Entries for three of the 2025 Major Pipe Band Championships are now open. Grade 1 prizemoney at the three, the UKs on July 12, the Scottish on July 26, and the Europeans on August 9, is 1st £750, 2nd £550, 3rd £500, 4th £450, 5th £400, 6th £350. Prizemoney in all other grades is £100 less at every prize level, The cost to enter these three Championship is £20 per…
Atholl Gathering Piping Convenor Jack TayIor: ‘Solo piping entries at the Gathering open today, Friday 14th March. The entry form is here on the Atholl Gathering website. ‘Held on Sunday, May 25th, it is the first outdoor competition of the season and is always busy, so pipers are encouraged to put entries in early. ‘We will try and give everyone the chance to play, but if categories are too big we will have to restrict them on…
I am sure that we are not the only people who are have failed in our attempts to get in touch with bagpipe manufacturer RT Shepherd & Co. On a visit to Fife this week I called in to their premises in Cardenden to find the place locked up with curtains closed and blinds down. Local enquiries yielded scant information other than that around a month ago the premises had…
Many local pipe band enthusiasts were sad to hear of the passing of Pipe Major Bill Livingstone. Bill will ever be associated with his leadership of the 78th Fraser Highlanders from Ontario, Canada. He brought the band to Scotland in the early 1980s and in 1987 they went on to become the first from overseas to win the World Championships. Several days before that iconic event the band played in…
The in-person contest for amateur pipers was held at the Piping Centre on March 1. Pictured above are the overall winners (l-r) Adam Aitchison (G2), Lou Reid (G3) and John Nevans (G1). G1 Piob: 1 John Nevans 2 Donald Morrison 3 Craig Turnbull 4 Stewart Allan 5 Graham Farr; G2 Piob: 1 Adam Aitchison 2 Douglas Small 3 Alistair Robinson 4 Kathryn McEwan 5 Laura McEwan 6 Sally Mason; G3 Piob: 1 Sophie…
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