Tain Highland Games Results

Tain Games held on Saturday 14th July. Senior Competitions Results Piobaireachd 1. Cameron MacDougall, Lament for Donald Duaghal MacKay 2. Andrew Hall, Lament for Mary MacLeod 3. Gordon Barclay, King’s Taxes 4. Connor Kellett, Cabar Feidh Gu Brath Judge: A Maclean March 1. Cameron MacDougall 2. James MacPhee 3. Andrew Hall 4. Les Hutt Judge: A Maclean Strathspey & Reel 1. Cameron MacDougall 2. James MacPhee 3. Finlay MacLeod 4….

Balloch Juniors

Dry conditions on the shores of Loch Lomond. The picture above shows the winning pipers. 17 & Under Piob 1 Anna Smart 2 Bobby Allan 3 Mark Morrison 4 Kyle Gordon Juv 15-17 March 1 Anna Smart 2 Ian Hamilton 3 Kyle Gordon Juv 15-17 S&R 1 Anna Smart 2 Ian Hamilton 3 Kyle Gordon 14 & Under March 1 Bobby Allan 2 Fraser Hamilton 3 Calum Barton 4 Mark…

PP Ed’s Blog: Worlds Draw/ Northern Meeting/ Darach & PM Angus/ Mod Results & Reminder

I don’t think we should be giving the RSPBA a hard time over the slip up with the Worlds draw. Errors of this sort are very rare within the Association and having attended the procedure I can vouch for the considerable care and attention to detail that is gone into in trying to get everything just right. As we say in Glasgow ‘nae body’s deid’. I did think it unfortunate…

PP Ed’s Blog: Band MSRs/ Publishing Tunes/ Brass & Pipe Music/ PS Concert/ Alden Biesen

Listening to Field Marshal’s MSR from the All-Irelands last weekend, did I detect a very slight disconnect between drums and pipes in the last few parts of Pretty Marion? Wrong to make assumptions based on videos of course, all sorts of things get altered in transmission. I may be talking rubbish, but it would tie in with the ensemble judge placing them behind SLoT. Have a listen: Those who read…

Pipe Band MSR Poll Findings and Comment Thereon

Our poll on March, Strathspey and Reels in pipe bands drew the second largest response of any we have so far conducted with hundreds of readers taking part. (The largest was on restricting band sizes.) Thanks to everyone for their valuable contribution.  The findings show that the vast majority care about the future of band MSRs, they do not want them to die, they see them as the true test…