Aberdeen Games 20/6/15 Dry to begin with; rain in afternoon. Gordon McCready continued his impressive run at the games with another ‘Champion Piper’ title. Piob 1 Edward Gaul, Lament for Viscount of Dundee 2 Ben Duncan, MacDougall’s Gathering 3 Gordon McCready, Big Spree 4 Allan Russell 5 Jonathan Simpson Judges: Norman Matheson, Duncan Watson March 1 Gordon McCready 2 Ben Duncan 3 Allan Russell 4 John MacDonald 5 Jonathan Simpson…
Preparations for next weekend’s European Pipe Band Championships are well in hand. The promoters, ‘Piping @ Forres’, have sent this: ‘Final Piping At Forres preparations are in place for the European Pipe Band Championships, sponsored by Benromach Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky, being held in Forres on Saturday 27 June. 105 bands, including eleven Grade 1 bands and the current European and World Champions, will play in Grant Park in…
The Northern Meeting have issued full details of this year’s forthcoming piping events. They are as follows: Venue: Eden Court Theatre, Inverness. Thursday 3rd and Friday 4th September 2015; Commencing 8.30am Thursday and Friday; Programme £5.00 Thursday 3 September – Senior Competition From 8.30 PIOBAIREACHD – GOLD MEDAL From 9.00 ‘A’ MARCH, STRATHSPEY & REEL From 9.00 PIOBAIREACHD – SILVER MEDAL From 18.00 FORMER WINNERS MARCH, STRATHSPEY & REEL Friday 4 September…
Field Marshal Montgomery PB won their second successive major championship of the 2015 season when they placed first in a high calibre Grade 1 contest held in the beautiful grounds of Stormont Castle, Belfast. No need for cushioned brogues on this luscious sward. Second prize went to a revitalised Shotts & Dykehead under P/M Ryan Canning, who more than justified the favourable comments on Piping Press that followed their success…
Piping and Drumming in south-west Scotland has received a major boost with the formation of the new South West Scotland Piping & Drumming Academy. The Academy will take the form of a Summer School, a series of teaching workshops and piobaireachd weekends. Andrew McCartney (left), Chairman of the SWSPDA, reports: Our website address is www.swspda.co.uk, and details of our Summer School and programme of events are as follows : SWSPDA Summer School: 13th…
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