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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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Northern Ireland News: Antrim/ Ards/ All Irelands/ East Ireland/ UK Championships

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The pipe band season is now in full swing and here is a round up of events so far. On Saturday June 28th the Antrim & Newtownabbey Championships took place in Antrim’s beautiful Castle Gardens. Whilst there wasn’t wall to wall sunshine, it was extremely hot. The highlight of the day was always going to be the appearance of the Field Marshal Montgomery (front rank pictured above) under its new…

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150th Anniversary Gold Medal at Oban

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As we approach August, the piping side of things for this year’s Argyllshire Gathering is in a pretty good place, writes Piping Steward John Campbell. Torquil Telfer deserves most of the plaudits on that score.  This year is a very special one for the Oban Gold Medal. Here is some information about it and a few photos. This year marks the 150th anniversary of the Highland Society of London Gold Medal…

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Weekend Games Results Round Up

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A very healthy entry of 26 pipers gathered in the Victoria Halls, Helensburgh, yesterday (July 20th) for the annual competition, a replacement event for the now defunct Rosneath Games. Piobaireachd (three tunes) 1 Cameron May, MacLeans’ March2 Jonathon Simpson, Desperate Battle3 Eireann Ianetta-MacKay4 Gordon McCreadyBest Overseas Piper in Piobaireachd: Piers Dover March: 1 Gordon McCready 2 Callum Wynd 3 Sandy Cameron 4 Bobby AllenS&R: 1 Sandy Cameron 2 Gordon McCready…

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