By Ken Stewart Results for the Piper of the Year competition held on Saturday, 12th October at the Adair Arms Hotel in Ballymena, County Antrim. The picture above shows the Piper of the Year Scott Wallace receiving his winner’s trophy from Ben Greeves. Promoted by the Northern Ireland Piping Society, the competition has been in existence since 1979 when it was held in Tullymore House Hotel in Broughshane. The contest…

Results of the Ceol Mor at the National Mod piping being held today in Glasgow. Twenty entered in the seniors. Own choice. 1st – John Dew (pictured above with the ceol mor trophy), ‘Marquis of Argyle’s Salute’2nd – Angus MacPhee, ‘The Blind Piper’s Obstinacy’3rd – Darach Urquhart, ‘The Earl of Ross’s March’ MSR: 1 Finlay Cameron 2 Steven Leask 3 Angus MacPhee H&J: 1 Archie Drennan 2 Finlay Cameron 3…

The Northern Ireland Piping Society hold their annual competition today. Competition Convenor Ken Stewart writes: ‘The annual Piper of the Year competition is being held today, Saturday 12th October, in the Adair Arms Hotel Ballymena. ‘Fourteen invited players will compete in both Piobaireachd and MSR events with the trophy being awarded to the competitor with the highest aggregate score from both. ‘Adjudicators for the competition are Alastair Dunn, Glasgow, and…

This weekend sees the start of the Royal National Mod 2019 which is to be hosted in Glasgow for the first time in 29 years. Kicking off the week long competition schedule will be the Senior and Junior piping competitions which are to be held in the Glasgow Royal Concert hall on Saturday 12th October with competitions starting at 9:30am. This year entry numbers for the senior competitions have increased…

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