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Review: European Pipe Band Championship, Grade 1

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Can we talk bass drums? Why are they being thumped so hard? On Saturday at the Euros you would have thought some of these stick people were preparing for the 12th of July! I listened to all of Grade One and there was only one mallet man who produced the soft-stroke musicality, the sort of purr that blended with the bass drones. That was the chap from St Laurence O’Toole….

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European Pipe Band Championships 2026 Results

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The North Inch, Perth, was the venue for this year’s European Pipe Band Championships, the third major of the season. 119 bands entered. Field Marshal Montgomery were crowned Grade 1 champions. The weather was dry, warm, blustery and overcast. Grade 1 bands submitted two medleys, one chosen at the line. G2 bands two MSRs one chosen at the line; G3 one medley; Juv.: MSR. Grade 1 1 FMM2 Boghall3 SLOT4…

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USPF: Review of the Piobaireachd and a Trial of Colin MacLellan’s Judging Proposal

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I judged the United States Piping Foundation Professional Piobaireachd with Paula Glendinning on Saturday 20th June. It is one of the major US competitions and continues in memory of its founder, Maclean Macleod.   By Dr Jack Taylor MBE It has moved from Delaware to Maryland, and is superbly organised now by Peter Kent, Michael Rogers and their committee. You may have read Michael’s report and full results on Piping…

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Aberdeen Games Results 2026

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It was an almost perfect day for pipes at Aberdeen’s Hazelhead Park yesterday (June 21) – warm with light cloud cover, writes Piping Convenor Fraser Maitland. Some seagulls were spotted overhead when the jig of the same name was being played! Piobaireachd and light music judges talked of ‘good quality playing’. Champion Piper was Ben Duncan with three first in the light music and a third in piobaireachd. Twenty played in…

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United States Piping Foundation Results 2026

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The 38th annual United States Piping Foundation Amateur and Professional Piping Championships, held in memory of founder Maclean Macleod, took place on 20th June 2025 at the Cedar Lane Unitarian Congregation in Bethesda, MD, writes Mike Rogers. In the Amateur events there were 13 pipers from throughout North America, and 17 in the Professional events. Donald MacPherson Silver Quaich Amateur Piobaireachd (four tunes):1 Logan Gorsuch, Nameless Hiharin Dro o Dro2…

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