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Canada’s Sean McKeown on Winning the Gold Medal

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Winning the Gold Medal is something that I’ve been striving for for some time. It’s every piper’s dream to win ‘the Medal’. To have the opportunity to play for it, first of all, has been a great honour. My first year in the Medal, placing behind my good friend Ian K MacDonald twice on his double win in 2016, was a really special moment for me and now, all these…

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P/M William Lyons BEM, 1940 – 2026

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William Lyons was taught to play the pipes, as a boy, at the Corbet Pipe Band, just outside Banbridge in County Down, Northern Ireland. He joined the Irish Guards, in 1957.  During his service, he guest-played with one of Ireland’s top bands of the time, Dromara, under Pipe Major Harold Hook. His first piping instructor in the army was P/M KG Roe of the Scots Guards, and he always described…

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Birnam Games Results

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A warm, dry day in the Perthshire Highlands. Twenty-seven competed in the seniors. Overseas pipers were once again to the fore. Canada’s and SFU’s Cameron Bonar and Zephan Knichel were declared Champion Piper and light music champion respectively, with a good showing from Antipodean pipers too. Piobaireachd: 1 Jamie Hawke (NZ) 2 Anna Kummerlöw (Germany) 3 Arran Green 4 Cameron Bonar 5 Magnus Stone (USA) March: 1 Zephan Knichel 2…

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Lochaber Gathering Results – Pictures and Juniors Added

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This competition was held today, August 28, in Fort William. The senior events were held in and outside the Highland Cinema and the junior events on the lawns in the town centre. P/A Piobaireachd, Gold Lochaber Axe1 Cameron May, MacDonalds are Simple2 Calum Brown, Fingerlock3 Sandy Cameron, I Gave a Kiss to the King’s Hand4 Zephan Knichel, Earl of Seaforth‘s Salute P/A MSR1 Calum Brown 2 Sandy Cameron 3 Cameron…

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Argyllshire Gathering Day 2 Results Complete

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Ceòl beag is the focus of the second day at Oban with competitions for ‘A’ and ‘B’ grade March and Strathspey & Reel and Jig. There is also the Intermediate MSR for young pipers who played in the MacGregor Memorial the day before, and local contests. Conditions were warm and sunny. ‘A’ March, Royal Scottish Pipers’ Society Bronze Star1 Ben Duncan2 Ross Conner 3 Steven Leask4 Ian K MacDonald5 Greig…

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