Damp conditions and the proximity of the Northern Meeting reduced entries at Pitlochry Games held on Saturday, September 13.
From a fully subscribed list of 20 only 13 played. The Champion Piper was Ross Conner, Campbeltown, with three first in the light music. Ross is pictured above with his trophies. The ceòl mòr is sponsored by the Piobaireachd Society.
Piob (three of each): 1 Angus MacPhee, Lady Margaret MacDonald’s Salute 2 Cameron May, Lady Margaret MacDonald’s Salute 3 Eddie Gaul, Lament for the Viscount of Dundee 4 Callum Wynd, Piper’s Warning 5 Arran Green, Lament for Donald Duaghal MacKay 6 Dan Leyden, Red Speckled Bull
MSR (three of each): 1 Ross Conner 2 Cameron May 3 Greig Canning 4 Hugo MacPherson 5 Hector Munro 6 Callum Wynd
6/8 March (three tunes): 1 Ross Conner 2 Callum Wynd 3 Cameron May 4 Greig Canning 5 Dan Leyden 6 Scott Garden
Jig (own choice, twice through): 1 Ross Conner 2 Angus MacPhee 3 Cameron May 4 Callum Wynd 5 James MacHattie 6 Scott Garden
15-15 MSR: 1 Charlie Mack 2 Sam Foote 3 Jamie Crawford 4 Sam Brass 5 Ewen McAree 6 Robert Tait
Perthshire Jnr. March and Strathspey & Reel: 1 Sam Brass 2 Ruaridh Lean
Judges: R Barnes, D Fraser, B Donaldson, P Hunt, L Tannock, R Wallace.
Bowhill Games
This Fife games, September 14, is the last of the season and piping convenor Greig Canning reported a very healthy entry.
Piobaireachd: 1 Ross Conner, Old Men of the Shells, £100 2 Angus MacPhee, Prince’s Salute, £80 3 Arran Green, Battle of Auldearn No2, £60 4 Mike Fitzhenry, Lament for the Viscount of Dundee, £40
MSR: 1 Ross Conner £80 2 Arran Green £60 3 Liam Nicolson £40 4 Angus MacPhee £30
Jig: 1 Angus MacPhee £50 2 Cameron MacLeod £30 3 Ross Conner £15; Champion Piper: Ross Conner
U-18 Piob: 1 Christopher Drummond £30 2 Charlie Mack £20 3 Jamie Crawford £15
U-18 MSR: 1 Jamie Crawford £25 2 Christopher Drummond £20 3 Charlie Mack £15
U15 March: 1 Rory Forbes 2 Cailean Acamovic 3 Larry presslie
U15 S&R: 1 Rory Forbes 2 Cailean Acamovic 3 Sam Donnelly
Judges: J Banks, L Tannock, C Watson.
Recital Competition
Douglas Gardiner of the Eagle Pipers Society, the promoter: ‘Cameron Drummond won the 2025 Captain John A MacLellan MBE Memorial Dinner & Recital Competition. He played, appropriately, the Edinburgh Piobaireachd.
‘The event was held on Saturday 30th August at the Caledonian Hotel, Edinburgh. It was judged by Jimmy Banks MBE. The other pipers were: Ian K MacDonald, Iain Speirs and Jamie Forrester.’
