Overall Winner – Stephen Ross (pictured above receiving a new trophy, the Dr Colin Caird Quaich, from Frances Bullick (Dr Caird’s daughter) in memory of her late father, a prominent member of Piobaireachd Society and an amateur piping champion in his own right. Pictures courtesy Alastair Sinclair. Results: Grade 1 – Piobaireachd 1st Andrew Park 2nd Robert Wilson 3rd Stephen Ross Grade 1 – MSR 1st Stephen Ross 2nd Charles…

I think I know after nearly three hours of listening to them at close quarters what makes St Laurence O’Toole the band they are, writes the Editor. There is a spine of excellence running from the pipe major through their heartbeat, bass drummer John Dunne, to the admirable Creighton, D/Sgt. Stephen of that ilk. Pipe Major Alen Tully has a quiet command about him and Stephen homes in on every…

Grade 1 newcomers Lomond and Clyde Pipe Band will approach the 2019 season with a revamped practice schedule seeing them relocate a portion of their practices to Perthshire – but there will be no change in the band’s geographical identity or RSPBA branch membership. At the moment the band are looking at possible venues but they hope to secure something in the city of Perth, accessible to trains and the…

All reports to the PP office indicate that the numbers attending the games this summer are definitely up on last year. I hope our mini-campaign has helped but all credit is really due to the pipers who’ve taken the trouble and spent the money to get out there and have a tune. The knock-on effect is that local organisers will be encouraged that their time has not been ill-spent and…

A very warm day on Dee-side and a good entry of 11 pipers in the piobairreachd and 12 in the light music. Pictured above is piobaireachd winner Anna Kummerlöw receiving her trophy. Piob 1 Anna Kummerlöw, Glengarry’s March 2 Edward McIlwaine, Desperate Battle 3 Alan Clark, Marquis of Argyll’s Salute 4 John MacDonald, Lament for the Little Supper 5 Calum Watson, Hector MacLean’s Warning 6 Calum Brown, King’s Taxes [/caption]March 1…