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Guide to the Games News/ John Drysdale

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Bryan Spalding, Piping Convenor at Inveraray Games: I wonder if you would be kind enough please to distribute the following press release to your readership/membership? We are currently updating our Games website and the website administrator is updating our entry system. This work should be completed later this or early next month and we intend to open entries for our contests after successful testing. The scheduled date for entries opening…

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RSPBA Pipe Band College Controversy

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Piping Press has obtained a copy of a letter sent to all RSPBA exam assessors by the former Piping Principal of the Association’s Pipe Band College, Jim Campbell. Jim is a highly respected pipe band adjudicator and a lifelong servant of the Association. For the avoidance of any confusion or spin we reprint his letter in full (below). The background to it is the lengthy inquiry into the College commissioned…

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Piobaireachd Society News

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The Piobaireachd Society’s Annual Recital of Ceol Mor, ‘Scotland’s Hidden Treasure’, will be held in St Cecilia’s Hall, Edinburgh, on August 9th. The invited pipers are Gold Medal prizewinner Sean McKeown, Ontario, and 2025 Silver Medallists Callum Wynd and Kyle Cameron. Each will play two piobaireachd. There will be three tunes before the interval and three after. The pipers play in continuous with no tuning in between performances. The tunes…

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Highlands & Islands Festival 2026 – Updated With Full Results and Comment

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Very large entries in all Senior and Junior Grades. The competition was held in the Oban High School on Saturday, May 2. Judges reported a high standard in both P/A events. Of the MSR Barry Donaldson commented: ‘The prizewinners all played extremely well. There was very little between them. The pipes and fingers were impressive and those who failed to make the list generally had issues with pulsing and phrase…

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Band Judges Announced/ Atlantic Canada Results

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The RSPBA Adjudicator Panel has announced the following piping, drumming and ensemble judging allocations for the forthcoming pipe band championship season. These allocations may be altered as required due to unforeseen circumstances: Entries have now closed for the British and UK Championships. Deadlines for the others are May 13 (Scottish), June 10 (Europeans), July 1 (Worlds). Atlantic CanadaOn Saturday, April 25th, we had the Atlantic Canada Piobaireachd Challenge which took…

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