Margaret Dunn reports: Here are our results for CLASP grade 3, World Solo Amateur Piping Competition at Piping Live!. Held today, 8th August, at St Aloysius Convent. The winner, John Bertino, is pictured with adjudicator Brian Switalla. Grade 3 Piobaireachd 1st John Bertino 2nd Alfred Graf 3rd Stephen Whitton Grade 3 Piobaireachd (Ground) 1st John Bertino 2nd Alfred Graf 3rd Andrew Richardson Grade 3 – 2/4 March 1st John Bertino…
The rain held off and was mainly warm and sunny throughout the day in Badenoch. Ben Duncan (pictured) of the Army School of Piping continued his tremendously successful summer round the games, once again being declared Champion Piper. Judges on the light music were Jimmy Jackson and Gordon Clark with John Don MacKenzie on the Piobaireachd. Champion Piper: Ben Duncan. Junior Champion Piper: Finlay Cameron. Piobaireachd 1 Ben Duncan 2 Darach…
Very sunny with only the odd shower to spoil the day for the large crowd. They were thrilled when a surprise visit was paid to the gathering by Her Majesty The Queen, this to mark their 150th anniversary. Seventeen pipers played in the open categories. Pictured above is Champion Piper Allan Russell. Piping Convenor Dr Jack Taylor adds: ‘Sunny day with a cooling breeze enough to set the flags fluttering. …
Overcast but dry for most of the day in the far north east. Ceol mor winner Anna Kummerlöw from Germany is pictured with Champion Piper Derek Midgley from Tinton Falls, New Jersey, USA. Ceol mor judges were John Don Mackenzie and Jimmy Jackson and ceol beag DJ MacIntyre and Archie Maclean. Piobaireachd1 Anna Kummerlöw2 Cameron MacDougall3 Derek Midgley4 Kevin MacLean March1 Derek Midgley2 Cameron MacDougall3 John MacDonald4 Kevin MacLean S&R1…
Following John Kelly’s informative feature on the history of the All-Ireland Pipe Band Championship, Patrick Byrne has sent us this atmospheric picture (above). It is of the famous Fintan Lalor Pipe Band parading through the streets of Dublin in the 1960s. Can anyone help us to identify the pipers? Black mark to Gary Innes (pictured) the presenter of BBC Radio Scotland’s popular ‘Take the Floor’ country dance music show. In…
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