National Mod Lochaber Senior & Junior Piping

All competition held in Fort William on October 14. Adult Ceol Mor 1 Charles Macdonald 2 Joinathan Greenlees 3 Sandy Cameron Adults MSR 1 Sandy Cameron 2 Jonathan Greenlees 3 Angus MacColl Jnr. Adult H&J 1 Angus MacColl 2 Charles Macdonald 3 Sandy Cameron [wds id=”6″] Under 19 Piobaireachd 1 Finlay Cameron 2 Calum Craib 3 Gregor MacDonald Under 19 MSR 1 Finlay Cameron 2 Jamie Niall Campbell 3 Eoghainn…

PP Ed’s Blog: NI Piper of the Year/ SPA 1999/ Pipe Bands Australia

The Northern Ireland Piper of the Year contest takes place in the Adair Arms Hotel, Ballymena, Co. Antrim, tomorrow. The piobaireachd starts at 12 noon and the MSR at 7pm. All are welcome. Judges are Angus MacColl and David Caldwell and the hosts Kenny Stewart and Chris Stewart. In the PP archive picture above a youthful Angus is photographed through the window performing at the now unfortunately defunct John MacFadyen…

Piping & Drumming Upsurge in South West Scotland Thanks to Local Academy

There is great work being done for piping and drumming by the South West Scotland Piping and Drumming Academy. Building on a tradition established by John Cowan, Walter Cowan (pictured instructing above), Alfie Geddes, Ian Clowe, Jim McConnachie and the late Tony MacDonald, the South West Scotland Piping & Drumming Academy is forging ahead with a programme of tuition which is sure to produce many top-level players if not champions in…

North America’s 35th Nicol-Brown Amateur Invitational Piping Competition

One of North America’s leading amateur competitions, the 35th Nicol-Brown Amateur Invitational Piping Competition, was held on Saturday, October 7, 2017 in the First Reformed Church of Scotia, Scotia, NY. Judges: Ian K. MacDonald, Whitby, Ontario, Andrew Lee, Surrey, British Columbia and Ben McClamrock, Baltimore, Maryland. Master of Ceremonies: Donald F. Lindsay and Daniel Cole. Overall Nicol-Brown Championship 1. ALISTAIR BEVAN (21 points) Prizes: air fare to compete in London in November 2018, sponsored by the…

Captain John MacLellan Memorial Results (pictures added)

More than 50 pipers took part in what was a very well run series of competitions at the Army School of Piping and Highland Drumming at Inchdrewer House, Edinburgh. There were nine competitions over four grades with everything completed by 4.30pm. Pictures courtesy Major Gordon Rowan, Director of Army Bagpipe Music. P Grade Overall Champion: Iain Speirs P Grade Piobaireachd: 1st: Iain Speirs 2nd: Callum Beaumont 3rd: Glenn Brown 4th: Faye…