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Piobaireachd Society Summer School

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The school is in full swing and yesterday we travelled by car from Sleat to Sconser for the ferry to Raasay. We piped down the slipway, we piped up the on-ramp, we piped on the way across, and we piped up the road to Raasay House, now a hotel. Why Raasay? Well this island should be a pilgrimage for every serious piper. It was, after all, the home of John…

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Reaction to Report on British Pipe Band Championships/ Victorian Pipers Results

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Alistair Aitken’s report yesterday prompted this response form a reader who has asked to remain anonymous: Who has got it wrong this time? What was the large seated main stand in between G1 and G2 arenas for? I was at Ingliston this year and all that you could hear from the stand was a mixture of G1 and G2 playing and a mixture of the next G1 and G2 bands…

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Review: The British Pipe Band Championships 2026

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The 2026 British Pipe Band Championship, the first RSPBA Major of the year, was held at the Royal Highland Centre at Ingliston, to the west of Edinburgh, on Saturday 30th May.  A total of 125 pipe bands had entered and, if my calculations are correct, 114 bands actually competed.  The weather was sunny before turning dull, but thankfully there was only a short period of rain towards the end when…

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Silver Chanter Details Announced/ CLASP Results

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The pipers who have qualified for this year’s Silver Chanter competition are as follows: Derek Midgley (Skye Clasp runner-up), Steven Leask (Oban Gold Medal), Brodie Watson-Massey (Inverness Gold Medal), Stuart Liddell (Argyllshire Gathering Senior Piobaireachd, Inverness Clasp), Alistair Brown (Dunvegan Medal), Sandy Cameron (Skye Clasp). The competition will be held at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig Gaelic College, Sleat, Skye, on August 5. The adjudicator is Dr Jack Taylor. Each piper has…

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British Pipe Band Championships – Shotts Triumph

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Shotts & Dykehead are the new British Pipe Band Champions winning Grade 1 today (May 30th) at Ingliston, near Edinburgh, in overcast weather conditions. Two Medleys were required in G1. Shotts were placed first by every judge in a sweeping victory. The other places in the top grade went to: 2 Boghall3 Inveraray4 Fife Police5 FMM6 FederationDrumming: Shotts Judges for the Grade 1 Championship were: R Mathieson, C Edgar, P…

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