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…

Ceol Mor Concert Tickets Available/ AG Judges/ Blair Atholl Gathering

Tickets for the eagerly anticipated concert of ceol mor to be held in Edinburgh this August are now on sale via the Fringe Festival Box Office priced £10. The date is Sunday, August 12, at 7pm. The venue is the newly refurbished, 200-seat St Cecilia’s Hall, Edinburgh. The concert is expected to finish around 9.30pm and there will be a small reception afterwards. Click here to reserve your briefs for what…

Livestream and New Clarsach Contest at Armadale, Skye

The organisers of the Donald MacDonald Cuach competition have sent this: Finalists have been announced for two prestigious traditional music competitions to be held at Armadale Castle, Gardens & Museum of the Isles this June.  The Donald MacDonald Cuach piobaireachd competition, now in its 32nd year, will bring together five renowned pipers from across Scotland on 15 June. The following day introduces a major new competition for Senior Clàrsach, where…

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…