Weather stayed fair after a heavy shower in morning. Junior March 1st Arran Green 2nd Jake Robertson  3rd Travis Gordon  4th Craig Mitchell    Strathspey &Reel  1st Jake Robertson  2nd Arran Green  3rd Craig Mitchell  4th Travis Gordon  Judge for both was Ronnie Clark  Seniors Open Piobaireachd  1st Jonathan Greenlees – Lament for Donald Duaghal MacKay  2nd Alan Russell – The Old Men of the Shells  3rd Edward Gaul –…

Margaret Dunn reports: Results from today’s CLASP competition held at the Army School of Piping and Highland Drumming at Inchdrewer House, Edinburgh, courtesy Major Gordon Rowan, Director. A good turn out and events were judged by P/M Ben Duncan and P/M Ross McCrindle. Grade 3 Piobaireachd Ground 1st Dorothy Moodie2nd Stephen McCusker3rd Hector Thomson Full Piobaireachd Grade 3 1st Joe Moore2nd Dorothy Moodie3rd Hector Thomson 2/4 March Grade 31st Garry Murphy2nd Jeremy…

Last year the RSPBA Adjudicator’s Panel asked Anne Crookston, a senior member of the brass band judging community, to conduct a survey of pipe band major championships and commissioned a report of her findings. A copy of the report has been obtained by Piping Press and we print the first excerpt today. ADJUDICATION – WHAT’S THE POINT? Before we even discuss any questions regarding adjudication it is important to ask…

The promoters of the Lochaber Gathering have announced a date change for 2019. The date has been moved to August 24 to better accommodate overseas pipers who will be in Scotland for the contests at Oban and Inverness . The venue will be as before at the Nevis Centre, Fort William, and there will be the usual wide range of events for all grades: P/A Piobaireachd for the Gold Lochaber…

PP Publishing has issued two new piping books by PP Editor Robert Wallace. The first is the ‘The Bagpiper’s Handbook’. The full-colour book is described as ‘a concise yet complete handbook for all pipers. Learn how to tie in a stock, adjust your reeds, test your bag and much, much more. A handy size, the book can be kept in the pipe case for easy reference.’ In the Foreword the…