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Uist & Barra 2025 Results

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This competition was held today, March 1, at the Piping Centre in Otago Street, Glasgow. Pipers were given their tunes one week in advance. There was an appreciative audience throughout the day. Ten invited pipers competed. Ceòl Mòr for the Glasgow Highland Club Medal1 Angus MacColl, £220, Red Speckled Bull2 Callum Beaumont, £175, Lament for the Earl of Antrim, 3 Calum Brown, £110, A Son’s Salute to his Parents MSR1 Stuart…

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Piobaireachd Society Announce Details of Annual Conference

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The 2025 Piobaireachd Society Annual Conference will take place in the Royal George Hotel, Perth. The dates are March 28 – 30. Society committee meetings are held on the Friday afternoon and then members and friends gather in the evening for a relaxed meal. The conference proper begins the following morning. There are two papers before lunch and two after, each of around 40 minutes. Talk 1: 9.30 – 10.15am: ‘Gems from…

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Get the Max in Jax! Florida Pipe & Drum Academy Registrations Open

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The 2025 Florida Pipe and Drum Academy is now open for registration, reports Director Chris McKeown. The school will be held from 16 – 21 February in Jacksonville. Sunday 16th at 6pm is the meet and greet at Holiday Inn Express, 13934 Village Lake Cir, Jax, Florida 32258. Holiday Inn Express is the host hotel. Hotel group rate here. Classes cost only $600 for a week of world class instruction. They…

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George Watson’s College ‘Caritas Banner’ Results/ George Sherriff, Ontario, Results

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The George Watson’s College competition for the Caritas Banner was held at the Edinburgh school yesterday, November 24. Organiser P/M Ben Duncan reported: ‘It was a great day of tunes with 55 pipers entered and some of the very best in the business on the pen. The event was kindly sponsored by the Piobaireachd Society and Kintail Bagpipes. ‘The winner Fraser Hamilton received the coveted Caritas Banner and a beautiful…

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London Championship Results

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This contest was held in the Caledonian Club, Belgravia, on November 15/16. Bratach Gorm1 Finlay Johnston, Lament for the Union2 Callum Beaumont, Lament for MacLeod of Colbeck3 Alasdair Henderson, Phantom Piper of the Corrieyairick4 Jamie Forrester, Daughter’s Lament5 Nick Hudson, Farewell to the Queen’s Ferry Open Piobaireachd, William Gillies Cup (6 tunes)1 Stuart Liddell2 Finlay Johnston 3 Iain Speirs4 Callum Beaumont 5 Calum Briwn MSR: London Medallion & John MacFadyen…

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