The Army’s Ben Duncan picked up three first prizes at a cold and breezy Blair Atholl Games. Ben place first in the B Piobaireachd with the Lament for MacSwan of Roaig and first in the open MSR and H&J, thus continuing on the early season promise he showed at the Highlands & Islands Festival in Oban earlier in the month. A decent sized crowd were entertained by the band of the…
The Editor: Just to add a little flesh to my earlier comments about flaws in the grading system, I do think the whole business needs re-assessed with greater involvement of the judging fraternity. After all, it is the judges who sit through lengthy contests listening intently to each player as they come forward – something the current Competing Pipers’ Association Grading Committee don’t seem to do. They operate primarily on…
Here are the results from today’s senior piping at Oban. Stay tuned for comment and more from the Festival tomorrow. A Piob 1 Darach Urquhart, Cooper Salver, Earl of Ross’s March 2 Jenny Hazzard, Dougie MacColl Memorial Trophy, Lady Margaret MacDonald’s Salute 3 William Geddes, Earl of Seaforth 4 Allan Russell 5 Chris Armstrong Judges: A Wright, S Shedden B Piob 1 Greig Canning 2 Katherine Belcher 3 Connor Sinclair…
Here are a couple of pictures missed from the report on Saturday’s successful Glasgow & West Indoor contest at Coatbridge. They are of Adult Section drumming champion Craig Lawrie (below) of Lomond & Clyde PB and the other trophy winners (above). Good to see one of the ‘old stagers’, Eric Ward, putting his reputation on the line against the younger generation. I am sure the promoters appreciated his support for…
The draw for the Highlands & Islands solo piping has just been released: SENIOR PIPING, Saturday 2 May, 2015, Oban High School Adjudicators: A Wright, N Mulvie, R MacShannon, S Shedden, R Wallace, I MacFadyen, I McLellan, W Cowan. Class 27 Piobaireachd, Grade A & P 9am Trophies: 1st – Cooper Salver, 2nd – Dugald MacColl Memorial Angus J. MacColl, Benderloch Jenny Hazzard, Edinburgh Chris Armstrong, Airth Gordon Bruce, Kilwinning Cameron Drummond, Edinburgh Michael Elder,…
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