And so a small, whitewashed township on the shores of Loch Fyne in the heart of Argyll has become capital of the pipe band world. From lowly beginnings local lad P/M Stuart Liddell has taken his band up the grades from Juvenile to the very peak. No wonder he wept as RSPBA Chief Executive Ian Embelton read out the ever-to-be-remembered lines ‘Grade 1 World Champions for 2017…… [Ian is a…
Duncan Watson reports: A small number of pipers in attendance (5) but the the playing was good and all acquitted themselves well. The weather was reasonable but did break down mid-afternoon with a heavy downpour and poor Gordon Barclay was caught in it, doing jigs! Piobaireachd 1 Alan Clark, Lament for Capt MacDougall 2 Anna Kummerlöw, Kings Taxes 3 John McDonald, Too Long in This Condition (Angus MacKay setting) 4…
Five competed. Occasional showers, mixed sun and cloud. IN the picture the Champion Piper, Ursa Beckford (USA), receives his trophies. Piobaireachd 1. Ursa Beckford (Lament for the Children) 2. Cammy Bell 3. Les Hutt 4. Gregory MacGillvray March 1. Ursa Beckford 2. Cammy Bell 3. Les Hutt Strathspey & Reel 1. Ursa Beckford 2. Les Hutt 3. Cammy Bell Jig 1. Les Hutt 2. Ursa Beckford 3. Gregory MacGillvray John…
Inveraray Pipe Band under P/M Stuart Liddell and L/D Steven McWhirter are the new World Pipe Band Champions. They were placed ahead of Northern Ireland’s Field Marshal Montgomery, so reversing last year’s 1/2. Inveraray also took the drumming title. 220 bands took part across all grades. Conditions were wet in the morning but warm and dry in the afternoon. Scottish bands were to the fore in every grade except 4b…
Early rain gave way to changeable conditions. Judge was James Mather. Four competed. Piob 1 Les Hutt 2 Fiona MacLean 3 Ursa Beckford 4 Alastair Mearns March 1 Fiona MacLean 2 Ursa Beckford 3 Les Hutt 4 Alastair Mearns S&R 1 Fiona MacLean 2 Les Hutt 3 Ursa Beckford 4 Alastair Mearns Jig 1 Ursa Beckford 2 Fiona MacLean 3 Alastair Mearns 4 Les Hutt [wds id=”6″]
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