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Balloch Games Results

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This traditional games was held today on the south shore of Loch Lomond with a good crowd in attendance as is normal for the first Saturday of the Glasgow Fair holiday. However the weather was very mixed, with pipers braving sunshine and showers throughout the day. Piob: 1 Cameron May, Lament for Donald Duaghal MacKay2 Steven Gray3 Callum Wynd4 Kris Coyle March: 1 Cameron May 2 Kris Coyle 3 Steven…

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My Father, P/M Robert Reid – Part 4

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We continue with our correspondence from Robert Reid jnr. to Jimmy McIntosh. This abridged letter is dated 28th September, 1993. In the firing line are Alastair Campsie, Andrew MacNeill, Colonsay, and William Connell…. I can’t recall any article being written specifically about my father other than obituaries in the Piping Times, the Glasgow Herald, Daily Record and the Oban Times around August/September 1965. Occasionally some journalist would come into my…

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Set of Smallpipes for Sale/ Piobaireachd by the Sea/ Piping Livestream/ Northern Ireland Bands

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Pipemaker Brian Mulhearn: ‘I have a set of smallpipes for sale. They are a new ‘A’ set made by myself and are boxwood with blackwood mounts. ‘They come with a boxwood or blackwood chanter and a quality set of bellows and are reeded up and ready to play. Price £975.’ Email Brian here. PIOBAIREACHD by the SEA Piping Press editor Robert Wallace will conduct a piobaireachd masterclass at the annual…

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Victorian Championships and Australian Piobaireachd Medal Results

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Forres Games Senior and Junior Results

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Twelve played in the seniors, scorching hot weather all day.   Piob1 Brian Lamond, Lament for the Only Son2 Gordon Barclay, MacCrimmon’s Sweetheart3 Angus Macphee, I Gave a Kiss to the King’s Hand March1 Hamish Munro2 Brian Lamond3 Fraser Maitland  Strathspey and Reel1 Hamish Munro2 Brian Lamond3 Fraser Maitland  Judge: Archie Maclean. JUNIORS U14 Piob: 1 Callan Erskine  2 Sophie BirdU14 March: 1 Callan Erskine 2 Sophie Bird 3 Andrew Fagan U14 S&R: 1 Callan Erskine  2 Sophie Bird 3 Andrew Fagan Overall U14: Callan Erskine  U18 Piobaireachd: 1 Aaron Green  2 Hector Finlayson 3 Craig Mitchell 4 Hamish Addison U18 March: 1 Aaron Green  2 Hector  Finlayson 3 Craig Mitchell  4 Callum PearsonU18 S&R: 1 Aaron Green  2 Hector Finlayson 3 Craig Mitchell  4 Hamish Addison Overall U18: Aaron Green Judge: Scott Rhynas