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Pipe Band Competition Makes a Successful Return in Northern Ireland

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Northern Ireland celebrated the return of pipe band competition today with a very successful event at a sunny Castle Park, Bangor, County Down. The Ards and North Down contest was the first in the province since 2019. As expected, the winners in Grade 1 were Field Marshal Montgomery (pictured). Here are the results, courtesy the Northern Ireland branch of the RSPBA, starting with Grade 1: Grade 2: Grade 3A: Grade…

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History: Day 2 at the Northern Meeting 1970

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A couple of weeks ago we ran a report on day one of the 1970 Northern Meeting. Today we have the Press & Journal newspaper’s report from day 2. It marked the comeback of the legendary Donald MacPherson after a four year lay off. The newspaper caption to the above picture reads ‘Congratulations for Mr Donald MacPherson, Exmouth, Devon, from his wife Gwen and daughters Fiona and Katrina after winning…

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Highlands & Islands Juniors Results

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Results of the junior piping held at Rockfield Centre, Oban, on Saturday 30 April 2022. There were no senior piping events this year. Chanter (under 12) Scale and 2-part tune, Muir Trophy: 1 Yannick Embley 2 Cody McGuigan 3 Laura Reilly 4 Alasdair Bruce 5 Kelvin Campbell 6 Eliza Doksey Chanter (under 12), Argyll Print Trophy: Alex Ross Chanter 12 to 14 March, William Leslie Meikle Memorial Trophy: 1 Morla Bruce…

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Atholl Gathering/ Lochaber Gathering/ Ukrainian National Anthem

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Piping Convenor at the Atholl Gathering, Dr Jack Taylor: ‘There is a healthy entry so far for the Gathering (on May 29), but there is still room for a few more, especially P/A/Non CPA Piobaireachd and junior events. Entries close on Sunday 15th May. Here is the link to the entry form.   ‘It will be Gary West’s first outing as Pipe Major of the Atholl Highlanders. Ian Duncan is handing over the previous…

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History: Northern Meeting 1970, Success for Andrew Wright and Ian McLellan

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Last week we ran the results from Inverness 1970. Since then our staff have been busy burrowing and have come up with an original report and pictures from the contest published in the Press & Journal newspaper dated September 18. Headlined ‘A Double Gold Success for Piper’ the article reads: ‘A Paisley engineer has scored a double success in the piping world this year. ‘Last month 33-year-old Andrew Wright won…

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