Category: Solo Piping

London: 12 Hours of Capital Piping

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Robert Wallace reprises the London Championship held on Saturday at Kensington Conference Centre: This was a long, but ultimately successful, day of piping. I have to applaud the committee of the Scottish Piping Society of London in managing to cram 120 pipers, hundreds of performances and a wheen of events into 12 hours – a credit to their organisation and the hard work of the stewards. However, it doesn’t need to be…

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London Championship – updated with pix

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Bratach Gorm 1 Jack Lee, Laird of Anapool (Jack is pictured above with fellow BC champion Ed McIllwaine – see below) 2 F Henderson, Donald Gruamach 3 R MacLeod, MacSwan of Roaig 4 G Brown 5 C Beaumont, Lament for Ronald MacDonald of Morar Judges: W Wotherspoon, C MacLellan, R Worrall Gillies Cup 1 B Gandy 2 I Speirs 3 R MacLeod 4 C Drummond 5 C Beaumont Judges: I…

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NZ Silver Chanter

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Silver Chanter MSR 1 Alasdair MacKenzie 2 Angus Hawke 3 William Rowe 4 Mike Redmond Judges: E MacCrimmon, B Switalla, I Blakeley Former Winners Clasp MSR 1 Alasdair MacKenzie 2 Jamie Hawke 3 Greg Wilson Judges: N Foster, E MacCrimmon, P Mair A-Grade Piob 1 Greg Wilson 2 Stuart Easton 3 Liam Kernaghan 4 Marion Horsburgh March 1 Greg Wilson 2 Stuart Easton 3 Liam Kernaghan 4 Jamie Hawke S&R…

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London Championship underway

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Today’s competition is now underway with a very large entry right through the grades. The organisers have announced that for the first time there will be overall prizes in both B and C grades. Here are the lists of competing pipers: Stay tuned for results.

Falkirk Tryst Competition

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[easyrotator]erc_14_1414056032[/easyrotator] This important, relatively new competition for talented young pipers was held on October 4th in Falkirk in Central Scotland. Main sponsor and founder of the competition, pipemaker Blue  MacMurchie, described this year’s standard of playing as at ‘the highest level’ possible for youngsters. One feature of the contest, and one that is always appreciated by the townsfolk is the parade of the competing pipers through the town after the…

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