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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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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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