Category: Results

Highlands & Islands Piping Draw

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The draw for the Highlands & Islands solo piping has just been released: SENIOR PIPING, Saturday 2 May, 2015, Oban High School Adjudicators:  A Wright, N Mulvie, R MacShannon, S Shedden, R Wallace, I MacFadyen, I McLellan, W Cowan. Class 27 Piobaireachd, Grade A & P 9am Trophies:  1st – Cooper Salver, 2nd – Dugald MacColl Memorial Angus J. MacColl, Benderloch Jenny Hazzard, Edinburgh Chris Armstrong, Airth Gordon Bruce, Kilwinning Cameron Drummond, Edinburgh Michael Elder,…

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Donald MacLeod Memorial – Pictures Added

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William McCallum was declared the overall champion at today’s Donald MacLeod Memorial competition held at the Caladh Inn, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, after placing first in both Ceol Mor and Ceol Beag. Runner-up was Iain Speirs. In an extremely generous gesture, the competing pipers waived their fees for playing  – the money going towards the continuation of the contest next year. Fear an Tighe John Smith also paid tribute to…

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PP Ed’s Blog: SFU Fundraiser, South Africa 100 Guineas

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Congratulations to all involved with the SFU charity concert for the BC Cancer Foundation. $32,000 (£17,000) is a considerable total to achieve. I watched the concert, and it certainly was an emotional evening, with Andrew Bonar and his family centre stage. The band played very well in my view, as well as could be discerned from the Livestream, with strong melodic content in all selections. A drone hardly needed touched….

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Scottish Pipers’ Association Veterans and Adult Amateur Results

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The Scottish Pipers’ Association held another successful adult amateur and veterans competition today with a good entry of 12 pipers. There was a mixed bag of playing, the judging difficulty weighing indifferent pipes and good technique against indifferent technique and good pipes. Closest to delivering on all fronts was Champion Piper Alasdair Morrison. Full results here.  The competition was judged by Willie Morrison and Stuart Shedden and stewarded by Hugh Anderson…

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Duncan Johnstone Memorial Results

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Douglas Gardiner was the overall winner of the annual Duncan Johnstone Memorial Competition for B and C grade pipers held at the National Piping Centre on March 15. B Piob 1 Douglas Gardiner, Desperate Battle 2 Sarah Muir, Rory MacLoude’s Lament 3 Graham Mulholland, Lament for Patrick Og MacCrimmon 4 Steven Leask, Earl of Ross’s March 5 Duncan Beattie, Lament for Captain MacDougall Judges: N Mulvie, C MacLellan B MSR 1 Connor…

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