North Uist Games Results

Overcast but dry day for the annual games on Balelone Field with competitions for seniors and juniors. Champion Piper was James MacKenzie, Lewis, with Greig Canning, Fife, winning the ceol mor. Greig and James are pictured above. These games completed a very successful three-day run of well-attended solo competition in the Outer Hebrides with South Uist on Weds 18th July, Benbecula Young Piper on the 19th and North Uist on the 20th….

Tobermory Games Results and Comment

Grey day but no rain. Eight played in the senior events. Champion Piper was Alasdair Henderson (pictured above). Piob 1 Angus MacColl Snr (Cabar Feidh Gu Bragh) 2 Alasdair Henderson (My King Has Landed in Moidart) 3 Andrew Hall (Lament for Mary MacLeod) 4 Bob Low (Stewart’s White Banner) 5 Angus MacColl Jnr (Battle of the Pass of Crieff) Judges: R Wallace, J Wilson March 1 Alasdair Henderson 2 Angus…

South Uist Games Results (Updated)

Dry and warm on Askernish Machair for the annual games on South Uist. Fourteen pipers entered the open events. The picture above shows (l-r) Finlay Cameron (third in Piob), Ben Duncan, Champion Piper and Bobby Allan, U-15 Champion.  Piob 1 Ben Duncan, Lament for the Only Son 2 Greig Canning, Desperate Battle 3 Finlay Cameron 4 Ross Millar, Cabar Feidh Gu Bragh 5 James MacKenzie Marches 1 James MacKenzie 2…

P/M Tom MacLean, Strathendrick Pipe Band

Piping is full of unsung heroes. Teachers who work away in the background, neither getting nor asking for publicity, content to quietly do their bit for our music without fuss or favour. The passing of one such has been brought to our attention by respected RSPBA adjudicator and piping tutor Jim Semple, a Worlds winner on many occasions with Strathclyde Police Pipe Band.  Jim writes…’Today I found out that my…

Inveraray Games Results (Further Updates)

Overcast day at Argyll’s capital for the annual games. Contest for P/A, B and C grade pipers and the Piping Centre’s CLASP amateur league. Champion Piper Angus MacColl is pictured earlier in the season after his success at Blair Atholl. ‘A’ Piob 1 Angus MacColl Snr 2 Jonathan Greenlees 3 Sarah Muir 4 Connor Sinclair 5 Alasdair Henderson 6 Angus MacColl Jnr ‘A’ March 1 Angus MacColl Snr 2 Alasdair…