Aboyne Games Reminder

Piping Convenor Dr Jack Taylor has asked us to remind pipers that entries for Aboyne Games close tomorrow.  The games take place on Saturday and entries must be in by 31st July. Register here: https://register.aboynegames.com/  As this is the 150th Anniversary of the games the prizemoney has been increased. First for Open Piobaireachd is £150 with a 10.30 start. The Games take place on the Aboyne Green, situated in the centre…

Inveraray are New Scottish Pipe Band Champions

Inveraray held on to the Scottish Pipe Band Champions crown for 2017 in a close fought contest at Levengrove Park, Dumbarton. Runners up were Field Marshal Montgomery with St Laurence O’Toole from Dublin third. SLoT also won the drumming. Best band on parade (Marching and Discipline): Buchan Peterson. Part of the Inveraray front rank is pictured above. 140 bands took part across all grades. Conditions were not cold but blustery…

Scottish Pipe Band Championships Underway

Blustery, damp conditions confronted the first bands on at today’s Scottish Pipe Band Championships at Levengrove Park, Dumbarton. The picturesque park juts out into the confluence of the rivers Clyde and Leven and as such can be very exposed in high winds. Today’s competition, the penultimate championship of the pipe band summer, is seen as an important pointer for the World Pipe Band Championships on August 11 and 12, though…

Tomorrow’s Scottish Pipe Band Championship at Dumbarton, Grade 2 Preview

Tomorrow sees the penultimate ‘major’ pipe band championship of the summer, the Scottish at Dumbarton. The weather forecast is for rain for much of the day and, given the exposed situation of Levengrove Park, bands should be prepared for wet and wind. That however will not blunt the pencil of our intrepid Special Correspondent……Some say he is an Adjudicators’ Panel reject; others claim he pipes for tourists in Glencoe; yet…

Arisaig Highland Games Results

Wet weather eventually cleared. Good entry. The Games featured the 13th annual Clan Ranald Gathering. A ceremonial march through the village was led by Lochaber Schools Pipe Band. Champion Piper was Sandy Cameron. Piobaireachd 1 Sandy Cameron (pictured above) 2 Angus J MacColl 3 Andrew Hall 4 John Dew 5 Caitlin MacDonald March 1 Angus D MacColl 2 Angus J MacColl 3 Sandy Cameron 4 John Dew S&R 1 Angus…