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Gordon Castle Games Results

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This games was held yesterday in the historic grounds of the castle in Fochabers, Morayshire. There were good entries in all competitions. Champion Piper was Hamish Munro; Junior Champion Craig Mitchell (pictured below). Piobaireachd 1 Angus MacPhee (pictured above)2 Calum Brown3 Hamish Munro4 John McDonald5 Jeffrey Lawson March1 Calum Brown2 Hamish Munro3 Gordon Barclay4 John McDonald5 Jeffrey Lawson Strathspey & Reel1 Hamish Munro 2 John McDonald3 Angus MacPhee4 Calum Brown5 Calum Dunbar…

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UK Pipe Band Championships – SLOT Triumph

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St Laurence O’Toole from Dublin are the new UK Pipe Band Champions winning today in Bangor, Northern Ireland, in perfect weather conditions. SLOT secured two firsts for piping, a fourth for drumming and second for ensemble. Two medleys were required in G1. The other places in the top grade went to: 2 Inveraray (2,2,1,6)3 FMM (3,3,2,5)4 Boghall (6,4,3,1)5 Shotts (5,5,6,3)6 S Power (4,6,8,4) with the drumming going to Inveraray. Judges…

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Results from Ontario’s Livingstone Invitational

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The 45th annual Livingstone Invitational professional solo piping competition was held on May 11 at the historic James Street Armouries in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada in the Officers’ Mess of The Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders of Canada. The event was presented in two sections with a piobaireachd competition in the afternoon (each competitor to submit four tunes) and a march, strathspey, reel, hornpipe and jig of player’s own choice in the evening. …

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Piping Live’s 2024 Line Up

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This year’s Piping Live! programme highlights for Worlds Week 2024 were announced by Director Finlay MacDonald. He said: ‘We are proud and excited to be able to bring the 21st edition of Piping Live! To the city of Glasgow. We are thankful to our supporters, performers, participants and funders who have continued to support this event through some challenging times for the creative industries. ‘There are opportunities for pipers of all…

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Gourock Games: First Blood to Shotts/ Leinster: SLOT ‘Outstanding’

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A warm bright start at the first central belt contest of the pipe band season at Gourock. However storms moved in from the coast bringing torrential rain and the cancellation of the massed bands and march past. As the photograph shows, this was a sensible decision given the extreme weather. Winners in Grade 1 were Shotts and Dykehead who placed second from both piping judges (B Donaldson and J Wilson),…

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