Category: Results

2017 Robert Burns Festival, Camperdown Solo Competition, Victoria, Australia

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Results of the Victorian Pipers Association 2017 Robert Burns Festival Competition held  on Saturday, May 20, at Mercy College, Camperdown. In the photograph are (l – r): Cameron Ely, Jason Craig, Craig Sked, Jono Quay. A Grade Piobaireachd 1. Cameron Ely, The Big Spree 2. Jonathan Quay, Lady MacDonald’s Lament 3. Craig Sked, Lord Lovat’s Lament Judge: Jason Craig 2/4 March 1. Craig Sked 2. Katherine Belcher 3. Jonathan Quay Judge: Chris…

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Gordon Castle Solo Piping Results

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Windy and a bit cold at Gordon Castle, ancient seat of the Clan Gordon, in Banffshire, today. Seven seniors. Good standard. Overall winner Gordon McCready is pictured above. Open Piobaireachd 1. Gordon McCready – Lord Lovat’s Lament 2. Eddie Gaul – Lament for the Viscount of Dundee. 3. Calum Brown – Earl of Seaforth’s Salute 4. Alan Clark – MacCrimmon’s Sweetheart 5. Michael Laing – Lament for the Only Son….

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Inveraray Win First Major of the Season

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A damp and cool St James Playing Fields at Paisley west of Glasgow was the venue today for the British Pipe Band Championships, the first major championship of the season. The chill weather affected  the bands who were on early in Grade 1, the best performances coming later on.  The winners were the holders of the title, Inveraray. They are pictured up top in the in the circle today. They…

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Build Up to the British – A Preview of the Grade 2 Pipe Band Championship

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We continue our build up to Saturday’s first major pipe band championship of the season, the British at the St James Playing Fields, Paisley. Here our Special Correspondent takes a look at one of the most competitive grades, Grade 2. A field of 16 will kick off the first major of the season for the Grade 2 prize. With four of the big guns of the most recent few seasons…

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Results from Dundee, Banchory and Gourock

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The first weekend of pipe band competition in the 2017 season saw wins for Field Marshal Montgomery in Grade 1 at Bangor in Northern Ireland, MacKenzie Caledonian in the city centre contest at Dundee, Buchan Peterson in Grade 1 at Banchory, Inveraray  at Gourock in the west of Scotland and Fife Police (Grade 1) and Grampian Police (Grade 2) at Dunbar. Though the weather was not as good in Scotland…

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