This was a highly successful conclusion to two days of top class piping. The 2019 Gold Medallist was young Connor Sinclair pictured above. The overall prize for Champion Piper was won by Stuart Liddell. You can read a review of the Clasp competition by the Editor here. Gold Clasp1 Callum Beaumont, Daughter’s Lament 2 Jack Lee, Lament for John MacDonald, Inverness 3 Angus MacColl, Donald Gruamach’s March4 Stuart Liddell, Donald…

1 Gordon McCready 2 Craig Sutherland 3 Sarah Muir 4 Angus J MacColl 5 Alasdair Henderson Judges: W Cowan, B Donaldson, R Livingstone

1 James MacKenzie, The Bicker 2 Alex Gandy, Salute to Donald 3 John Dew, Marquis of Argyle’s Salute 4 Steven Leask, Massacre of Glencoe 5 Xavier Boderiou, Marquis of Argyle’s Salute Judges: N Mulvie, S Shedden, J Wilson

The Gathering’s PR department have forwarded this… Resplendent in their Highland regalia and shouldering their traditional eight-foot long pikes, the Lonach Highlanders were the star attraction at the 178th Lonach Highland Gathering and Games which was held in Aberdeenshire on Saturday, 24th August. Following in the footsteps of their forefathers, the Lonach Highlanders set out at 7:50am from Bellabeg on their historic six-mile march through Strathdon.  With the strains of the…