Gold Clasp (for former winners of the Gold Medal) 1 £500 Callum Beaumont, MacLeod of Colbeck’s Lament 2 £350 Angus MacColl, Lament for the Earl of Antrim 3 £200 Stuart Liddell, Lament for Donald Ban MacCrimmon 4 £150 Andrew Hayes, Lament for Patrick Og 5 £100 William McCallum, Lament for the Children Judges: IM Morrison, J Taylor, R Wallace Champion Piper: Angus MacColl Snr. ‘B’ Grade MSR 1 £125 Angus…
Finlay Johnston completed his set of Highland Society of London Gold Medals when he took the premier award at today’s Northern Meeting in Inverness, writes Robert Wallace. Finlay won the Oban medal three years ago and now joins the select band of double gold medallists. Today the judges described Finlay’s performance of Farewell to the Laird of Islay as ‘beautifully controlled and phrased, perfectly fingered on an immaculate instrument’. You cannot get…
The editor writes: Well it’s late at night now in Inverness and the pipers have gathered nervous but ready for tomorrow’s competitions. The Eden Court Theatre stands darkened, watchful and waiting, waiting to welcome the piper who will etch a new name on our tablet of history. Northern Meeting 2015 was launched in fine style at a reception given by the City Council in the splendid Town House, the equivalent of…
To Inverness tonight for the Northern Meeting. There’s a reception in the Town House from whence will come my first report. Entertaining us will be last year’s Gold Medallist Douglas Murray and the band of the Queens Own Highlanders Association. Look for results from tomorrow’s events – Gold and Silver Medals, and the ‘A’ MSR at around 6pm and the Former Winners’ MSR much later. Friday’s results from the Clasp,…
Read adjudicator Dr Jack Taylor’s comments on the 2015 Argyllshire Gathering Gold Medal – erudite, articulate and analytical. You’ll always find the best writers on Piping Press. News of a new juvenile pipe band from Oliver Brownlie. Check out the notice: Still with the bands Ewan McAllister of World Champions Shotts & Dykehead has sent this notice about the forthcoming Shotts Juvenile contest: ‘Building on the success of 2014 we are…
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