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Editor’s Notebook: Grade 1 Bands/ Scots Guards KO/ Scholarship/ Highland Pipers

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Knowledgeable attendees are reporting a very high standard of performance at last week’s band contest at Huntly, Aberdeenshire. I’m told four Grade 2 bands, Buchan Peterson, Grampian Police, Texo Deeside and Bucksburn, would not disgrace themselves in Grade 1. Given the dwindling numbers in that grade, this has to be good news. This week’s G1 draw for the British Championships at Ingliston on May 30 sports a grand total of…

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Guide to the Games 2026 – August & September

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We conclude our guide with thanks to the Royal Scottish Highland Games Association. Promoters please forward details on any information we have missed. August is an extremely busy month with 26 gatherings going on at various venues around the country. We have excluded competitions which are not essentially games events: CPA Bronze Medal, Skye Gathering, Northern Meeting, Silver Chanter, Lochaber Gathering. To promoters, please remember to send Piping Press your…

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Guide to the Games 2026 – May to July

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We are grateful to the Royal Scottish Highland Games Association for the bulk of this list of events this summer. It may not be comprehensive and if any reader knows of an event that has been missed, or any updates, please forward details. To pipers we say get out and support these contests, especially the non-graded ones. Graded events are well subscribed and often have to cap their list. Yes,…

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Victorian Pipers’ Results/ Virginia Championship Results

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On Saturday April 18th the Victorian Pipers’ Association held its first in-person contest of the 2026 season at Rupertswood Mansion in the grounds of Salesian College, Sunbury (Melbourne, Australia). Forty-one competitors registered for the competition. This was the first time a contest was held at this venue and it holds some historical significance. By Jonathon Quay, President, Victorian Pipers Association The contest was sponsored by the Sunshine Foundation, a charity created…

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Editor’s Notebook: Judging Seminar/ Carrick Gathering/ Hugh MacPherson/ MacCrimmon Memorial

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I am very much looking forward to the Piobaireachd Society judging seminar on Sunday in Perth. There are several traditional but uncommon tunes set for the competitions this year and this will be a perfect opportunity to examine some of them in detail. There will be short presentations on Pride of Barra, Port Urlar, Fare Thee Well Donald, Finger Lock, Lament for Airds, Castle Dunyveg, Rout of Glen Fruin, Battle…

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