Results from the Duncan Johnstone 2025

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John Slavin
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For the first time ever in the Duncan Johnstone Memorial Piping Competition there was a father and son, Iain Simpson and Jonathon Simpson, winning trophies in the piobaireachd events today, Saturday March 22, at the National Piping Centre in Glasgow.

The competitions were open to B and C Grade members of the Competing Pipers’ Association and attracted a large entry. The National Piping Centre would like to thank all the volunteers for making the day run smoothly, including all volunteers from the Army School of Piping and Drumming.

B Grade events

Piobaireachd – The Barbara Gillies Trophy

•25 played

  1. Jonathon Simpson
  2. Andrew Smith
  3. Bobby Allen
  4. Alistair Brown
  5. Luke Kennedy
    Judges: Ronald McShannon and Cameron Drummond
•Father and son, Iain Simpson and Jonathon Simpson, winning first place trophies in the C and B piobaireachd events today.

MSR – The 1745 Trophy

•26 played

  1. Luke Kennedy
  2. Norman Gillies
  3. Anna Kummerlow
  4. Ruairidh Brown
  5. Jonathon Simpson
    Judges: Ian Duncan

Jig – The Keepers of the Quaich Trophy

  1. Callum Wynd
  2. Ruairidh Brown
  3. Finlay Frame
  4. James Frazer
  5. Christopher McLeish
    Judges: Ian Duncan

C Grade events

Piobaireachd Final – The Jimmie McGregor Trophy

•36 played in heats, 8 in final

  1. Iain Simpson
  2. Thomas Cangelosi
  3. Callum Davidson
  4. Catriona Norman
  5. Seamus Scullion
    Judges: Murray Henderson and Derek Fraser

MSR Final – The National Piping Centre Trophy

•38 played in heats, 6 in final

  1. Andrew Pattison
  2. Karen Warren
  3. Iain Simpson
  4. Andrew Hutton
  5. Liam Brown
    Judges: Patricia Henderson and John Wilson

Jig – The Roddy MacLeod Trophy for Jig Playing

  1. Marc Warnock
  2. Andrew Pattison
  3. Josh Esson
  4. Iain Simpson
  5. Liam Brown
    Judges: Sarah Muir and Barry Donaldson