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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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Reflections on Day 1 at the 2026 Argyllshire Gathering

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What a day for North America! Three of the five major prizes went to either Canada or the US with the other going to New Zealand. Scotland’s honour was saved by Finlay Johnston in the ‘big’ MSR – but with Ontario’s Ian K MacDonal right on his brogue heels. Ian’s compatriot Sean McKeown took the coveted Highland Society of London Gold Medal. This was a very popular win. Over the…

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Focus of World Piping on Argyllshire Gathering – MacGregor Finalists Announced

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Our focus turns to the Argyllshire Gathering being held in Oban today and tomorrow. The Gathering attracts the best pipers in the world in a multi-discipline series of competitions. Piobaireachd competitions are underway for the Highland Society of London Gold Medal, the Argyllshire Gathering Silver Medal, Senior Piobaireachd and MacGregor Memorial Piobaireachd. Finalists in this competition are: Thomas Fallon, Malachi Johannsen, Liam Nicolson, Lachlan Rennie, Peter MacKay, Magnus Stone, Alex…

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Glen Urquhart Games & Glenisla Games Results

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Piping Convenor Jane Drennan reports…. Here are the piping results from Glenurquhart held on the shores of Loch Ness last Saturday, August 22. We had a strong field of juniors (13), but only three seniors. The weather was perfect. Hopefully next year’s date of August 28th will attract more seniors as it will the Saturday between the Argyllshire Gathering and the Northern Meeting. DJ MacIntyre judged the seniors and Iain MacFadyen and…

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Highland Games Round-Up: Lonach & Killin

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Lonach Games were held last Saturday, August 22nd. Thanks to the very attractive prize money there was a large entry in the Seniors – 28. Conditions were cool with a blustery wind. The piobaireachd competition finished at 7.15pm to the strains of the disco starting up.  A big change from a few years ago when two retired players who happened to be judging another event took the two vacant prize…

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