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NZ Pipe Band Championship Entries – Judges from Scotland and N Ireland

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New Zealand will host fifty-six pipe bands at the 2026 NZ Championships in March, making it one of the largest pipe band competitions outside Europe. Bands will compete over two days at Inglewood on the North Island on Friday 20th and Saturday 21st March 2026. We are delighted with the entries to the ‘Nationals’ – they show the depth and breadth of our teaching and development programmes across the country. By Liam Kernaghan, President NZPBA…

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Editor’s Notebook: Jamie Troy/ Ian’s Funeral/ Talk Piob/ Solo Judges/ Letter

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A nice, well-deserved comment from reader Bruce Young about the late Jamie Troy: ‘I remember maybe 15 years ago ordering reeds. I was sent a dozen and told to pick what I liked and return the rest with a cheque. I kept them all and still have a couple hidden away. The piping community is the best, and he was the best of the best.’ I couldn’t agree more Bruce….

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History: The Rise of Inveraray Pipe Band, Part 2

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The following is the second instalment from an article in the Pipe Band Magazine of July 2009. Headlined: ‘Seventy Years On and the Bells of Inveraray Herald Town’s New Band’, it charts the resurrection of a band first founded in the 1890s. Now they are the current World Champions and P/M Liddell has four such titles to his name….. The band’s Pipe Major, Stuart Liddell, said, ‘I always had a…

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The Kettlewell Legacy: Inspiring the Next Generation of Pipers

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I have just finished my term as President of the Glasgow Highland Club. One of my last duties was accepting a most generous donation from the family of the late David Kettlewell. David spent a lifetime teaching youngsters the pipes and a stipulation of the gift is that it should be used as a prize for junior piping. By Colin Kerr The spark that ignited David’s lifelong love of piping happened…

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P/M James W. Troy 1942- 2025

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Pipe Major James (Jamie) Troy passed away peacefully on the morning of December 9th, surrounded by his family. He was 83. His entire life he had dealt with severe asthma. A recent fall put him in hospital and his underlying condition was too much to overcome. As a child of only seven, the family’s Scottish doctor advised his parents that Jamie should take up Highland dancing to help strengthen his…

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