A Look Back at the Scottish PB Championships and a Review of Grade 1

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A very busy week in the piping and pipe band calendar ended with the Scottish Pipe Band Championships at Dumbarton on Saturday. The championship, the fourth in the RSPBA roster, was won by Ireland’s St Laurence O’Toole. Today we carry a review of the Grade 1 contest from editor Robert Wallace. Comments on his comments are welcome. The above picture shows a SLoT piper playing in front of Dumbarton Rock,…

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St Andrews Games

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Six played in the open piping in cold and windy conditions. March 1st Ben Duncan 2nd Callum Wynd 3rd Jonathan Simpson 4th Lachie Dick Strathspey and Reel 1st Ben Duncan 2nd Jonathan Simpson 3rd Callum Wynd 4th Lachie Dick Jig 1st Callum Wynd 2nd Ben Duncan 3rd Jonathan Simpson 4th Lachie Dick Roderick Barron judged all events. John Dew won both the March and the Strathspey and Reel in the…

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St Laurence Win Scottish

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Dublin’s St Laurence O’Toole Pipe Band are the new Scottish Champions! SLoT pipped their old rivals Field Marshal Montgomery to the title, to the delight of many in the large crowd at Dumbarton. The win was P/M Alen Tully’s first championship title since he took over from his father Terry last year. P/M Tully is pictured with his front rank up top. Since then, SLoT have been threatening a big…

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Airth Games (Updated)

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Some heavy showers and intermittent sunshine. The above pictures shows Champion Piper Ben Duncan who continued his successful summer round the games with two first prizes and a second. Piobaireachd 1st J. Hazzard (MacNeill of Barra’s March) 2nd B. Duncan, McDougall’s Gathering 3rd R. Tierney, Too Long in This Condition 4th J.Miller, Lachlan MacNeill Campbell’s Fancy MSR 1st B. Duncan 2nd J. Miller 3rd J. Hazzard 4th R. Tierney H&J…

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Lochearnhead Games (Updated)

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A sunny day at times; ten competed in a high quality field. Piob: 1 Darach Urquhart (Big Spree) 2 Peter McCalister 3 Graham Mulholland 4 John Mulhearn Judges: A Wright, M McRae March: 1 Gordon McCready 2 John Mulhearn 3 Finlay Johnston 4 Ben Mulhearn Judges: A Forbes, A Frater S&R 1 Gordon McCready 2 Finlay Johnston 3 John Mulhearn 4 Graham Mulholland Judges: J Banks, G Lumsden [wds id=”17″]