Markinch Games Results

Mostly dry and warm today at this Fife games. Pictured above are junior winners Nicholas Knowles and Hazel Whyte. Senior Piob1 Timothy Ness, £602 Edward Gaul, £403 Brodie Watson-Massey, £304 Jonathan Simpson, £20 Senior MSR1 Jonathan Simpson, £602 Edward Gaul, £403 Brodie Watson-Massey, £304 Timothy Ness, £20 Junior Piob1 Hazel Whyte, £302 Nicholas Knowles, £203 Liam Brown, £154 Finlay Peden, £10 Junior MSR1 Nicholas Knowles, £302 Hazel Whyte, £203 Liam…

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Piper is Victim of Virginia Beach Shooting

A popular piper was one of the 12 victims of yesterday’s Virginia Beach shooting in the USA. Most of the dead worked for the resort city’s council. The piper was Christopher Rapp. `he played for the Tidewater Pipes and Drums, a south east Virginia pipe band. US news agencies reported that Christopher had worked for the council for 11 months. He loved Scottish music according to reports. The band remembered Christopher…

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Helensburgh Games Results

Dry, overcast but warm; low entry. Piob1 Angus McColl Jnr, Battle of the Pass of Crieiff2 Gordon McCready, Big Spree3 Calum Brown, King’s Taxes4 Ross Miller March1 Angus McColl2 Calum Brown3 Ross Miller4 Callum Wynd S/R1 Angus McColl2 Calum Brown3 Callum Wynd4 Gordon McCready Judges for all events: A Johnston, N Mulvie.

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Need for More Variety and Support for Pipe Band MSRs

I think it’s time again that you raise the old chestnut of the same tunes being played time after time in the MSR, especially in Grade 1, writes reader Ian Forbes. I almost lost count of the number of G1 bands playing Lord Alexander Kennedy [at the British Championships]. I applaud Scottish Power who played the lovely march 93rd Highlanders, and who got two firsts in piping.  Marvellous. Here are my…

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