Author: Robert Wallace

Cortachy Games

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A poor entry at this delightful games venue. The picture shows the view from the competition board. Date August 14. Piob 1 Jason Craig, Lament for Captain MacDougall March 1 Jason Craig, Canberra, Australia 2 Archie Downie, Ardlee Village 3 Issay Kawai, Japan S&R 1 Jason Craig 2 Archie Downie 3 Issay Kawai Judges: G MacPherson [wds id=”28″]

More from the Worlds: Juvenile and Grade 1

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Thankfully the sun shone through occasionally on the Saturday of the World Championships and we avoided rain apart from some drizzle during the morning, but in general it was rather cold and not the ideal conditions for tuning and playing. Compared to the Friday, the difference in the atmosphere within Glasgow Green was quite dramatic with the buzz from all the bands and spectators, and a gradual build-up of people…

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World Pipe Band Championship: Some General Thoughts and Grade 1 Final Critique

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A few reflections on the overall day before we get to individual band performances. I thought it went on a bit long and some consideration needs to be given to ways of shortening proceedings. I appreciate that to cram in hundreds of performances in a nine-hour period is a logistical nightmare and I do believe that the RSPBA did, and do, a masterful job of doing just that. This notwithstanding, the last band went…

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Perth Games Results – Seniors Complete

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A pleasant day in the Fair City and a good entry in all grades. ‘A’ Piob 1 Stuart Easton, NZ, Piper’s Warning to his Master 2 Darach Urquhart, MacDonalds are Simple 3 Wilson Brown, Earl of Ross’s March 4 Gordon McCready, Lady Margaret MacDonald’s Salute 5 Derek Midgley, Stewart’s White Banner Judges: A Wright, R Clark ‘B’ Piob 1 Graham Mulholland 2 Edward Gaul 3 Anna Kumerlöw 4 Calum Watson…

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Ballater Games Results

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A very rainy day in Ballater and just after the last piobaireachd had finished and as the massed band played for the last time, the sun came out! In total, 11 played in the piobaireachd (judged by N Matheson, R Clark and D Watson) and 12 in the light music (judged by J Hamilton and A Fraser). Open Piobaireachd 1. Ross McCrindle 2. Anna Kummerlöw 3. Ben Duncan 4. Alan Clark 5….

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