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North Uist Games

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Overall Winner:Brìghde Chaimbeul (pictured with the Pipe Major John MacLean Memorial Trophy for most points in the four Senior Piping Events, and the Jessie Ann Macaulay Memorial Trophy for S&R). Pìobaireachd: 1st Donald MacPhee (Mary’s Praise) 2nd Brìghde Chaimbeul (The Big Spree) 3rd James MacPhee 4th Finlay MacLeod March: 1st Donald MacPhee 2nd Brìghde Chaimbeul 3rd Ashley MacDonald 4th Finlay MacLeod S&R 1st Brìghde Chaimbeul 2nd James MacPhee 3rd Donald…

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Tobermory Games: Full Results and Critique of the Ceol Mor

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A warm, sunny day and a high standard of play. Apart from the solo piping boards, the large crowd was entertained royally by Oban High School Pipe Band under P/M Angus MacColl Snr. and the Mull & Iona Pipe Band under P/M Neil MacCallum. Angus is pictured above on his way to glory in the ceol mor. Piobaireachd (three tunes asked for and given and selected tune given at the…

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Highlands and Islands Young Piper of the Year (updated with tunes and judges)

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Senior (Under 30) Pìobaireachd: 1st Alasdair Henderson, My King Has Landed in Moidart 2nd Cameron Drummond, Mary’s Praise 3rd Brìghde Chaimbeul, Big Spree Under 3O March 1st Alasdair Henderson, Col. MacLean of Ardour 2nd Cameron Drummond, Braes of Castle Grant 3rd Brìghde Chaimbeul, P/M Jim MacWilliams Under 30 S&R 1st Cameron Drummond, Shepherd’s Crook, John MacKechnie 2nd Alasdair Henderson, Hector MacLean/ Sandy Cameron 3rd Jonathan Simpson, Fiddler’s Joy/ Grey Bob Under…

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Inveraray Games Results – Complete with Juniors

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Very warm, sunny day. ‘A’ Piob Four tunes asked for but given to pipers one week beforehand. 1 Finlay Johnston, MacLeod of MacLeod’s Lament 2 Roderick MacLeod 3 Cameron Drummond 4 Callum Beaumont 5 Angus MacColl Snr. 6 Faye Henderson Judges: M McRae, J Wilson ‘A’ March 1 Stuart Liddell 2 Roderick MacLeod 3 Alasdair Henderson 4 Callum Beaumont 5 Allan Russell 6 Steven Gray/Graham Drummond Judges: W Cowan, J…

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Thoughts on James Campbell’s Letters regarding ‘Masters of Piobaireachd’

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The Masters of Piobaireachd series comprising 10 CDs was an initiative of Norman Matheson and Robert Wallace. As each CD was released, Norman sent a copy to the late James Campbell who responded with letters of analytical content, extracts of which appeared in Piping Press from March 2015. For those pipers who have the CD collection, the letters are of interest, and to retain them along with their collection would be…

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