Aberfeldy Games Results

Showery but fairly warm day at Aberfeldy in the Perthshire Highlands for the Atholl & Breadalbane Gathering. Fifteen played in the Seniors and six in the Juniors. Champion Piper was Brian Lamond. Piobaireachd1 Brian Lamond, The Fingerlock2 Callum Wynd, Sir Ewan Cameron of Locheil’s Salute3 Peter McCalister, Queen Anne’s Lament4 Edward Gaul, Welcome Johnny Back Again March, Strathspey & Reel1 Brian Lamond (pictured)2 Edward Gaul3 Mike Fitzhenry4 Callum Wynd Slow…

Ballater Games Results (updated)

an overcast but warm day at Monaltrie Park, Ballater, on Royal Deeside today (Aug 10). Andrew Donlon, USA, was the winner of the RB Nicol Trophy for Piobaireachd. Twenty pipers played. Five prizes in piobaireachd and six in the light music. Piobaireachd 1 Andrew Donlon, Rout of the Lowland Captain2 Angus MacPhee, Battle of Auldearn No13 Fred Morrison, MacLeod of Colbeck’s Lament4 John MacDonald, Tulloch Ard5 Greig Canning, Nameless, One of the…

Lorient 2023 Results: MacCrimmon Trophy, Piobaireachd, Young Piper and G1 Bands

25th Annual Piobaireachd Competition, Aug. 7; nine competed   1 Brendan Eade (NZ), Rout of the Lowland Captain2 Hervé Le Floc’h (Brittany), MacCrimmon‘s Sweetheart3 Chris MacDonald (Aust.), Queen Elizabeth II’s Salute 4 Joshua Chandler(Aust.), Lament for the Only Son5 Andrew Carlisle (Northern Ireland), Lament for the Earl of Antrim Other competitors: Quentin Meunier (Brittany), The Vaunting; Stuart Liddell, Lament for the Laird of Annapool; Robert Watt, Corrienessan’s Salute; Calum Kaye (Scotland), The Groat. Judges: I Duncan, T Johnstone. 41st MacCrimmon Trophy, Aug. 6; 12 competed. The winner for the second time was Stuart Liddell who…

Skye Gathering 2023 Results Complete

The annual, two-day Skye Gathering piping competitions began today in Portree. Thirty entered for the Dunvegan Medal contest for which pipers have to submit four MacCrimmon tunes. Previous winners are excluded and play for the Col. Jock MacDonald Clasp to the medal. The winner of the 2023 medal was Fred Morrison. We will add to the lists below as we get the results. Dunvegan Medal1 Fred Morrison, Macleod of Colbeck’s…

Aboyne Games Results

A chilly morning and a lunchtime downpour did not dampen enthusiasm at Aboyne Games on Saturday 5th August, writes Jack Taylor After a welcome by the Chieftain the Marquis of Huntly, commentator Graham Thomson gave a moving tribute to his predecessor Robbie Shepherd who died three days previously. Fiddler Paul Anderson then played his own composition Lament for Robbie Shepherd:  At the conclusion of proceedings Piobaireachd judge Malcolm McRae was…