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Skye Gathering 2026 Senior Results

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The annual, two-day Skye Gathering piping competitions began today (Aug 4) in Portree. Twenty-eight entered for the Dunvegan Medal contest for which pipers have to submit four MacCrimmon tunes. Previous winners are excluded and play for the Col. Jock MacDonald Clasp to the medal. The winner of the 2026 medal was Angus MacPhee (pictured above with the medal, courtesy Cailean Maclean). We are still awaiting the other results from Portree….

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Skye Gathering/ Morar Results/ RSPBA £50k CEO

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Skye Gathering is underway in Portree with the hotly contested Dunvegan Medal the centrepiece. Twenty-eight pipers are vying for the award, all submitting four MacCrimmon connected tunes. The winner will be announced late afternoon. Here is the order of play: S Klinger, M Kessler, K Bowes, S Leask, T Krogh, E Cameron, B Watson-Massey, A Kummerlöw, G Canning, G Barclay, A Hall, J Elder, C Carn, E Gaul, A MacPhee,…

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Weekend Games Round Up

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Three games were held last Saturday and despite the clash of dates all managed to secure decent entries. Firstly Newtonmore in Badenoch, Calum Piobair country…. John Don MacKenzie on Piobaireachd and Niall Mathieson, the light music. Condition were bright and dry, a day for the big tunes and that’s what the pipers delivered. Champion Piper: Callum Wynd (pictured). Callum can be heard in recital next Sunday at the Piobaireachd Society’s…

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Observations on the 2026 Pipe Band Championships

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The Scottish Pipe Band Championships at Dumbarton last Saturday completed the first four majors of 2026. The results have been quite variable this year so it is difficult to predict who might prove to be this year’s World Championships winner – there are a variety of factors which might affect the outcome.   Firstly, however, it was pleasing to see the return of the five majors this year, there having…

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Arisaig Games Results/ Games News

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A blustery, overcast day on the west coast at Arisaig, but the sun came out for the last competitor on the boards. Nine played in the seniors. Two Northern Irishmen took the main awards, Peter McCalister the Piobaireachd and Andrew Hall, Champion Piper. Piobaireachd: 1 Peter McCalister, Red Speckled Bull 2 Martin Kessler, Battle of Auldearn No. 2 3 Andrew Hall, Battle of Waternish 4 Thomas Cangolosi, Battle of the…

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