Damp day at the capital of the Highlands. Picture above shows trophy wining pipers suitable attired. Overall Champion was Sandy Cameron. Piob 1 Sandy Cameron 2 Peter McCalister 3 Les Hutt 4 Archie Drennan 5 Gordon Barclay MSR 1 Charles MacDonald 2 Cameron MacDougall 3 Sandy Cameron 4 Gary McKay 5 Archie Drennan H&J 1 Cameron MacDougall 2 Sandy Cameron 3 Archie Drennan 4 Peter McCalister 5 James MacPhee Junior…
Ten pipers travelled into the high Cairngorms today to play in this traditional Highland games. Weather was windy but mostly dry. The picture shows Gordon McCready (l) and Champion Piper Ben Duncan just after receiving their trophies from John Milne the art dealer and sponsor of the Grampian Highland Games Piping League. Piobaireachd 1st Ben Duncan (Lament for MacSwan of Roaig) 2nd Gordon McCready (MacDougall’s Gathering) 3rd Andrew Hall 4th James…
Dreadful conditions of wind and rain saw the pipers junior and senior braving the elements in fine style. There was a very healthy entry of 17 in the Senior Piobaireachd. Three tunes asked for and given at judge’s table. Pictured above are the junior ceol mor winner Lewis Russell (left) and ceol beag champion Bobby Allen. Senior Piobaireachd 1 Ashley McMichael, Corrienessan’s Salute 2 Brian Lamond, Lament for the Only…
Big weekend of games ahead. Some say it is the start of the games season proper (it is the Glasgow Fair holiday period) though there have been plenty of good contests running since the end of May. Tomorrow we have piping at Balloch, Inverness and Tomintoul and on Sunday at Roseneath. Check here for results as we get them. Next week we have Inveraray on Tuesday, South Uist on Wednesday,…
Iain Boyd reports: The Antigonish Highland Games, Nova Scotia, were held on July 8 and 9, 2017, under mixed weather conditions. Saturday’s competitions were greeted with Scotch Mist and Sunday’s competitions were held under sunny skies. Fourteen bands from Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Ontario and Alberta competed over the two days. Close to 100 solo competitors played including nine in open professional piping. Alex Gandy was professional piper of the…
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