PP Editor’s Blog 12/12/14

I was down at the RSPBA HQ last weekend to see the presentation of a painting by Duncan Brown to P/M Bob Shepherd MBE. The presentation was made during a meeting of the Association’s Board of Directors, the honours carried out in articulate fashion by Bob’s fellow judge Joe Noble on behalf of the Adjudicators Panel. Joe pointed out how well-deserved the honour was. The painting represented all Bob’s major achievements: his…

PP Editor’s Blog 24/10/14

[easyrotator align=”left”]erc_14_1414056032[/easyrotator] To the annual Glenfiddich competition tomorrow for my first visit in four years. I don’t suspect much will have changed at an important championship whose prime virtue is the treatment and reward for the pipers, with gratis hospitality throughout an enjoyable weekend. Another virtue is that the qualifying structure is pretty rigidly stuck to with very few disputed invites over the years. I do hope they have done something…

Glenfiddich Invites: Updated with Judges 2014

The following pipers have been invited to play at the Glenfiddich Championship held each October at Blair Castle, Perthshire (qualifying event(s) in brackets): Iain Speirs (holder and Northern Meeting Clasp and pictured above with the Glenfiddich trophy) Bruce Gandy (Snr. Piob. at Oban) Douglas Murray (double Gold Medallist 2014) Roderick MacLeod (Bratach Gorm 2013) Stuart Liddell (Masters Champion and Former Winners’ MSR at Oban) Niall Stewart (Former Winners’ MSR at…