Forres Highland Games, 9th July. Mild and dry weather conditions. Ten pipers competed in the senior piping events including two competitors from Queensland, Australia. Results as follows – Marches: 1. Alan Clark 2. Calum Brown 3. Amos Fox (Brisbane) Strathspey/Reel: 1. Calum Brown 2. Alan Clark 3. Steven Spencer Jig: 1. Calum Brown 2. Steven Spencer 3. Alan Clark Judge J. Hamilton
Senior Piobaireachd – Judges: Tom Speirs & Ian Duncan. 12 played. 1st Donald MacPhee (pictured), Lament for Donald of Laggan 2nd Craig Martin, Too Long in This Condition 3rd Rebecca Tierney, Clan Campbell’s Gathering March – Judges: Ronnie McShannon & Jim Henderson 1st Donald MacPhee 2nd Steven Grey 3rd Maël Sicard-Cras Strathspey & Reel – Judges: Ronnie McShannon & Jim Henderson 1st Steven Gray 2nd Andrew Bova 3rd Ross Miller 10 played. Under-18…
Results from today’s games at Thornton in Fife. Junior Piob (only 2 entrants)1st equal: Brodie Watson-Massey, MacCrimmon’s SweetheartChris Happs, Cabar Feidh gu BraghMSR1st Chris Happs2nd Brodie Watson-Massey3rd Brandon MacDonald4th Matthew MacKelvieSenior Piob1 Eddie Gaul, Lament for the Children 2 Campbell Webster, MacGregor’s Salute3 Alan Russell, Mary’s PraiseMSR1 Alan Russell2 Amos Fox (Brisbane)3 Campbell Webster (USA)4 Eddie Gaul All events judged by Euan Anderson and Andrew Frater.
P/M Alen Tully is one of the new breed of Grade 1 pipe majors. Still aged only 33, P/M Tully has already secured two major championships for his band, St Laurence O’Toole, Dublin – and this in less than three seasons in charge. His latest success was at the European Championships at Forres last Saturday. Here he talks of what that meant to the band, of their meticulous preparation before every major…
I arrived early enough at picturesque Grant Park, Forres, to hear the whole of the Juvenile grade. The young bands taking part were asked to play a March, Strathspey and Reel and all did so with considerable aplomb. Even in my day the Juvenile grade was always very demanding. This brought you on and invariably, once you reached 18, you were ready for Grade 1. So it is today, and…
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