Entries for Oban and Inverness close at midnight tonight. If you haven’t got your name down you need to move quickly. No late entries will be accepted and this includes all senior events. Of course an entry is no guarantee that you will be allowed to play. This will be decided at a meeting of promoters, with input from the Competing Pipers’ Association, on February 16. Pipers will be notified…

Interesting response to Allan Hamilton’s comment on Dolina MacKay and her son Evan. Allan wrote: ‘Evan MacKay, a prominent pupil of the College of Piping in the ’50/’60s. Quite a character too. Attended Woodside Academy [Glasgow] and always dressed in the kilt. All the time. In his 20s he joined the Army for a week and decided it wasn’t for him. He joined Glasgow Police …. before joining Hong Kong…

Logan Tannock, President of the Scottish Pipers’ Association: ‘Thank you for the stories on John Scott. They brought back memories of my early days at the SPA club nights at the Dorchester Hotel. I remember John, Captain Alex Fraser and Dolina MacKay, and yes I remember the Thow drones and how sweet they sounded. ‘John was always willing to offer advice to me as a young player, or indeed any…