Author: Piping Press

NZ Youth Band Album/ Wheel of Fortune Results

Posted on      by      Leave a comment

A debut album released by the National Youth Pipe Band of New Zealand, ‘Bound by Sound’ comprises a ten‑track showcase of the country’s emerging talent, writes Liam Kernaghan. Recorded over three days in December 2025, the album blends the Scottish tradition with the modern Kiwi revival. Piping and drumming are booming again among young New Zealanders, and everyone on the album carries their own personal thread in that story.  ”Bound…

More NZ Youth Band Album/ Wheel of Fortune Results

Guide to the Games 2026 – August & September

Posted on      by      Leave a comment

We conclude our guide with thanks to the Royal Scottish Highland Games Association. Promoters please forward details on any information we have missed. August is an extremely busy month with 26 gatherings going on at various venues around the country. We have excluded competitions which are not essentially games events: CPA Bronze Medal, Skye Gathering, Northern Meeting, Silver Chanter, Lochaber Gathering. To promoters, please remember to send Piping Press your…

More Guide to the Games 2026 – August & September

Guide to the Games 2026 – May to July

Posted on      by      Leave a comment

We are grateful to the Royal Scottish Highland Games Association for the bulk of this list of events this summer. It may not be comprehensive and if any reader knows of an event that has been missed, or any updates, please forward details. To pipers we say get out and support these contests, especially the non-graded ones. Graded events are well subscribed and often have to cap their list. Yes,…

More Guide to the Games 2026 – May to July

Victorian Pipers’ Results/ Virginia Championship Results

Posted on      by      Leave a comment

On Saturday April 18th the Victorian Pipers’ Association held its first in-person contest of the 2026 season at Rupertswood Mansion in the grounds of Salesian College, Sunbury (Melbourne, Australia). Forty-one competitors registered for the competition. This was the first time a contest was held at this venue and it holds some historical significance. By Jonathon Quay, President, Victorian Pipers Association The contest was sponsored by the Sunshine Foundation, a charity created…

More Victorian Pipers’ Results/ Virginia Championship Results

Readers Letters: P/M Hamilton Workman and the RSPBA Pipe Band College

Posted on      by      Leave a comment

We have received the following comments regarding articles in this week’s Piping Press. Firstly this from reader Joe Hardy on ‘Remembering P/M Hamilton Workman, HLI’: ‘This is a truly wonderful memory of Hammie. So many pipers today don’t really know about him and don’t understand how important he was to piping in the U.S. I attended the North American Academy of Piping [NAAPD] every summer between 1985 and 2007.  ‘Hammie…

More Readers Letters: P/M Hamilton Workman and the RSPBA Pipe Band College