This competition was held yesterday, August 29, in Fort William. The senior events were held in and outside the Highland Cinema and the junior events on the lawns in the town centre.
The day was a great success with more than 50 pipers taking part and concluding exactly on schedule. It was a credit to new Lochaber Piping Society Chairman James Rosie. James took over from Ken Cameron earlier this year.
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James was ably supported by a team of helpers with local councillor, the affable Allan Henderson, on hand to make the announcements during the outdoor competitions. The standard in the P/A events was extremely high – just as one might expect the day after the Argyllshire Gathering.
Some of the tunes I heard in the piobaireachd would have graced any piping board, anywhere in the world, and I don’t say that lightly.
P/A Piobaireachd, Gold Lochaber Axe
1 Cameron MacDougall, Lament for Ronald MacDonald of Morar
2 Cameron May, Lady Margaret MacDonald’s Salute
3 Sandy Cameron, I Gave a Kiss to the King’s Hand
4 William Rowe, Stewart’s White Banner
P/A MSR
1 Calum Brown
2 Sandy Cameron
3 Cameron May
4 Cameron Bonar
Best S&R prize: Calum Brown
B/C Piobaireachd, Silver Lochaber Axe
1 Andrew Smith, Lament for John Morrison, Assynt House
2 Andrew Hall, Prince’s Salute
3 Ross Conner, Stewart’s White Banner
4 John Cameron
B/C MSR
1 Ross Conner
2 Ross Miller
3 Josh Chandler
4 Graeme Bryce
6/8 March: 1 Sandy Cameron 2 Ross Conner 3 Fraser Hamilton 4 Liam Kernaghan
Hornpipe & Jig: 1 Cameron Bonar 2 Calum Brown 3 Fraser Hamilton 4 Anna Kummerlöw
Juniors
15 & Under
Piobaireachd: 1 Callan Erskine 2 Sam de Vries 3 Seonaidh Forrest 4 Libby Benzuidenhaut
March: 1 Seonaidh Forrest 2 Jack Folan 3 Sam de Vries 4 Cailean Acramovic
S&R: 1 Mirren Silver 2 Jack Folan 3 Sam de Vries 4 Libby Benzuidenhaut
Jig: 1 Seonaidh Forrest 2 Mirren Silver 3 Libby Benzuidenhaut 4 Jack Folan
16-18
Piobaireachd: 1 Charlie Mack 2 Maggie McConnachie 3 Hugh Anderson 4 Sam Foote
March: 1 Charlie Mack 2 Sam Foote 3 Maggie McConnachie 4 Hugh Anderson
S&R: 1 Maggie McConnachie 2 Charlie Mack 3 Sam Foote 4 Hugh Anderson
Jig: 1 Charlie Mack 2 Maggie McConnachie 3 Hugh Anderson 4 Sam Foote
Judges: E Anderson, I Duncan, A Forbes, C MacBeath, JD MacKenzie, M Robertson, R Wallace, J Wilson
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,…
