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Argyllshire Gathering Judges and Background to this Prestigious Competition

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The adjudicators for this year’s Argyllshire Gathering to be held at Oban on August 26 and 27 are as follows:  SENIOR PIOBAIREACHD Bill Livingstone, Iain MacFadyen, John Wilson. GOLD MEDAL Willie Morrison, Jack Taylor, Bob Worrall. SILVER MEDAL Patricia Henderson, Ronnie MacShannon, Alan Forbes. MacGREGOR MEMORIAL MEDAL Malcolm McRae, Robert Wallace, Bill Wotherspoon, Andrew Wright. FORMER WINNERS’ M, S & R Jimmy Banks, Ian McLellan,  Stuart Samson.   <a href=”https://ppresshop.myshopify.com/cart/1106383835:1″ target=”_blank”>Buy…

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Argyllshire Gathering Contestants for 2015 Announced

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The Argyllshire Gathering has confirmed the following names for this year’s prestigious piobaireachd competitions to be held at Oban on August 26th, 2015. There will be 28 competing for the Silver Medal with two reserves, and 29 for the Highland Society of London’s Gold Medal, no reserves. Last year’s winner of the Oban Silver Medal, Decker Forrest, is pictured above with the Duke of Argyll, the Chieftain of the Gathering. Read…

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Argyllshire Gathering Announcement

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Assistant Piping Steward Torquil Telfer has announced that entries for the MacGregor Memorial competition can now be taken via the Argyllshire Gathering website. Previously they had to be sent to the competition secretary and organiser Angus Nicol in London. Mr Telfer said: ‘This change will make things easier for everyone but I would like to emphasise that Angus Nicol remains in overall charge of the MacGregor on behalf of the…

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