Category: Results

Skye Gathering and Silver Chanter Results (Complete)

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The annual competitions were held (August 2) in Portree, Isle of Skye. In the piobaireachd pipers are asked to play pieces from the MacCrimmon tradition. The winner of both the Dunvegan Medal and the Col. Jock MacDonald Clasp are invited to play for the prestigious Silver Chanter in 2017. Excepting Oban and Inverness, Skye is considered the most important open solo piping competition in the calendar. The piper with the…

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Killin Highland Games

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The annual games were held in the picturesque Perthshire town on August 3. Overcast day with a few showers; warm. Piob 1 Ross McCrindle 2 Donald MacPhee 3 Ben Duncan 4 William Geddes Judges: R Clark, N M Mulvie, A Wright March: Ben Duncan S&R: Graham Drummond Jig: Graham Mulholland Ceol beag judges: T Speirs, L Tannock

A Look Back At The Grade 1 Contest at the Scottish Championships

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I didn’t think Saturday’s Grade 1 contest was reflected in the way the summaries eventually showed. For me there were three bands in the mix for first at Dumbarton: Field Marshal, St Laurence and Inveraray. The title could have gone to either one and no one could have complained. That said, Inveraray’s four straight first places tells its own story and I bow to the superior insight and positioning of…

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Inveraray Proclaimed Scottish Champions

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Inveraray & District Pipe Band picked up their second major title of the season when they  took first place at the Scottish Championships Grade 1 contest held today at Levengrove Park, Dumbarton. Previously P/M Stuart Liddell’s band had won the first major of the season, the British at Paisley. Today, a total of 141 bands competed on what was a briefly showery but cold day on the banks of the River…

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Scottish Championships Underway/ Skye: Dunvegan Medal Draw

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The penultimate pipe band championship of the season is underway at Levengrove Park, Dumbarton, west of Glasgow. 141 bands will compete for the Scottish Champions title in nine grades from Novice B to Grade 1. The contest concludes at 5.20pm with MacKenzie Caledonia’s performance in Grade 2. First results approximately an hour later. Get them as they are announced by joining Twitter and the RSPBA’s feed. Alternatively wait a few…

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