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Hallkirk Games Results/ St Andrews Games Results

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A fine day in the far north at Hallkirk, Caithness, on July 29, and a good entry with all the pipers from the Durness Games the previous day taking part. Champion Piper was once more Angus MacPhee, Inverness (pictured on the day). Piob (9 played)1 Angus MacPhee, Battle of Auldearn No 12 Brian Lamond, Earl of Seaforth’s Salute3 Callum Dunbar, Field of Gold4 Hector Munro, Lament for MacSwan of Roaig5…

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Huge £50,000 Prizemoney Boost for Piobaireachd at Lonach Games

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Lonach Games has announced that this year, and for the next 50 years, a generous donor has given £1,000 towards the Piobaireachd competitions, writes Jack Taylor. The date is Saturday 26th August, between Oban and Inverness, so is a golden opportunity for pipers from all over to come to beautiful Strathdon in Aberdeenshire. Enter here before 13th August preferably, although this year entries are accepted on the field. The winner…

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Piobaireachd Society Concert Details/ Young Piper Official Report and Pictures

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The Piobaireachd Society has announced the running order for its gala concert to held as part of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival on August 6. The concert will take place in the highly acclaimed St Cecilia’s Hall, Niddry Street, Edinburgh, start time 7 for 7.30pm. The tunes and the playing order is as follows: Pipers play in continuous fashion with no tuning in the auditorium. PP editor and Society President Robert…

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The Australian Ladies Pipe Band – Conclusion of the Definitive History

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Piping historian Jeannie Campbell brings our tale to a conclusion with a recap on the car accident which cost the lives of three people, including a member of the Lawrie bagpipe-making dynasty, and injured two members of the band…. The band was honoured by a Royal Command to play before the King and Queen at Braemar on 9th September, 1926, where they marched past the royal party. One paper reported…

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Pipe Major Alec ‘Eck’ Brown

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The Executive Committee of The Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association Northern Ireland Branch have issued the following statement, ‘It is with profound sadness that we learned on Saturday afternoon at our championships in Newtownards that our esteemed friend, Pipe Major Alec Brown had tragically passed away despite the best efforts of the medical professionals on site who attended to him. The Executive Committee extends heartfelt condolences of behalf of the…

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