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Editor’s Notebook: Northern Meeting/ Bronze Medal/ Band News/ Horst Kraus

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To Inverness today for the 2026 Northern Meeting, the second of the two major solo piping gatherings to be held within the past week. This year is unique in that the Clasp competition has been split into two Thursday heats, six from each going forward to a final on Friday. Most of the top players would be in Inverness on the Thursday anyway for the Former Winners’ MSR but the…

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Canada’s Sean McKeown on Winning the Gold Medal

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Winning the Gold Medal is something that I’ve been striving for for some time. It’s every piper’s dream to win ‘the Medal’. To have the opportunity to play for it, first of all, has been a great honour. My first year in the Medal, placing behind my good friend Ian K MacDonald twice on his double win in 2016, was a really special moment for me and now, all these…

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Birnam Games Results

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A warm, dry day in the Perthshire Highlands. Twenty-seven competed in the seniors. Overseas pipers were once again to the fore. Canada’s and SFU’s Cameron Bonar and Zephan Knichel were declared Champion Piper and light music champion respectively, with a good showing from Antipodean pipers too. Piobaireachd: 1 Jamie Hawke (NZ) 2 Anna Kummerlöw (Germany) 3 Arran Green 4 Cameron Bonar 5 Magnus Stone (USA) March: 1 Zephan Knichel 2…

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Lochaber Gathering Results – Pictures and Juniors Added

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This competition was held today, August 28, in Fort William. The senior events were held in and outside the Highland Cinema and the junior events on the lawns in the town centre. P/A Piobaireachd, Gold Lochaber Axe1 Cameron May, MacDonalds are Simple2 Calum Brown, Fingerlock3 Sandy Cameron, I Gave a Kiss to the King’s Hand4 Zephan Knichel, Earl of Seaforth‘s Salute P/A MSR1 Calum Brown 2 Sandy Cameron 3 Cameron…

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Reflections on Day 1 at the 2026 Argyllshire Gathering

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What a day for North America! Three of the five major prizes went to either Canada or the US with the other going to New Zealand. Scotland’s honour was saved by Finlay Johnston in the ‘big’ MSR – but with Ontario’s Ian K MacDonal right on his brogue heels. Ian’s compatriot Sean McKeown took the coveted Highland Society of London Gold Medal. This was a very popular win. Over the…

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