former Winners’ MSR
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Judges: P Hunt, A MacDonald, J Wilson
Stay tuned to Piping Press for more from the Argyllshire Gathering.
‘Highland Bagpipe Music’ by Donald Morrison – digital book
This book was first produced shortly before Donald died in 1988. Languishing out of print, it surfaced in 2021 following contact between Piping Press editor Robert Wallace and Donald’s daughter Sheona. Sheona agreed that it should be offered to the piping public once more at nominal cost, the aim being to preserve her father’s musical legacy. Donald Morrison was the complete piper a fine teache…
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