Warm with the occasional heavy rain shower on the east coast. A strong lineup of bands in the last contest before the Worlds. The Grade 1 MSR contest was open to Grade 2 bands who wished to “play up”. Overall1 Inveraray2 Boghall3 Scottish Power Medley1 Inveraray 2 Boghall 3 Scottish Power 4 Shotts5 Manawatu (NZ)6 Canterbury (NZ)Judges: T Brown, B Donaldson (Piping), D Millar (Drums), R Worrall (Ensemble) MSR1 Boghall…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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