This competition was held today in the National Piping Centre in Glasgow as part of the Piping Live Festival. The overall winner qualifies for the Glenfiddich Championship in October. This prize went to Stuart Liddell who placed first in MSR and third in piobaireachd. Stuart is pictured above with his trophy. The winner of the Piobaireachd now qualifies for the Silver Chanter 2019, also held in the Piping Centre. The competition…

Margaret Dunn reports… CLASP Grade 3 results from The World Solo Amateur Piping Competition at Piping Live! today. The Grade 2 will be on tomorrow, from 9.30am,  and Grade 1 on Wednesday. Venue is St. Aloysius Convent Chapel. 62 Hill Street, Glasgow.  Grade 3 CLASP results Overall Winner and pictured above – James Piccione (New York). Piobaireachd Ground 1st Stephen Ross Pack 2nd Dorothy Moodie 3rd Joris Panis Full Piobaireachd…

A dry and fairly warm day in the Perthshire Highlands. Some of the prizewinners are pictured above with Piping Convenor Gordon Clark. Piob 1 Brian Lamond, Lament for the Only Son 2 Gwenael Dage, MacCrimmon’s Sweetheart 3 Rebecca Tierney, Old Men of the Shells 4 Finlay Clarke, Lord Lovat’s Lament March 1 Timothy Ness 2 Gwenael Dage 3 Brian Lamond 4 Rebecca Tierney S&R 1 Gwenael Dage 2 Brian Lamond…

His wellies and cape kept out the water…MacStig was our man was on the scene over the weekend The East Lothian town of North Berwick saw sunshine, moderate cloud and cool breeze. Greying over by late afternoon. The arenas were busy and the  dancers, dogs, tug o’ war and ‘heavies’ kept the wider public entertained. The three ring set up was useful given the sheer volume of performances, although it meant…

The rain was persistent throughout the day at Scone Palace and there were a few scratches because of this. Champion Piper Ben Duncan is pictured on a better day earlier in the summer. Open Piobaireachd1st Jonathan Greenlees, Lament for the Children2nd Gordon McCready, Big Spree3rd Edward MacIlwane4th Peter McCalister5th Gordon BruceJudges: C MacLellan, N Mulvie B Piobaireachd1st Callum Watson2nd Ben Duncan3rd Greig Canning4th Craig Martin5th Zephan KnichelJudges: S Samson, L…