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Editor’s Notebook: Worlds All Set/ Gold Medal Hero/ Island Bands Plea/ Lonach Axemen

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Well who’s your money on? Boghall, Inveraray and Field Marshal have one major each this season. SFU were brilliant by all accounts the other evening. If SLOT up their game they could figure, as could the Power. And don’t rule out Shotts taking the top prize. Remember when Ryan Canning surprised everyone not so very long ago? One thing is sure, after four legs and the opinions of 16 judges,…

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Blue MacMurchie’s Extensive Collection of Piping Artefacts For Sale/ New Interviews on Pipers’ Persuasion

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After making pipes for 25 years in  West Calder, West Lothian, MacMurchie Bagpipes is re-locating to nearby Kirknewton, writes Blue MacMurchie. It’s a move of eight miles to where our business started. The move will be done over a few months. For three generations the family has collected more piping memorabilia than you can poke a stick at. With the pending move it now comes time to downsize this collection. It includes pipes,…

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Northern Ireland Pipe Band Round Up

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All-Ireland Pipe Band Championships: The spacious grounds of Ballymena Academy were the venue for Ireland’s premier pipe band competition which took place on Saturday 1st July. The weather was ever changing but never cold. The popularity and importance of this competition to the pipe band fraternity on the island of Ireland was illustrated by a large attendance as friendships were made or renewed around the arenas and tuning areas. The variable…

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Mighty Creighton Takes British Solo Drumming Title

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The British Adult Solo Snare Drumming Championship was held today in Glasgow and organised by the RSPBA’s Glasgow & West of Scotland Branch. The winner was Stephen Creighton, Leading Drummer of St Laurence O’Toole Pipe Band, Dublin. Piping for Stephen was Lee Moore also of SLOT (see pic below). 1st place – Stephen Creighton, St. Lawrence O’Toole 2nd place – Grant Cassidy, Uddingston 3rd place – Ryan King, Edradour Pitlochry…

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Nethybridge Games Results

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A particular feature of Nethybridge Games is that the Piobaireachd board has seats around it – something which could well be replicated by others.  A downpour delayed the start but the day (Saturday, August 12) was warm after that.  Andrew Donlon USA (pictured last Saturday) was Champion Piper. Eight played. Piobaireachd 1 Anna Kummerlöw – Finlay’s Lament2 Gordon Barclay – Lament for Viscount Dundee3 Hamish Munro – MacLeod’s Salute4 Kyle Cameron…

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