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Hallkirk Games Results/ St Andrews Games Results

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A fine day in the far north at Hallkirk, Caithness, on July 29, and a good entry with all the pipers from the Durness Games the previous day taking part. Champion Piper was once more Angus MacPhee, Inverness (pictured on the day). Piob (9 played)1 Angus MacPhee, Battle of Auldearn No 12 Brian Lamond, Earl of Seaforth’s Salute3 Callum Dunbar, Field of Gold4 Hector Munro, Lament for MacSwan of Roaig5…

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Durness Games Results

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A fine, dry day in the far north if a little windy at times and a good entry from pipers who travelled a long way to compete. Champion Piper was Angus MacPhee who is enjoying a very successful summer at the games. Pictured above is Hector Munro, winner of the Strathspey & Reel. In a nice touch, competing pipers joined with locals to form a band to pipe in the…

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Highland Games News: Nethybridge, Arisaig, Mallaig & Morar, Killin

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Normally the Nethybridge Games clashes with the Worlds in Glasgow and as a result the entries for Nethy, the ‘friendly games in the forest’, have been manageable, reports Duncan Watson. This year those events don’t clash and there is a concern that the entries will exceed the management of the competition as there is just the one competition platform.  In view of this the Nethy Committee are placing a cap on the number…

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Piobaireachd Society Concert Details/ Young Piper Official Report and Pictures

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The Piobaireachd Society has announced the running order for its gala concert to held as part of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival on August 6. The concert will take place in the highly acclaimed St Cecilia’s Hall, Niddry Street, Edinburgh, start time 7 for 7.30pm. The tunes and the playing order is as follows: Pipers play in continuous fashion with no tuning in the auditorium. PP editor and Society President Robert…

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The Australian Ladies Pipe Band – Conclusion of the Definitive History

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Piping historian Jeannie Campbell brings our tale to a conclusion with a recap on the car accident which cost the lives of three people, including a member of the Lawrie bagpipe-making dynasty, and injured two members of the band…. The band was honoured by a Royal Command to play before the King and Queen at Braemar on 9th September, 1926, where they marched past the royal party. One paper reported…

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