We are grateful to Craig Munro of Wallace Bagpipes for forwarding these results from this EUSPBA sanctioned contest in the US. The picture above is of the Open winners at Ohio: Craig Munro, Nick Hudson and Laureano Thomas-Sanchez Open Piob 1 Nick Hudson2 Alistair Murray3 Laureano Thomas-Sanchez4 Sean Patrick Regan5 Alistair MurrayJudge: C MacDonald Open MSR1 Craig Munro2 Nick Hudson3 Laureano Thomas-Sanchez4 Dan Lyden5 Alastair MurrayJudge: S MacNeill Open H&J1…

Mr Duncan Watson reports… The weather was quite nice, if a bit cool at times. It was dry, and Drumtochty Glen (near Auchinblae) is a bonny little glen and this can add to the atmosphere. To boost numbers of pipers attending Drumtochty, the committee are planning to have an Open Piobaireachd competition for adult players in 2020. Open March1 Allan Russell2 Calum Brown3 Jeffrey Lawson4 Michael Laing Open Strathspey & Reel1…

Two sets of pipes feature on our Online Advertising page today. The first set is one of the most sought after in the piping world – a set of German silver and ivory Henderson pipes. This set dates from circa 1900. Of this set the seller writes: ‘They have great provenance and have been played at top level in solo competitive piping winning numerous top prizes over many years and…

Today we print the final part of the special report into pipe band judging commissioned by the RSPBA Adjudicator’s Panel. The 2018 report was conducted by Ms Anne Crookston of the Association of Brass Band Adjudicators. We do not have the tables which accompanied Ms Crookston’s report unfortunately, but nevertheless believe her findings will be of interest to all pipe band followers. As with the first excerpt we print the…

Piping Press editor Robert Wallace will be conducting a class in ceol mor separate, but during the RSPBA Summer School this forthcoming August. The dates are August 5, 7 & 9 and the class runs from 10.30am until 12.30pm and from 1pm until 2pm each of the three days. The venue is the Gaelic School, Berkeley Street, Glasgow G3 7HP. Students should bring chanter, pipes, recorder and music, though tutor books will be available…