Craig Sutherland won the popular Scots Guards Knockout competition held in the SG Club, Haymarket, Edinburgh, yesterday. In the audience led vote, Craig, from Pitlochry and pictured above, triumphed over Steven Gray, fresh from his success at the Highlands & Islands contest the day before. The SG KO was recorded by BBC Radio Scotland and will be broadcast on the ‘Pipeline’ show in the near future. Down in Australia Fiona…
Here are the results from today’s senior piping at Oban. Stay tuned for comment and more from the Festival tomorrow. A Piob 1 Darach Urquhart, Cooper Salver, Earl of Ross’s March 2 Jenny Hazzard, Dougie MacColl Memorial Trophy, Lady Margaret MacDonald’s Salute 3 William Geddes, Earl of Seaforth 4 Allan Russell 5 Chris Armstrong Judges: A Wright, S Shedden B Piob 1 Greig Canning 2 Katherine Belcher 3 Connor Sinclair…
Details of this year’s Silver Chanter Recital/ Competition have been announced. Pipers invited are William Geddes, Douglas Murray, Roderick MacLeod, Stuart Liddell, Iain Speirs and Callum Beaumont. They have all accepted. Cailean Maclean, Chairman of the Skye Piping Society, is now the main organiser and takes over from Mrs Emily MacDonald. The competition takes place on Wednesday 5th August in the historic drawing-room at Dunvegan Castle, seat of Clan Macleod. The…
Here are a couple of pictures missed from the report on Saturday’s successful Glasgow & West Indoor contest at Coatbridge. They are of Adult Section drumming champion Craig Lawrie (below) of Lomond & Clyde PB and the other trophy winners (above). Good to see one of the ‘old stagers’, Eric Ward, putting his reputation on the line against the younger generation. I am sure the promoters appreciated his support for…
The draw for Saturday’s Scottish Pipers’ Association Professional competition has been issued by President Tom Johnstone. The competition will be held in the College of Piping in Glasgow from 9am. Following on from it, in a very busy day the SPA, will be another of their popular and well-received illustrated lectures on pipers and pipe tunes of World War 1. This National Lottery supported event has free admission and Saturday’s…
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