There was a large entry for the NPC Junior Competition 2026 held last Saturday at Otago Street and MacPhater Street in Glasgow.
U18 Piob: 1 Charlie Mack 2 William Muirhead 3 Kai Hay 4 Rory Menzies 5 Harris Morford 6 Lachlan Rennie; U18 MSR: 1 Arthur MacKay 2 Lachlan Rennie 3 Kai Hay 4 Charlie Mack 5 James Silcock 6 Harris Morford; U18 Jig: 1 Charlie Mack 2 Kai Hay 3 Lachlan Rennie 4 Rory Cairns 5 Harris Morford 6 Hamish Addison; Overall U18 Champion: Charlie Mack (pictured top)
U15 Piob: 1 Travis McKenna-Johnston 2 Shay McInarlin 3 Cailean Acamovic 4 Alasdair Bullock 5 Eilidh Squires 6 Laura Shennan; U15 March: Cailean Acamovic 2 Ollie Kemp 3 Sydney Charles 4 Laura Shennan 5 Shay McInarlin 6 Alasdair Bullock; U15 S&R: 1 Ollie Kemp 2 Shay McInarlin 3 Sydney Charles 4 Alasdair Bullock 5 Mirren Silver 6 Travis McKenna-Johnston; Overall U15 Champion: Shay McInarlin
U13 Piob Ground: 1 Larry Presslie 2 Adam Fersia 3 Abhiram Rao 4 Aaron Kane 5 Callum O’Reilly 6 Seota Tang; U13 March: 1 Abhiram Rao 2 Larry Presslie 3 Elliot Wilson 4 Adam Fersia 5 Rory Fielden 6 Penelope Broadfoot; Overall U13 Champion: Larry Presslie
Chanter – Slow Air: 1 Nathan Evans 2 Sam Aiton 3 Charles Campbell 4 Rowan Garden 5 Beth McAlaney 6 Alyvia MacDonald; Chanter – March: 1 Charles Campbell 2 Beth McAlaney 3 Sam Aiton 4 Armel Campbell Le Guennec 5 Nathan Evans 6 Rowan Garden: Overall – Charles Campbell
Judges: W Brown, E Buchan, S Cameron, M Henderson, P Henderson, EN McElhinney, C Muirhead, J Mulhearn, A Smart, D Urquhart.
Ardmore Cup
This competition is now in its third year and was held in Ardmore, County Wexford, Eire, last weekend. Ten pipers were invited to play in the open MSR and Medley:
Callum Beaumont, Reece Doherty, James Frazer, Finlay Johnston, Anna Kummerlöw, Angus MacColl, William McCallum, Connor Sinclair, James Stone and Alen Tully. Sponsors were RG Hardie, McCallum Bagpipes, Jeffers Bagpipes, Chesney Chanters and Reeds
Friday Night 50 & Over: 1 Peter Donnan 2 Glenn Cupples 3 Christy Bromell; Judge: Liz Tubbs; 14 & Under March: 1 Emilia Tully 2 Ben Cardy 3 Tadhg Spillane; Piob. Ground: 1 Alex Tully 2 Emilia Tully 3 Tadhg Spillane; Judge: Finlay Johnston; 14 & Under Practice Chanter March: 1 Freya Tully 2 Scott Hamilton 3 Cillian Terry; Piobaireachd Ground: 1 Freya Tully (7 year old Freya wins a vintage set of D Naill pipes donated by Liz Tubbs of Sacramento, California); Judge Connor Sinclair
MSR: 1 Connor Sinclair 2 William McCallum 3 Angus MacColl 4 Callum Beaumont 5 James Frazer; Slow Air: Angus MacColl; Medley: 1 Connor Sinclair 2 Callum Beaumont 3 Alen Tully 4 William McCallum 5 Angus MacColl; Slow Air: Alen Tully ; Overall Champion: Connor Sinclair (3rd time- pictured); Judges: L Browne , Dr A MacDonald, R Maguire.
Bagpiper’s Handbook – Handy Maintenance Tips
A concise yet complete handbook for all pipers. Learn how to tie in a stock, adjust your reeds, test your bag and much, much more. A handy size, the book can be kept in the pipe case for easy reference. The book comes complete with a set of video instructions which help explain each lesson. Access them: here.
‘It is beautifully presented and full of wise tips for pipers’….Fred Kew, Hong Kong
