No seniors at this contest held in warm sunny conditions on the Ayrshire coast but excellent piping from the young contestants. 13 Years & Under March 1st – Gregor Grierson 2nd – Zealand Niamh McElhinney 3rd – Fraser Hamilton 4th – Finlay Peden 5th – Christopher McCarton 6th – Ewan Allan 15 Years & Under MSR 1st – Bobby Allan 2nd – Luke Kennedy 3rd – Ross Connor 4th – Nicholas…
Under 18 yrs results at the Perthshire Mod held in Aberfeldy today: Piobaireachd 1st Bobby Allen 2nd Archie Clark 3rd Campbell Stewart MSR 1st Bobby Allen 2nd Campbell Stewart 3rd Jack Liddell The judge was Andrew Frater. [wds id=”6″]
The absorption of the College of Piping into the National Piping Centre behemoth is well underway as the above picture shows, the new signage appearing shortly after the official takeover on May 1, writes the Editor. The College is now referred to as ‘The NPC Otago Street’ and work is underway to combine the two shop websites. For the moment prices are being standardised up or down (usually slightly up)…
At risk of boring everyone rigid, myself included, I repeat again that I do not have any problem with suitably qualified individuals being part of a judging bench when they have a student playing provided the usual declaration of interest is observed. Senior pipers must judge AND teach if we are to keep producing our Gordon Walkers, our Stuart Liddells, the Angus MacColls. However, it sticks in the craw rather…
Margaret Dunn reports…Results from the Army School of Piping CLASP competition. The competition was held on Saturday, 2nd June and the judges were Tom Speirs and Connor Sinclair. Thanks to Alister Sinclair for the pictures. Participants are pictured above. Overall Winners: Grade 1 Stewart Gaudin Grade 2 Bianca Kail Grade 3 Dugald MacLeod Grade 3 Piobaireachd Ground 1st Robert Thomson 2nd Dugald MacLeod 3rd Joris Panis Grade 3 – Full Piobaireachd…
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