Cameron Drummond wins the Gold Medal at Argyllshire Gathering 2024

The first day of the Argyllshire Gathering took place yesterday, Wednesday, August 22, with Cameron Drummond winning the Gold Medal and an invite to the Glenfiddich Piping Championship in October.

Alasdair Henderson won his Gold Medal at the Argyllshire Gathering in 2023, and followed up yesterday by winning the Senior Piobaireachd to add to his collection of titles from Oban.

Kyle Cameron won the MacGregor Memorial Piobaireachd which is for pipers below 23 years old, John McDonald won the Silver Medal and Chris Armstrong won the Former Winners MSR.

Piobaireachd

Highland Society of London Gold Medal 

1. Cameron Drummond – Black Donald’s March
2. Nick Hudson – Nameless-Hiharin Odin Hiharin Dro
3. Derek Midgley – Nameless-Hiharin Odin Hiharin Dro
4. Brendon Eade – The Glen Is Mine
5. Andrew Donlon – Farewell to the Laid of Islay
   Judges: Bruce Hitchings, Ronnie McShannon and Willie Morrison.

Silver Medal

1. John McDonald
2. Cameron May
3. Eddie Gaul
4. Callum Wynd
5. Luke Kennedy
   Judges: Bill Wotherspoon, Euan Anderson and Jimmy Banks.

Senior Piobaireachd

1. Alasdair Henderson – Mrs. MacLeod of Talisker’s Salute
2. Callum Beaumont – Lament for Donald Ban MacCrimmon
3. Stuart Liddell – A Son’s Salute to His Parents
4. Bruce Gandy – Nameless-Cherede Darievea
5. Craig Sutherland – Scarce of Fishing
   Judges: Angus MacDonald, John Wilson and Murray Henderson.

MacGregor Memorial Piobaireachd

1. Kyle Cameron
2. Cameron Bonar
3. Fraser Hamilton
4. Liam Nicolson
   Judges: Alan Forbes, Ian Duncan, Mike Cusack and Robert Wallace.

Former Winners MSR 

1. Chris Armstrong
2. Stuart Liddell
3. Willie McCallum
4. Sara Muir
5. Ian K. MacDonald
   Judges: Barry Donaldson, Bob Worrall and Iain MacFadyen.