The Caledonian Piping Club in Saltcoats, Ayrshire, have been running the Festival of Juvenile Solo Piping each October since 2003. The competition was established as a tribute to the Club’s co-founder, Colin McCallum, who died in October of 2002.

This year would have been the 20th competition if Covid-19 had not forced the event to be cancelled twice. The event co-ordinator, Gerard McClumpha, plans to mark the 20th anniversary of the death of Colin McCallum, with a ‘Champion of Champions‘ competition, and invite all the previous Junior & Senior ‘Champions‘ to the Festival of Juvenile Solo Piping in 2022.

•The prize winners in 2012 with senior champion, Christopher Gray, second from left and junior champion, Joshua Townsley, at the far right. •Photo: JohnSlavin@designfolk.com/Bagpipe.news

The list of winners who are invited back this year are:

Junior Champions

  • 2012 – Joshua Townsley               
  • 2013 – Donald C Stewart              
  • 2014 – Harry McLachlan                  
  • 2015 – Robbie MacIsaac               
  • 2016 – Brodie Watson-Massey         
  • 2017 – Ross Conner                       
  • 2018 – Luke Kennedy                       
  • 2019 – Jack McGowan                   

Senior Champions

  • 2012 – Christopher Gray  
  • 2013 – Scott Barrie 
  • 2014 – Harry Richards  
  • 2015 – Harry McLachlan 
  • 2016 – Luke Shearer 
  • 2017 – Ross Conner  
  • 2018 – Cameron May 

Previous junior and senior champions on the lists above should contact Gerard McClumpha by email for more information.

•Event Co-Ordinator Gerard McClumpha with the judges and trophies in 2012 •Photo: JohnSlavin@designfolk.com/Bagpipe.news