Category: Results

Rosneath Games Piping/ Ardrossan Juniors/ RG Hardie Merger

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Rosneath Games Piping Competitions, 18/10/15. These piping events, cancelled last July due to inclement weather, were held at Hermitage Academy, Helensburgh, Dunbartonshire. Organiser Colina Helen Campbell said: ‘I should like to thank all the competitors, stewards and judges who supported the rescheduled Rosneath solo piping competition – it was very much appreciated.  Thanks also to the janitor at Hermitage Academy for his excellent support and assistance on the day.  Following the success…

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PP Editor’s Blog: Falkirk Tryst Competition etc.

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Blue MacMurchie reports: On Saturday the 10th of October the 6th annual Falkirk Piping Recital competition and the 4th Annual MacMurchie Contest was held at Trinity Kirk in Falkirk, a venue with wonderful acoustics much appreciated by the audience, pipers and judges. Due to a number of unforeseen family commitments the turnout of pipers was poor but the standard was as per other years – extremely high by those who played. The Falkirk…

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NI Piper of the Year/ Piobaireachd by the Sea

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Organiser Ken Stewart reports: ‘The annual Piper of the Year competition was held last Saturday in the Adair Arms Hotel in Ballymena. This competition is promoted by the Northern Ireland Piping Society and is an invitation only event. Competitors are selected on merit determined by their competition results, in Ireland, during the current year. ‘Each player is required to compete in the MSR and Piobaireachd sections with the Piper of…

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PP Editor’s Blog: Edith Cavell/ Nicol-Brown Contest/Gold Medal Tunes

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Many will have read yesterday of the 100th anniversary of the death of heroine  Nurse Edith Cavell, executed for spying during WW1. She had served in a hospital in Belgium and treated Allied, German and Austrian soldiers but was executed by a German firing squad on October 12, 1915. Her death prompted outrage in Britain with thousands subsequently inspired to join up for the war effort.  Miss Cavell is buried at Norwich…

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National Mod Piping Results (updated with Pictures, Audio, Video and Comment)

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Robert Wallace: Jonathan Greenlees emerged as Champion Piper at the National Mod piping competitions held in Oban on Saturday. Jonathan won the Ceol Mor with Lament for Donald Duaghal MacKay and placed third in the MSR to take the overall prize. Only eight pipers competed in the senior events although 14 had entered. The standard was mixed but the prizewinners in the above events all played well with Jonathan’s Donald…

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