Sunny spells and some cloud for most of the day. Junior winners and officials above. 13 & Under March1 Ewen Allen2 Fraser Hamilton3 James Simpson4 Christopher McCartonJudge: R MacShannon 15 & Under MSR1 Gregor Grierson2 Bobby Allen3 Ewen Allen4 Nicholas KNowlesMarch prize: Nicholas Knowles 15 & Under Piob1 James Simpson2 Mark Morrison3 Ewan Allen4 Murray O’MayJudge: R MacShannon 18 & Under MSR1 Hazel Whyte2 Bobby Allen3 Thomas Young4 Murray O’May…

Weather stayed fair after a heavy shower in morning. Junior March 1st Arran Green 2nd Jake Robertson  3rd Travis Gordon  4th Craig Mitchell    Strathspey &Reel  1st Jake Robertson  2nd Arran Green  3rd Craig Mitchell  4th Travis Gordon  Judge for both was Ronnie Clark  Seniors Open Piobaireachd  1st Jonathan Greenlees – Lament for Donald Duaghal MacKay  2nd Alan Russell – The Old Men of the Shells  3rd Edward Gaul –…

Margaret Dunn reports: Results from today’s CLASP competition held at the Army School of Piping and Highland Drumming at Inchdrewer House, Edinburgh, courtesy Major Gordon Rowan, Director. A good turn out and events were judged by P/M Ben Duncan and P/M Ross McCrindle. Grade 3 Piobaireachd Ground 1st Dorothy Moodie2nd Stephen McCusker3rd Hector Thomson Full Piobaireachd Grade 3 1st Joe Moore2nd Dorothy Moodie3rd Hector Thomson 2/4 March Grade 31st Garry Murphy2nd Jeremy…

Last year the RSPBA Adjudicator’s Panel asked Anne Crookston, a senior member of the brass band judging community, to conduct a survey of pipe band major championships and commissioned a report of her findings. A copy of the report has been obtained by Piping Press and we print the first excerpt today. ADJUDICATION – WHAT’S THE POINT? Before we even discuss any questions regarding adjudication it is important to ask…

By Robert Wallace The dust may have settled following the shock Grade 2 result at the British Pipe Band Championship but the problem has not gone away. You will remember the summary sheets last month showed wide discrepancies in the opinions of the piping adjudicators. Some were as much as ten placings and more apart. We can dismiss the anonymous verbiage on social media decrying the RSPBA ship and all…