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 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.