Dry conditions on the shores of Loch Lomond. The picture above shows the winning pipers. 17 & Under Piob 1 Anna Smart 2 Bobby Allan 3 Mark Morrison 4 Kyle Gordon Juv 15-17 March 1 Anna Smart 2 Ian Hamilton 3 Kyle Gordon Juv 15-17 S&R 1 Anna Smart 2 Ian Hamilton 3 Kyle Gordon 14 & Under March 1 Bobby Allan 2 Fraser Hamilton 3 Calum Barton 4 Mark…
I don’t think we should be giving the RSPBA a hard time over the slip up with the Worlds draw. Errors of this sort are very rare within the Association and having attended the procedure I can vouch for the considerable care and attention to detail that is gone into in trying to get everything just right. As we say in Glasgow ‘nae body’s deid’. I did think it unfortunate…
Listening to Field Marshal’s MSR from the All-Irelands last weekend, did I detect a very slight disconnect between drums and pipes in the last few parts of Pretty Marion? Wrong to make assumptions based on videos of course, all sorts of things get altered in transmission. I may be talking rubbish, but it would tie in with the ensemble judge placing them behind SLoT. Have a listen: Those who read…
A handsome looking set of silver and ivory pipes is on offer today from the PP Online Ads page. The pipes have been dated as 1920/1930 and are described as in good playing condition. They have been identified as Hendersons, a set similar to a bagpipe owned by J B Robertson dated 1926. Click here for more info. [wds id=”2″] Following Saturday’s All-Ireland and contest in Canada MacStig has sent this….. Grade 2…
The prestigious All-Ireland Pipe Band Championships, one of the key outings in the pipe band calendar was held in New Ross, Co Wexford on Saturday 7th July. The championships, which rotate each year between a venue in the Republic and Northern, is organised by the Joint Association Council of the RSPBA NI Branch and the Irish Pipe Band Association. The Chieftain of the Day was Cllr. John Fleming MCC, Mayor…
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