Field Marshal Montgomery (pictured) made a clean sweep at the All Ireland Grade 1 Pipe Band Championship held at Lurgan, Northern Ireland, today winning both MSR & Medley. Runners up were St Laurence O’Toole from Dublin. Grade 2 went to Manorcunnigham. Get full results and summaries here. Check Piping Press later for a full report from the All Irelands. Read our report on the history of the competition here. [wds…
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Organisers have asked us to point out that solo piping entries for this well-run little games in Fife can be made on the field tomorrow (July 1) until 11 am. Venue is Memorial Park, Thornton. There are events for senior and junior pipers. Judges for the solo piping are E Anderson and A Frater. Thornton had also planned to stage a pipe band and drum major contest with Open, Grade 2, Grade…
Saturday sees this important pipe band competition being held at Lurgan, Northern Ireland. Here our correspondent in the Province, John Kelly (left), RSPBANI Honorary Vice-President, takes a look back at the championship. John acknowledges that much of what is below has been compiled largely from an article by the late Fred Walker, former President of the Northern Ireland Branch of the RSPBA. The picture above is of the Field Marshal…
Grant Park, Forres, looked calm and pristine the night before proceedings, as the vendors were leaving the scene to return in the morning, writes our Special Correspondent. A small ceilidh was going on in the main marquee. The white lines were there to be seen and the circles of four arenas stood by to host the music makers of 110 bands for the 2017 European Championships. With very little darkness…
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