Category: Piobaireachd

Skye Gathering/ Morar Results/ RSPBA £50k CEO

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Skye Gathering is underway in Portree with the hotly contested Dunvegan Medal the centrepiece. Twenty-eight pipers are vying for the award, all submitting four MacCrimmon connected tunes. The winner will be announced late afternoon. Here is the order of play: S Klinger, M Kessler, K Bowes, S Leask, T Krogh, E Cameron, B Watson-Massey, A Kummerlöw, G Canning, G Barclay, A Hall, J Elder, C Carn, E Gaul, A MacPhee,…

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Weekend Games Round Up

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Three games were held last Saturday and despite the clash of dates all managed to secure decent entries. Firstly Newtonmore in Badenoch, Calum Piobair country…. John Don MacKenzie on Piobaireachd and Niall Mathieson, the light music. Condition were bright and dry, a day for the big tunes and that’s what the pipers delivered. Champion Piper: Callum Wynd (pictured). Callum can be heard in recital next Sunday at the Piobaireachd Society’s…

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Arisaig Games Results/ Games News

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A blustery, overcast day on the west coast at Arisaig, but the sun came out for the last competitor on the boards. Nine played in the seniors. Two Northern Irishmen took the main awards, Peter McCalister the Piobaireachd and Andrew Hall, Champion Piper. Piobaireachd: 1 Peter McCalister, Red Speckled Bull 2 Martin Kessler, Battle of Auldearn No. 2 3 Andrew Hall, Battle of Waternish 4 Thomas Cangolosi, Battle of the…

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Australian Gold Medal Results/ CLASP Winners

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On July 25th and 26th the Victorian Pipers’ Association Victorian Championships was held at PLC Melbourne. The two day event had 56 competitors across light music and piobaireachd, including the Australian Gold, Silver and Bronze Piobaireachd medals, supported by the Piobaireachd Society, writes Jono Quay, President. A recital was also held on the Saturday night at Camberwell RSL with Jim Murray and Jamie Hawke. Champion Piper Neil Walker is pictured…

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Editor’s Notebook: Worlds Preview/ G2 Qualifying/ Games News/ Glasgow Police LP

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Congratulations to Inveraray after their big win at the Scottish last Saturday. It was a much-needed triumph for the band with only three weeks to the Worlds. I’m told that they had a few of their leading players back in the ranks after their rather ring-rusty performance at the Euros at Perth. It’s clearly all to play for among the top outfits, stating the obvious I know, but with the…

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