Ardrossan Games Junior Piping (updated)

No seniors at this contest held in warm sunny conditions on the Ayrshire coast but excellent piping from the young contestants. 13 Years & Under March 1st – Gregor Grierson 2nd – Zealand Niamh McElhinney 3rd – Fraser Hamilton 4th – Finlay Peden 5th – Christopher McCarton 6th – Ewan Allan 15 Years & Under MSR 1st – Bobby Allan 2nd – Luke Kennedy 3rd – Ross Connor 4th – Nicholas…

Army School CLASP Results

Margaret Dunn reports…Results from the Army School of Piping CLASP competition. The competition was held on Saturday, 2nd June and the judges were Tom Speirs and Connor Sinclair. Thanks to Alister Sinclair for the pictures. Participants are pictured above. Overall Winners: Grade 1 Stewart Gaudin Grade 2 Bianca Kail Grade 3 Dugald MacLeod Grade 3 Piobaireachd Ground 1st Robert Thomson 2nd Dugald MacLeod 3rd Joris Panis Grade 3 – Full Piobaireachd…

Bathgate Games Results

A warm sunny day at this small games west of Edinburgh. Pictured above are Gordon McCready and Graham Drummond winners of the ceol mor and strathspey and reel respectively. Piob 1 Gordon McCready, Battle of the Pass of Crieff 2 Callum Beaumont, Lament for Ronald MacDonald of Morar 3 Jonathan Greenlees, Lament for Donald Duaghal MacKay Judges: A Frater, T Speirs March 1 Matt Wilson 2 William Rowe 3 Gordon McCready 4…

Dundee City Results/ Dunbar/ Gourock

Dundee City contest was held today in improving weather in the east coast town. The above picture shows the contest arena outside the city’s Caird Hall. For yesterday’s Dunbar contest click here for details on George Heriot’s big win in G2. For Gourock and Inveraray’s narrow win over Scottish Power click here. Grade 4B 1 MacKenzie Caledonian Nov B 2 Coupar Angus Burgh 3 Dollar Academy Nov B Grade 4A…

FM Win First Outdoor of Season (Updated with Pictures and Full Report)

Ards & North Down Championship Story by Gilbert Cromie Pictures by John Kelly Field Marshal Montgomery Pipe Band from Lisburn (pictured) won the first outdoor contest of the Northern Irish pipe band season today by taking first at the Ards and North Down Championships at Bangor. The championship, the first pipe band contest of the 2018 season, was held at Castle Grounds, Bangor on Saturday 12th May.  Hosted by the…