Crieff Games Results

A pleasant, warm day in Perthshire with a very good entry. Champion Piper was James MacHattie, Prince Edward Island, Canada, with a strong showing by Cameron May, Lesmahagow. Piobaireachd1 James MacHattie, Lament for Donald Duaghal MacKay2 Angus MacPhee, Welcome Johnny Back Again3 Cameron May, The Blue Ribbon4 Callum Wynd5 Robert Durning, USA MSR1 Cameron May2 Luke Kennedy3 James MacHattie4 Robert Durning5 Callum Wynd Judges: E Anderson, J Banks, D Fraser,…

Worlds Full Results: Boghall Do It At Last!

Peoples Ford Boghall & Bathgate Caledonia, under P/M Ross Harvey, are the new World Pipe Band Champions. They were placed first ahead of Field Marshal Montgomery today at Glasgow Green. SFU took the drumming title. 190 bands took part across all grades. Conditions were wet and windy with occasional sunshine.  The RSPBA summary sheets showed the final totals. (Such were the numbers accessing the site that it crashed on Saturday evening and…

Glenfinnan Games Results

Overcast and wet all day in the west Highlands. Check out the dreich scene above. However the piping show went ahead with good performance from the prizewinners. Piobaireachd1 Finlay Johnston, Battle of Auldearn No22 Jacob Dicker, Canada3 Chris McLeish, MacCrimmon’s Sweetheart4 Hector Munro, End of the Great Bridge March1 Finlay Johnston2 Matt Pantaleoni3 Hector Munro S&R1 Finlay Johnston2 Matt Pantaleoni3 Andrew Orr Judges: R Lightfoot, I MacFadyen

Highland Games: Tain, Glenisla Results & Lonach News

On Saturday 12th August, we were delighted to welcome Pipe Major Gordon Walker and Pipe Major D.J. MacIntyre as our judges, along with Jean Cameron, Lairg, and Michael Baird, Bonar Bridge, as our stewards, writes Duncan MacGillivray. Apart from a couple of heavy showers, the weather was largely forgiving, with some beautiful sunny spells for those competitors lucky to coincide, which meant the majority. Ms Mackay delivered a sweet Fair…

Editor’s Notebook: Worlds All Set/ Gold Medal Hero/ Island Bands Plea/ Lonach Axemen

Well who’s your money on? Boghall, Inveraray and Field Marshal have one major each this season. SFU were brilliant by all accounts the other evening. If SLOT up their game they could figure, as could the Power. And don’t rule out Shotts taking the top prize. Remember when Ryan Canning surprised everyone not so very long ago? One thing is sure, after four legs and the opinions of 16 judges,…