Solo Piping Adjudicator Seriosuly Wounded in Highland Shooting

Solo piping judge John Don MacKenzie (circled) was shot and seriously wounded in yesterday’s violent incident in the the Highlands which left one man dead and three injured. John Don, an osteopath, was attacked in his home village of Dornie, Wester Ross. He is receiving treatment in Raigmore Hospital, Inverness. His wife Fay, a mental health nurse, was also injured in the attack and is being treated at a hospital…

Draws for Inverness Announced

The Northern Meeting piping competitions, to be held in Inverness on September 1 and 2, have released the draws for their junior and senior competitions. Scroll through the panel below to view them or download by using the arrows top right:

Masters Solo Piping Results

This competition was held today in the National Piping Centre in Glasgow as part of the Piping Live festival. Overall winner was Callum Beaumont on a piobaireachd preference. He is pictured above with his trophy. Seventeen entered in the light music and 16 in the piobaireachd. The competition is only open to Gold medallists and winners of ‘A’ grade light music events at Oban and Inverness. Piobaireachd1 Callum Beaumont, Lament…

Mallaig & Morar Games Results

Nine competed in cold, drizzly conditions on the far west coast. Piob: 1 Andrew Donlan2 Angus MacPhee3 Brian Lamond4 Fraser Allison March1 Andrew Donlon2 Angus MacPhee3 Brian Lamond4 Alistair Brown Strathspey & Reel1 Brian Lamond2 Andrew Donlan3 Chris McLeish4 Andrew Smith Hornpipe & Jig1 Andrew Donlan2 Brian Lamond3 Angus MacPhee4 Hector Munro Champion Piper: Andrew Donlon (pictured)Judge: A Maclean

Silver Chanter Result

The 2022 Silver Chanter winner was Finlay Johnston playing the classic Lament for the Children. (Finlay Is one of the invited pipers at the Piobaireachd Society Annual Concert on August 21 in Edinburgh.) The other pipers taking part tonight were Angus MacColl, Glenn Brown, William McCallum, Jamie Forrester and Callum Beaumont. Sponsor for this year’s event was Torabhaig Whisky whose distillery lies very close to the venue, the Gaelic college…