Bruce Gandy was the winner of the Masters Solo Piping Competition on Monday, August 14 at Piping Live! 2023, winning on a piobaireachd preference. The win gives Bruce Gandy a place in this year’s Glenfiddich Piping Championship, and Alasdair Henderson wins the invite with flights and accommodation to the Sunbelt Invitational in Florida. The full results were:
Piobaireachd
- Bruce Gandy – Unjust Incarceration
- Callum Beaumont – Phantom Piper of the Corrieyairick
- Finlay Johnston – My Dearest on Earth Give Me Your Kiss
- Angus MacColl – Phantom Piper of the Corrieyairick
- Roderick MacLeod – Lament for Donald Duaghal MacKay
Judges: Patricia Henderson, Colin MacLellan, Malcolm McRae
MSR
- Alasdair Henderson
- Willie McCallum
- Sarah Muir
- Cameron Drummond
- Ben Duncan
Judges: Murray Henderson, John Wilson, Bob Worrall
The RSPBA British Solo Drumming Championships was won by Stephen Creighton of St. Laurence O’Toole Pipe Band. The competition was held in The National Piping Centre Otago Street venue and was well attended.
