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Killin Games Results

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A blustery day in picturesque Perthshire. Ten competed in the seniors. Judges reported an outstanding standard of play particularly from the top three in each event. Piob:1 Connor Sinclair2 Angus MacPhee3 Ben Duncan4 Cameron MayJudges: I Duncan, D Fraser March1 Connor Sinclair2 Ben Duncan3 William Geddes4 Luke Kennedy S&R1 Ben Duncan2 Connor Sinclair3 William Geddes4 Cameron May Jigs1 Connor Sinclair2 William Geddes3 Ben Duncan4 Angus MacPheeJudge: B Donaldson Champion Piper:…

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Skye Gathering 2022 Results – Kemble Star March & S&R Added

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The annual, two-day Skye Gathering piping competitions began yesterday in Portree. Twenty-six entered for the Dunvegan Medal contest for which pipers have to submit four MacCrimmon tunes. Previous winners are excluded and play for the Col. Jock MacDonald Clasp to the medal. The winner of the 2022 medal was James MacKenzie, a former pupil of the late Iain Murdo Morrison. James played Rory MacLeod’s Lament. We will add to the…

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A Spectator View from the 2022 Scottish Pipe Band Championships

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I spent a pleasant and interesting day at the Scottish Championships held in Levengrove Park, Dumbarton in the west of Scotland last Saturday.  Despite encountering heavy rain on the M8 motorway during my journey early morning, it turned out to be a fine day, dull and hazy but warm in the morning, and then sunny in the afternoon.  That was a total contrast to the last time the Championships were…

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Scottish Championships/ St Columba’s, Kilmalcolm Job/ Junior Festival Solos

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Solo adjudicator and former Scots Guards piper Roger Huth on the Scottish Pipe Band Chanmpionships last weekend: ‘I had the joy of wandering among the sounds of our great competing pipe bands yesterday at the Sottish Championships and seeing not a few of our superstars in action in the Grade One arena. I found rare space on a grassy rampart overlooking the hallowed spot and at 1400 the procession of…

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Field Marshal Are Scottish Pipe Band Champions

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Field Marshal Montgomery Pipe Band, Northern Ireland, are the new Scottish Champions after a hard fought contest at a warm, dry Levengrove Park, Dumbarton. The win gave P/M Richard Parkes his second championship of the season. His win sets up a Champion of Champions showdown with Inveraray as we head to the Worlds in August. Both bands have two majors apiece. The other G1 places went to: 2 Inveraray3 Boghall4 Shotts5…

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