Author: Robert Wallace

History: Mull Games More than Sixty Years Ago

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Old programmes and publicity pamphlets are an excellent record of piping competitions and Highland Games, writes the Editor. Calum Maclean, Tobermory, has forwarded a couple from the Mull Games of the 1960s. In 1965 the date and venue were more less the same as today. Duty band was the Ceannloch Pipe Band from Campbeltown under ‘P/M MacCallum’ and ‘Drum Major Lang’. Can anyone give us more information on these two…

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Northern Ireland: What chance of a United Kingdom Championships? 

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The latest minutes of an RSPBA Directors meeting which took place  by video conference on Saturday 4th October indicate the dates of four of next season’s RSPBA Major contests, namely the British on 30th May at Ingliston, Europeans on 27th June at Perth, Scottish on 25th July in Dumbarton, and the Worlds on 14th/15th August at Glasgow Green. Only four majors, but no mention of a United Kingdom Championships and…

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‘Piping’ World Record in Melbourne/ Stuart Liddell’s Winning MSR at London

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The above video has received 160,680 views so far, writes the Editor. Thanks to the reader who forwarded the link. The video is of pipers gathered in Federation Square, Melbourne, Australia, on 12th Nov 2025. The organisers say 374 pipers took part creating a world record for pipers playing in ‘unison’. They did not play a proper pipe tune but rather passages from ‘It’s a Long Way to the Top…

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Editor’s Notebook: Bands Under Threat/ Big Rab Show/ Angus MacKay/ Talk Piobaireachd

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The well-documented concerns of the audience at last summer’s Worlds is not the only matter which seems to have been passed over by the RSPBA Board of Directors at their October meeting. What about the demise of two of our Grade 1 pipe bands, Johnstone and Closkelt? Did this merit any air time at all? There is a line in the minutes which tells us that one enlightened director did…

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Reaction and More RSPBA News

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Correspondent Ian Forbes has commented on yesterday’s disappointing news regarding the 2026 Major Championships. Ian writes: ‘If it is confirmed that, in a sad repeat of this year, there will only be four Majors for 2026, then it will represent a substantial failure by the RSPBA and its Board of Directors. ‘Alternative options and models for financing the Majors have been highlighted previously on Piping Press. ‘These included self-funding by…

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