Highlands & Islands Festival – Complete Results, Pictures and Comment

A successful competition was held in the new Oban High School today (Sat May 5). There were healthy entries in all grades except the P/A Piobaireachd where nine entered but seven played. Cameron MacDougall, Nigg, continued his successful run winning the P/A Piobaireachd and the B MSR. Cameron is pictured above left with B Piob winner Steven Leask. P/A Ceol Mor for Cooper Salver (1st) and Dugald MacColl Memorial Trophy…

Results from Glasgow & West of Scotland Indoor (updated)

The annual full band indoor contest and Adult Solo Drumming promoted by the Glasgow and West of Scotland Branch of the RSPBA was held at Coatbridge High School on Saturday April 28. Major success for North Lanarkshire Schools Pipe Band (pictured above on stage) and for Grant Cassidy in the drumming. Adult Solo Drumming and World Solo Drumming Qualifier 1 Grant Cassidy, SLoT 2 Steven Nelson, Glasgow Police 3 David…

Results of the Virginia International Tattoo American Pipe Band Championship 2018

Director Andrew Carlisle reports……Please find attached the 2018 results – closing massed bands script for MC (just finished the closing massed bands)….. Judges were: Richard Hawke, Christchurch, New Zealand. Richard Parkes MBE, County Down, Northern Ireland, Gordon Parkes, County Down, Northern Ireland, Alex MacIntyre, Alberta, Canada, Ken Eller, Ontario, Canada, Jim Sim, Chicago, Illinois, USA, Andrew Carlisle, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, Pipe Major Ross McCrindle, Edinburgh, Scotland Also competing but not in the prizes: New Ross and District, County Wexford,…

Scots Guards KO Result

P/M Jimmy Banks reports: Jonathon Simpson of Boghall & Bathgate Caledonia Pipe Band won our KO final yesterday beating Ben Duncan of the Army School. A huge audience of 70+ in the Guards Club at Haymarket. We had two really good performances. Each piper entertained us well. I had Ian McLellan, Walter Cowan and Jim Henderson as judges and they all endorsed Jonathon as a worthy winner on the day….

Jimmy McIntosh Piobaireachd Challenge Results – Updated with Full Report & Pictures

The Jimmy McIntosh MBE Piobaireachd Challenge was held in Davidson College, North Carolina, on Friday 20th April. The competition is growing in stature with some of the US’s top players taking part. Nick Hudson and Andrew Carlisle are pictured above. Piobaireachd 1 Andrew Carlisle, McKenzie of Applecross’s Salute 2 Nick Hudson, MacLeod of Colbeck’s Lament 3 Dan Lyden, Red Speckled Bull 4 Any Garson, Lament for Donald Duaghal MacKay Judges:…