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Glenfiddich Result

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The 2014 championship was won by Stuart Liddell (pictured above on his way to victory and below with the trophy) who placed 3rd in Ceol Mor and 2nd in the MSR. Runner-up was Bruce Gandy and third Roderick MacLeod. . Full results Ceol mor 1 Roderick MacLeod, Isabel MacKay 2 Bruce Gandy, Big Spree 3 Stuart Liddell, Lament for Colin Roy MacKenzie 4 William McCallum, Rout of the Lowland Captain…

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PP Editor’s Blog 24/10/14

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[easyrotator align=”left”]erc_14_1414056032[/easyrotator] To the annual Glenfiddich competition tomorrow for my first visit in four years. I don’t suspect much will have changed at an important championship whose prime virtue is the treatment and reward for the pipers, with gratis hospitality throughout an enjoyable weekend. Another virtue is that the qualifying structure is pretty rigidly stuck to with very few disputed invites over the years. I do hope they have done something…

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Poster Reveals Details of 1785 Contest

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What did pipers play in solo competition almost 230 years ago? A poster from the 1785 competition held in Edinburgh for the Prize Pipe reveals all. It tells us that 50 pieces of ceol mor were heard during the gathering; it proves that the tunes we play today were in common currency back then; it shows that despite Culloden, its shameful aftermath and the Act of Proscription, piping continued to thrive in…

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Northern Ireland Piper of the Year – Critique

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This contest, run by the Northern Ireland Piping Society, was held in the ballroom at the Adair Arms Hotel in Ballymena, and despite a hum from the cooler behind the bar, it proved an ideal venue for a piping competition; plenty of floor space, plenty of audience space and a draughtless ambience. There were very few listeners in for the piobaireachd in the afternoon  (not unusual, even in Scotland) but the…

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National Mod Piping (updated with jnrs.)

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Champion pipers at the National Mod piping held today at Eden Court Theatre, Inverness, were: Ceol Mor: 1 Sandy Cameron, Red Speckled Bull, £150 2 Colin Campbell, Corrienessan’s Sal., £100 3 Jonathan Greenlees, Lament for Donald Duaghal MacKay, £75 Ceol Beag: 1 Gordon McCready, £100 2 Gavin Ferguson, £75 3 Sandy Cameron, £50 H&J: 1 Colin Campbell 2 Gordon McCready 3 James McPhee Sandy Cameron pictured today after his big…

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