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Luss Highland Games Results – Open, CLASP (MSR added), Juniors

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The picturesque Loch Lomondside village was the setting for a full day of amateur and professional piping. The weather was perfect and a good crowd was in attendance. Thirteen amateur pipers, all participant in the Piping Centre’s CLASP league, played their piobaireachd in the morning and their light music in the afternoon. For the professionals it was the reverse. The picture above shows Champion Piper Donald MacPhee with the piobaireachd…

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Forres Games Junior Piping

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Fresh from the success of its final pipe band championship, the Morayshire town today staged its local Highland games with a good entry and good weather. U-14 Piob 1 Kyle Cameron 2 Calum Dunbar U-14 March 1 Kyle Cameron 2 Calum Dunbar 3 Aiden Phimister 4 Calum Robertson U-14 S&R 1 Kyle Cameron 2 Calum Dunbar 3 Calum Robertson [wds id=”2″] U-18 Piob 1 John MacLaren 2 Jamie MacRae 3…

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PP Ed’s Blog: Band Circles/ Cancale/ Northern Meeting, Lochaber, Aboyne

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Difficulties over ‘concert’ formation positioning mentioned in Alistair Aitken’s piece yesterday should be easily overcome after a little trial and error. Bass sections are different in the circle set up so there is nothing new there. Going by the photographs I thought the formations at the Ross Bandstand pretty good and must have been much more comfortable for the judges than what they are used. No walking about, balancing of…

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Kenmore Games Junior Piping

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Perfect conditions to day for this contest in Perthshire. U-12 Piping 1 Archie McNab 2 Annabelle Charlton 3 Wallace Mackie 4 Brodie Barrie U-14 Piping 1 Bobby Allan 2 Joshua Reilly 3 Annabelle Charlton 4 Brodie Barrie 16 and Under Confined to Perthshire 1 Annabelle Charlton 2 Archie McNab 3 Lexy MacDiarmid 21yrs and Under 1 Bobby Allan 2 Brodie Watson-Massey 3 Tommy Young 4 Joshua Reilly 21yrs and Under Jig 1…

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MacStig Takes a Look at Grade 2 at the Europeans

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Some say he would be confused in a round room looking for the corner….yet more that he thinks a sgian dubh is a pigeon on the piste..all we know is…. It was a scenic drive north to the picture postcard setting of Grant Park, Forres, via the highland highway that is the A9…the road, as you know, has dual carriageways with average speed cameras keeping the boy racers like me in check….

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