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North Uist, South Uist and Victoria, Australia, Results

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Ashley MacDonald, Piping Secretary, has forwarded the North Uist results. The games were on July 18. Weather, one or two showers but mainly dry Ceòl Mòr: 1 Decker Forrest 2 Kevin Beaton 3 Angus MacPhee – Inverness 4 Calum Dunbar March: 1 Angus MacPhee 2 Kevin Beaton 3 Decker Forrest 4 Alasdair MacDonaldS&R: 1 Kevin Beaton 2 Angus MacPhee 3 Calum Dunbar 4 Decker ForrestJig: 1 Decker Forrest 2 Angus…

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Editor’s Notebook: Field Marshal/ Visiting Walter/ Neil Fraser/ Games Reminders/ Tutor Wanted

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There was an anonymous comment on PP yesterday regarding Field Marshal Montgomery and their win at the Scottish Pipe Band Championships on Saturday. It questioned their success. It has been deleted. Will commentators please be aware that if they are going to be controversial, and nothing wrong with that, they really need to be accountable for what they say. The writer asked if I was at the Scottish and was…

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Weekend Games Results Round Up

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A raft of solo piping contests over the weekend. Below is a run down of them all in chronological order. We have yet to receive any results from last week’s games in the Outer Isles and would be grateful if the relevant secretaries could forward these and any pictures to editor@pipingpress.com. We appreciate the assistance of those correspondents who have sent the following information and pictures: Durness Games, July 25Piob:…

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Scottish Pipe Band Championships – Field Marshal Triumph

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Field Marshal Montgomery (pictured today) were declared Scottish Pipe Band Champions at a warm and largely dry Levengrove Park, Dumbarton. The victory gave P/M Matt Wilson and P/Sgt Ben Duncan their first championship win. The Scottish was considered by many to be the first for Grade 1 this year given that the UK event at Ingliston, Edinburgh, earlier in the month only attracted two entries. Ten played at Dumbarton. The…

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Mull Games Results

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Scotland’s ferry fiasco continues to cause severe disruption to life in the inner and outer Hebrides, writes the Editor. You cannot go about your business confident that you will be able to get off or on to a particular island at a particular time. Tobermory and Mull are no different and ‘boat issues’ meant late arrivals and early departures for many participants at the annual games held yesterday, July 24,…

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