Piping Press

A good, warm day [24th August 2019] with five seniors and 10 in the junior competition. Prizewinners are pictured above. Senior Piobaireachd 1 Jacob Dicker2 Angus MacPhee3 Hamish Drennan 4 Archie Drennan Senior March1 Angus Macphee2 Jacob Dicker3 Christopher McLeish Senior Strathspey & Reel1 Angus Macphee2 Jacob Dicker3 Hamish Drennan  Senior Jig1 Archie Drennan 2 Christopher McLeish3 Angus MacPhee 15 & Under PipingPiobaireachd 1 Ruaraidh Drennan2 Kyle Cameron  15 & Under March1 Kyle Cameron2…

Derek Maxwell has sent these photographs and this information: Angus McColl of Benderloch,Oban, takes home  the 2019 Captain John MacLellan Memorial Medal.Held at The Waldorf Astoria Hotel in Edinburgh, four pipers compete playing piobaireachd composed by Captain John MacLellan M.B.E. The pipers were Angus MacColl (Benderloch), Bruce Gandy (Halifax, Nova Scotia), Glenn Brown (Milton, Ontario) and Pipe Major Ben Duncan (Edinburgh) Group [top] left to right: Bruce Gandy, Angus D…

The annual Lochaber Gathering was held in Fort William yesterday, writes the Editor. The day was a major success for Ontario piper Sean McKeown who took three firsts and a second prize. His awards included the Gold Lochaber Axe for Piobaireachd. Sean is pictured above (second from the right) with the other senior prizewinners (l to r) Andrew Lewis, Minnesota, Sandy Cameron, Roy Bridge and James McHattie, PEI. Fifty four…

Warmish sunny day at Lonach in Strathdon. Twelve played in the seniors. Piobaireachd1. Calum Brown 2. Greig Canning 3. Anna Kummerlöw4. George Taylor 5. John MacDonald6. Duncan Watson Judges: James Hamilton, Archie Maclean, Ian Duncan March1. Ross Shand2. Calum Brown3. Greig Canning 4. Ross Miller5. Anna Kummerlöw 6. Jeffrey Lawson Strathspey & Reel1. Calum Brown2. Ross Miller3. Greig Canning 4. George Taylor 5. Anna Kummerlöw 6. Jeffrey Lawson Willie Grant composition 1. Greig Canning, Doune of Invernochty 2. Calum Brown, Doune…

We hope you have enjoyed MacStig’s contributions to PP over the summer. He, and he alone, has provided our Grade 2 bands with entertaining commentary throughout the 2019 pipe band season. We know the bands are grateful for it and his thousands of readers are testament to his popularity. Thank you MacStig! In his final piece today he leaves us with a few words on the 2019 Worlds. Given the…