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PP Ed’s Blog: Judging Pupils/ Craig’s Book/Piob Concert/ Inverness Recital/ Black Watch Book

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At risk of boring everyone rigid, myself included, I repeat again that I do not have any problem with suitably qualified individuals being part of a judging bench when they have a student playing provided the usual declaration of interest is observed. Senior pipers must judge AND teach if we are to keep producing our Gordon Walkers, our Stuart Liddells, the Angus MacColls.  However, it sticks in the craw rather…

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Closkelt Continue on Victorious Way at the Mid Ulsters

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Report and results by Andrew Cromie  Pics by Brian Hasson, Norman Bell and Alan Cupples Closkelt continued their magnificent start to the 2018 pipe band season with another dominant performance, this time at the Mid Ulster Pipe Band Championships held last Saturday, June 2.  Cookstown High School provided the venue but it was the Co Down band that was the toast of Co Tyrone on a fine day with lots…

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Army School CLASP Results

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Margaret Dunn reports…Results from the Army School of Piping CLASP competition. The competition was held on Saturday, 2nd June and the judges were Tom Speirs and Connor Sinclair. Thanks to Alister Sinclair for the pictures. Participants are pictured above. Overall Winners: Grade 1 Stewart Gaudin Grade 2 Bianca Kail Grade 3 Dugald MacLeod Grade 3 Piobaireachd Ground 1st Robert Thomson 2nd Dugald MacLeod 3rd Joris Panis Grade 3 – Full Piobaireachd…

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Happiness for Helen and Darach at Piping’s Wedding of the Year

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And so it came to pass that there we were midst the mightily magnificent grandeur of Glasgow Cathedral. The organ thundered the ‘Bridal Chorus’ from Wagner’s Lohengrin, necks craned, eyes dampened and into our vision stepped a beautiful bride gracefully leaving her father to take her place beside her intended. This was piping’s Wedding of the Year, the union of Darach Urquhart and Helen Wilkinson. The warmth of the June day…

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Markinch Games Full Results

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Damp field in Fife at John Dixon Park, Markinch. Chieftain was the popular solo piping adjudicator P/M Jimmy Banks MBE.  Senior Results Piob (17 played) 1 Jonathan Greenlees 2 Ross McCrindle 3 Calum Brown 4 William Rowe Judges: A Frater, A Wright MSR (18 played) 1 Ben Duncan 2 Callum Brown 3 Scott Wallace 4 Brian Lamond Judges: R Barron, A Forbes [wds id=”6″] Juniors Piob 1 Hazel Whyte, Larkhall…

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