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Northern Ireland Piper of the Year Results

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Northern Ireland Piping Society’s ‘Piper of the Year’ competition took place in the Adair Arms Hotel, Ballymena, County Antrim, on Saturday 7th October 2023, writes Ken Stewart. Champion Piper was James Fraser of Field Marshal Montgomery Pipe Band. James was fresh from his victory at the All Ireland Solo Piping last month. He is pictured left with his trophies. This was the first PotY event since covid. The Piobaireachd, MSR…

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Boost for Highland Junior Pipers/ Australian Juvenile Piping/ Schools Teaching Jobs

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After a few years’ absence, we are delighted to confirm that Inverness Piping Society will once again be running our junior solo piping competitions this year, writes Alastair Campbell, Secretary. This event has a long history, and is a key element of the Society’s remit to promote solo piping in the Highlands.  Many past winners have gone on to enjoy successful piping careers. We would be grateful if tutors, parents…

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Nicol Brown Amateur Championship Results

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This annual competition was held yesterday, October 7, in Rockville, Maryland, USA. The Champion Piper was Colin Forrest who received a pipe chanter donated by McCallum Bagpipes, a new pipe bag from Lee & Sons and $1000 in travel expenses. Piob: 1 Colin Forrest, The Groat 2 Gillian Blaney, Rout of Glen Fruin 3 Cameron Bonar, Black Donald’s March 4 William Shropshire, Kinlochmoidart No1 5 Magnus Stone, Lament for Mary…

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Captain John MacLellan Memorial Results

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The 10th annual Captain John A MacLellan MBE Memorial Piping Championship was held at the Army School at Inchdrewer House, Edinburgh, today. B & C grades were oversubscribed, good A grade entries but P grade entries were, by comparison, poor. The P Piobaireachd and the Hornpipe and Jig were streamed live over Facebook. The Army School delivered an efficiently run event and the prize giving was underway shortly after 4.30pm….

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Reader Requests Help with Medal Mystery

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A few years ago while I was living down south, I acquired an extremely large, extremely ornate silver medal presented in 1900 by a piping association that seems to have vanished without trace. My searches at the time for information about the association and the recipient drew a complete blank. Piping Press’s network of readers is a good deal wider than any I could tap into then, and if the…

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