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

***•Bruce Gandy competing in the MSR at the Masters 2023***.

***•Grant Cassidy of Uddingston Pipe Band and new NYPBS drumming tutor came second in the The RSPBA British Solo Drumming Championships***.

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.