Halkirk in Caithness bathed in warm, summer sunshine for the games last Saturday (July 27). Results in Senior (Open) Piping were as follows:Piobaireachd1. Iain Ruairidh Finlayson – Corrienessan’s Salute2. William Rowe – Lament for Donald Doughal MacKay 3. Alan Clark – Lament for Captain MacDougall March 1. William Rowe 2. Iain Ruairidh Finlayson3. Carol Ann MacKay4. Alan Clark5. Ross Shand Strathspey & Reel1. William Rowe2. Iain Ruairidh Finlayson3. Alan Clark4. Carol Ann Mackay5….

March1 Ben Duncan2 Brian Lamond3 Greig Canning4 Robbie MacIsaac S&R1 Brian Lamond2 Ben Duncan3 Robbie MacIsaac4 Lewis Russell Jig1 Lewis Russell2 Greig Canning3 Ben Duncan4 Christopher McLeish Junior March1 Bobby Allen2 Hazel Whyte3 Euan Allen4 Douglas MacKechnie Junior S&R1 Bobby Allen2 Joshua Reilly3 Euan Allen4 Hazel Whyte

Weather: heavy rain until late afternoon. Solo piping events were held in the groundkeepers’ equipment shed! Despite difficult conditions, 11 professionals and five juniors competed and a good standard of playing was heard. This games offers significant prize money, so pleasing to see a healthy level of entries despite the weather conditions and conflicting events.  Open Piobaireachd  1. Sandy Cameron – The Red Speckled Bull2. Brian Lamond (pictured) – MacKintosh’s…

Inveraray were declared Scottish Pipe Band Champions today at a damp Levengrove Park, Dumbarton. The weather had an effect on the crowd but there were still significant numbers enjoying the music and the sideshows. The win gave P/M Stuart Liddell his second championship of the season. The other G1 places went to: 2 Scottish Power3 Field Marshal4 SLOT5 Boghall6 Fife Police with the drumming going to Scottish Power. Each band had…

After a week of spectacular summer weather it was odds-on that rain would arrive just in time for the Scottish Pipe Band Championships now underway at Levengrove Park, Dumbarton. Weather experts at the UK Met Office are predicating heavy downpours later in the day and have issued the following ‘yellow’ warning: But pipe bands are a hardly lot and despite the exposed nature of today’s competition field, right on the…