Uist & Barra 2019 Results, Updated with Pictures

This competition was held today, March 2, at the National Piping Centre, Otago Street, Glasgow. Pipers were given their tunes one week in advance and were allowed four minutes tuning. There was a large and appreciative audience throughout the day and the event was livestreamed over the internet for those who could not manage. Ceol Mor, Glasgow Highland Club Silver Medal and Finlay MacKenzie Challenge Trophy1 Finlay Johnston2 Iain Speirs3 Angus MacColl4…

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Northern Meeting and Argyllshire Gathering Competition Lists Announced With Rule Changes

Helen Urquhart, Secretary of the Competing Pipers’ Association, has sent this: The Eligibility Committee, made up of representatives from the Northern Meeting, Argyllshire Gathering, Competing Pipers’ Association and Senior Judges met in Perth on Sunday 24th February. Lists for this year’s Gold and Silver have been confirmed at both events and players have been notified. The full lists of competitors are attached to this press release.  At the meeting a…

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Argyllshire Gathering Announces Pipers for Gold and Silver Medals

The Argyllshire Gathering have announced the following pipers for their prestigious Gold and Silver Medal competitions to take place in Oban on August 21. The names were selected following a meeting of the Eligibility Committee which involves the promoters, the Competing Pipers’ Association and judges. The picture above shows last year’s Oban Silver Medallist Darach Urquhart, Kyle of Lochalsh, and Gold Medallist Stuart Easton, New Zealand. Gold Medal 12 Glenn…

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RSPBA Chairman Makes First Moves Towards Possible Return to One-Day Worlds

RSPBA Chairman John Hughes (left) has written to all Grade 1 pipe bands to gauge their views on the Friday Qualifying competition for this year’s World Pipe Band Championships. If the bands are so minded it could see the Friday scrapped in favour of one day of concentrated competition, Saturday August 17. The move would be welcome in some quarters as many see the Qualifier as unfair on bands who…

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PP Ed’s Blog: U&Barra/ Donald MacLeod/ Bruno Schroder/ St Cecilia’s Recital

The promoters of Saturday’s Uist & Barra Professional contest have issued this list of competitors and their tunes: 1 Connor Sinclair, Rory MacLoude’s Lament2 Glenn Brown, Beloved Scotland3 Alasdair Henderson, Blind Piper’s Obstinacy4 Finlay Johnston,  Battle of Auldearn No. 15 Sandy Cameron, Old Men of the Shells No. 16 Niall Stewart, Lament for the Iolaire7 Roderick MacLeod, Lament for Donald Duaghal MacKay 8 Cameron Drummond, Earl of Seaforth’s Salute9 Iain Speirs, I Got a Kiss of the…

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