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Jonathon Simpson continued his recent good form with a successful day in the far north. Overall winner, presented with the Mrs Margaret Carnegie Miller Gold Medal: Jonathon Simpson. Conditions were dry, sunny and warm.   Piobaireachd 1 Jonathon Simpson (Lament for the Viscount of Dundee) 2 Cameron McDougall (The Old Men of the Shells) 3 Finlay Cameron (Lament for the Iolaire) 4 Angus MacPhee (I got a Kiss of the…

Aboyne Games Open Piobaireachd Order of Play  – start 1030 Callum Beumont Andrew Hall Jordan Ednie Alan Clark John Dew James MacPetrie George Taylor Gordon Barclay Jack Taylor Timothy Ness Andy Graham John MacDonald Andrew Yu Allan Russell Duncan Watson Gordon MacReady Calum Brown Gregor McCulloch Edward Gaul Aboyne Games Open March     Open Strathspey and Reel Order of Play – start 1030 John MacDonald Gordon MacReady Timothy Ness Edward Gall Calum Brown Alan Clark Gordon Barclay Andrew…

By Alistair Aitken OBE, former RSPBA adjudicator This article continues my series providing observations on the 2019 outdoor competition season in the UK as it progresses.  Since my last posting on Piping Press there have been local competitions at Annan in Scotland and Corby in England (the venue for the World Pipe Band Championships in 1975).  There have also been two RSPBA Major Championships – the European Championships at Inverness…

Press release on the 80th Annual Competition of the Scottish Piping Society of London…. The Committee of the Scottish Piping Society of London is delighted to announce that the 2019 Annual London Competition will be held on Friday 1st and Saturday 2nd November at The Caledonian Club, Halkin Street, London, SW1. As part of the move to this new venue, we are looking forward to hosting the prestigious Am Bratach…

A lovely looking set of old ivory Lawrie pipes (pictured) are for sale today on the PP Online Advertising page. Check them out here. If you have pipes to sell you can support free access to Piping Press by taking out a similar ad with us. They are only £25 and you are guaranteed to reach thousands of prospective buyers. Thanks to correspondent Duncan Watson for forwarding these cuttings from…