Day one of the Northern Meeting took place yesterday, August 31, at The Eden Court Theatre in Inverness. There were four competitions throughout the day for the Highland Society of London Gold Medal, the Silver Medal, the MSRÂ for A Grade pipers and the Silver Star for former winners of the MSR.
The winner of the Highland Society of London Gold Medal winner was Dr. Innes Smith who has been in the prize lists of top competitions for years with a recent win of the RG Lawrie Ram’s Horn Snuff Mull for the A Piobaireachd competition in London, November 2022. He was also invited to play at the Captain John MacLellan Memorial Recital in 2016.
Matt Pantaleoni from the US won the Silver Medal, Craig Sutherland won the A-Grade MSR and Callum Beaumont won the Silver Star for former winners of the MSR. The full results were as follows:
Highland Society of London Gold Medal
- Innes Smith – Sobieski’s Salute
- Willie Rowe – Menzies’ Salute
- Jamie Forrester – Rout of the Lowland Captain
- Derek Midgley – Menzies’ Salute
- Sarah Muir – Abercairney’s Salute
Judges: Patricia Henderson, Dr Angus MacDonald and Malcolm McRae
Silver Medal
- Matt Pantaleoni – Fair Honey
- Anna Kummerlow – Fair Honey
- Cameron May – Lament for Finlay
- Bobby Durning – Nameless, Hihorodo tra cherede che
- John MacDonald – Weighing from Land
Judges: Bruce Hitchings, Niall Matheson and Roddy Livingstone
A Grade MSR
- Craig Sutherland
- Angus J. MacColl
- Calum Brown
- Derek Midgley
- Sean McKeown
Judges: Bill Wotherspoon, Ian Duncan and Robert Wallace
Silver Star – Former Winners’ MSR
- Callum Beaumont
- Finlay Johnston
- William McCallum
- Alex Gandy
- Angus D. MacColl
Judges: Iain MacFadyen, Murray Henderson and Robert Barnes