A pleasant day on Askernish Machair for the annual Games. The picture shows U-18 Champion Bobby Allen and U-15 Champion Laura Robertson. Piobaireachd1 Jonathon Simpson2 Ursa Beckford3 Andrew Hutton4 Iain Ruairidh Finlayson5 Ross Miller March 1 Andrew Hutton2 Angus MacPhee3 Iain Ruairidh Finlayson4 Jonathon Simpson5 James MacPhee Strathspey and Reel1 Jonathon Simpson2 Andrew Hutton3 Angus MacPhee4 Ross Miller5 Ursa Beckford Jigs 1 Ross Miller2 Jonathon Simpson3 Ryan Cupples-Menendez4 Ursa Beckford5…

We conclude the interview given by US Attorney General William Barr (above) when he visited the European Pipe Band Championships in Inverness last month. By The Editor Going back a bit, I used to play solos when I was a teenager in the early college days but after that it was all bands. I just didn’t have the time. I suppose I was quite a good player when I was…

A surprise and welcome visitor to last month’s European Pipe Band Championships in Inverness was the US Attorney General, the Honourable William Barr. During a lull in the contest, Mr Barr, a piper for most of his life, kindly agreed to give the Editor Robert Wallace an interview. They are pictured above. After his security detail had swept an office portakabin generously provided by the RSPBA, Mr Wallace switched on the…

Dry, warm day at Argyll’s capital for the annual games. Contests for P/A, B and C grade pipers, Juniors and the Piping Centre’s CLASP amateur league. Results will be added as we get them. Please scroll down to check the various events. P/A Piob1 Cameron MacDougall, Red Speckled Bull2 Jamie Forrester, Battle of Bealach nam Brog3 Sarah Muir4 Connor Sinclair5 Angus D MacColl6 Donald MacPheeJudges: P Henderson, J Wilson P/A…

Pipe Major Richard Parkes MBE was in the spotlight earlier this month when on Monday 1st July he was the recipient of an Honorary Doctorate of Literature for services to music from Queens University, Belfast (QUB), and then three days later on Thursday 4th July he received a second and similar Honorary Doctorate from the University of Ulster. The respect that he is held in, particularly by the members of…