A Day at the Games in the West Highlands

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I know I keep harping on about how enjoyable the games are, but last week at Tobermory was a blast. We met up on the Wednesday night and went for a meal, we being my fellow judges, P/Ms Ian Duncan and Ian McLellan, Andrew Frater, and piping convenor Torquil Telfer and our respective ladies.  Ian Mc is involved in the compiling of the new Argylls book of pipe tunes (Ian…

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Hallkirk Games, Pacific North West Results, AP Campbell on the Games, WW1 Tunes, Tom Peterkin

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Results for Hallkirk Games and in the US the Pacific Northwest band and solo competitions, have been posted on the Results pages. The picture above shows Colin Campbell, Aberlour, the Champion Piper at Hallkirk. Colin is playing at Tobermory Games in beautiful conditions under the famous piobaireachd tree. Writer, poet, broadcaster and actor Angus Peter Campbell, father of noted young player Brighde Chaimbeul, had an interesting article on the games…

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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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