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Scottish Pipe Band Championships: Grade 1 Review Part 1

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I have railed already about the dearth of good strathspeys among our bands. At Dumbarton, some pipe corps fought manfully against the 12/8 drumming tide, notably Inveraray, the Power, and Field Marshal, but the ‘band strath’ was in evidence throughout the Grade 1 contest. The other great carbuncle on the handsome face of today’s bands is a form of tune soup, or melody salad, that we are hearing at the…

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Airth Games, St Andrews Games Results

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This Stirlingshire games, held on Saturday, July 27, attracted several pipers from overseas. Warm, dry conditions. Seven played in the seniors and three in the juniors. Numbers were down, not helped by the clash with the Scottish Pipe Band Championships at Dumbarton. Piobaireachd: 1 Walter Glendinning 2 Mark MacKenzie 3 Christopher McLeish 4 David Stulpner MSR: 1 Callum Wynd 2 Christopher McLeish 3 Walter Glendinning 4 Piers Dover H&J: 1…

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Victorian Championships (Australia) Results

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Please find attached the results of the Victorian Pipers’ Association Championships held on Saturday, July 27th at Presbyterian Ladies’ College, Melbourne, Australia, writes Jonathan Quay, President. Almost 60 pipers competed across the five grades A, B, C, D and Novice in one of Australia’s premier solo piping events. Over $5,000 in prize money and prizes was awarded. Australian Gold Medal Piob.: 1 Stuart Easton, $500 2 Jonathan Quay 3 Struan…

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Inveraray Are Scottish Pipe Band Champions

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Inveraray are the 2024 Scottish Champions after a high standard Medley contest at a warm Levengrove Park, Dumbarton. The win gave P/M Stuart Liddell his first championship of the season. There was free admission for the public and a good crowd. One hundred and thirty-two bands took part. Full results below. G1: 1 Inveraray2 Boghall3 Fife Pol.4 SLOT5 FMM6 S Power with the drumming going to Inveraray. Each band had to…

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Editor’s Notebook: Scottish Championships/ Aboyne Games/ Zampogna in Edinburgh/ Hawai’i Pipers

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All roads lead to Dumbarton tomorrow for the third major of the pipe band season. Weather is looking pretty good (for the west of Scotland), with perhaps a few showers early on; dry by the March Past. A highly respectable 132 bands have entered for what will be the 25th Scottish Championships to be held under the shadow of the Rock. The sponsors, West Dunbarton Council deserve all credit for…

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