Jimmy Banks: Calum Brown won our KO yesterday (Apr. 28) against Calum Watson and will meet Cameron MacDougall in the final on Sunday 19 May. Venue is the Scots Guards Club, Haymarket, Edinburgh. Get there early as there is sure to be a large crowd. Contact: jmb9194@hotmail.com for more. Andrew Carlisle reports: Virginia International Tattoo American Pipe Band Championship 2019, Norfolk VA, April 27. Grade 3 MSR1 Carnegie Mellon University2 Ulster…

Another very successful day in Kirriemuir. Prizewinners pictured above. Intermediate Piping Under 181 Lachlan Rennie2 John Brown3 Kayleigh Paley4 Cailean Townsley5 Kieran Fotheringham 6/8 March U-151 Katie Duthie2 Archie McNab3 Jack Lidell4 Fraser Robson5 Cameron Stuart6 Ewan Allen 6/8 March 15-181 Bobby Allen2 Jordan Ednie3 Gregor Cochrane4 Logan Townsley5 Lachlan Latto6 Kayleigh Paley Piob U-151 Fraser Robson2 Joshua Reilly3 Cameron Stuart4 Ewan Allen Piob 15-181 Jordan Ednie2 Bobby Allen3 Brogan…

Competitors have been announced for the Donald MacDonald Cuach Piobaireachd Competition held on Sleat, Skye. The competition is now in its 33rd year. It takes place in Armadale Castle Stables Café on June 7 and will be livestreamed via their website and Facebook page. Tickets are available in advance (£10, under 16s free). The pipers and tunes will be: Callum Beaumont – A Ghlas-mheur (The Fingerlock) Glenn Brown – Sean…

Inverclyde District Council, the promoters of one of the first pipe band contest of the season at Gourock, have sent this… International interest is building in the Gourock Highland Games with enquiries from tourists from as far afield as Spain, France, Canada, Australia and the United States. Many of the visitors are planning their itineraries around the games and are looking for accommodation in the local area. The annual event,…

Alan Bevan won the Open Piping aggregate and Jack Lee captured the MacCrimmon Memorial Cairn for Open Piobaireachd at the 2019 BCPA Annual Gathering on April 19 & 20 at North Delta Secondary School, Delta, BC, writes BCPA President Robert MacNeil. With his win, Jack has won the Cairn 14 times across five decades. Grant Maxwell won the Open Snare Drumming aggregate. In Grade 1, Tori Killoran won the Piping…