Inverkeithing Games Results

Dornoch Games Results

This northern games was held yesterday August 2nd. Dry conditions, rain later. 20 played in the senior piobaireachd and 21 in the light music. PIOBAIREACHD1 Ross Miller (pictured top)2 Angus MacPhee3 Cameron Macdougall4 Gordon Barclay MARCH1 Liam Nicolson2 Campbell Wilson3 Hamish Munro4 Angus MacPhee STRATHSPEY & REEL1 Cameron Macdougall2 Norman Gillies3 Liam Nicolson4 Louis Davis JIG1 Liam Nicolson2 Piers Dover3 Hamish Munro4 Norman Gillies U15 March: Mairi FinlaysonU15 S&R: Mairi…

Arisaig Games Results

A dry, sunny day on the west coast with 20 playing in the seniors. Champion Piper was Angus MacColl, with a very good showing from Angus MacPhee. Piobaireachd1 Angus MacColl, Lament for Patrick Og MacCrimmon2 Angus MacPhee, Blind Piper’s Obstinacy3 Cameron May, Lament for the Earl of Antrim4 Josh Chandler5 Louis Davis March1 Angus MacColl2 Decker Forrest3 Campbell Wilson4 Angus MacPhee S&R1 Angus MacColl2 Angus MacPhee3 Dan Nevans4 Alastair Brown…

Scottish Pipe Band Championships Review Part 2

At the Editor’s request I have recorded some thoughts on the Grade 1 performances at the Scottish Championships from a drumming and ensemble perspective.  I would emphasise that the views expressed are personal.  I was standing in a position at the head of the bands.  It is quite possible that things could have been happening at the drum corps end of the bands which I would not see or hear…

Scottish Pipe Band Championships: Grade 1 Review Part 1

I have railed already about the dearth of good strathspeys among our bands. At Dumbarton, some pipe corps fought manfully against the 12/8 drumming tide, notably Inveraray, the Power, and Field Marshal, but the ‘band strath’ was in evidence throughout the Grade 1 contest. The other great carbuncle on the handsome face of today’s bands is a form of tune soup, or melody salad, that we are hearing at the…