Under very warm and sunny weather, the 2019 Pacific Northwest Highland Games was held on July 27 & 28 at the Enumclaw Expo Center in Enumclaw, WA. 118 solo players and 12 bands competed. The event concluded with the announcement of the BCPA season-long championship Grand Aggregate Awards. The Grand Aggregate Award winners and partial results of the 2019 Pacific Northwest Highland Games are listed below with complete results to…

Halkirk in Caithness bathed in warm, summer sunshine for the games last Saturday (July 27). Results in Senior (Open) Piping were as follows:Piobaireachd1. Iain Ruairidh Finlayson – Corrienessan’s Salute2. William Rowe – Lament for Donald Doughal MacKay 3. Alan Clark – Lament for Captain MacDougall March 1. William Rowe 2. Iain Ruairidh Finlayson3. Carol Ann MacKay4. Alan Clark5. Ross Shand Strathspey & Reel1. William Rowe2. Iain Ruairidh Finlayson3. Alan Clark4. Carol Ann Mackay5….

By The Editor I listened to all of the bands in the Grade 1 contest at the Scottish Championships and they produced an astonishing level of performance given the deplorable conditions at Dumbarton. Apart from the first couple of bands (the winners Inveraray – pictured – were one of them) they played in a constant downpour, shirts sticking to arms, rain running down kilts, brogues saturated. This was the pipe…

March1 Ben Duncan2 Brian Lamond3 Greig Canning4 Robbie MacIsaac S&R1 Brian Lamond2 Ben Duncan3 Robbie MacIsaac4 Lewis Russell Jig1 Lewis Russell2 Greig Canning3 Ben Duncan4 Christopher McLeish Junior March1 Bobby Allen2 Hazel Whyte3 Euan Allen4 Douglas MacKechnie Junior S&R1 Bobby Allen2 Joshua Reilly3 Euan Allen4 Hazel Whyte

Weather: heavy rain until late afternoon. Solo piping events were held in the groundkeepers’ equipment shed! Despite difficult conditions, 11 professionals and five juniors competed and a good standard of playing was heard. This games offers significant prize money, so pleasing to see a healthy level of entries despite the weather conditions and conflicting events.  Open Piobaireachd  1. Sandy Cameron – The Red Speckled Bull2. Brian Lamond (pictured) – MacKintosh’s…