For the second year running, Liam Kernaghan of Dunedin, New Zealand was the overall winner at the annual New Year’s Day solo piping competition at Waipu in the country’s North Island. The town’s annual highland games was cancelled but the A Grade solo piping competition went ahead. Results:Ceòl Mòr – […]
UPDATED WITH THE TUNES PLAYED – The results from the recent online competition organised by the Scottish Piping Society of London (SPSL) are as follows: C GradeCeòl Mòr – 1. Luke Kennedy (Lady MacDonalds’ Lament); 2. Scott Armstrong (I Got a Kiss of the King’s Hand); 3. Andrew McPhee (Isabel MacKay); […]
Young Scottish piper, Robbie MacIsaac, pictured, has invented a blowstick which he claims controls the level of moisture in pipe bags. Robbie is from Falkirk and is a member of ScottishPower Pipe Band’s pipe corps. He has been working on his system – called FLUX – for the past six […]
By Margaret Dunn (of CLASP) Members of the CLASP (Competition League for Amateur Solo Pipers) last week uploaded their video entries to our Remote ‘Video Submission’ Competition. Judging by the large entry, it proved to be a popular contest among the membership. Due to the inevitable uncertainty surrounding the ongoing […]
Stuart Liddell of Inveraray, Scotland took home the overall prize at the 2020 Glenfiddich Piping Championship, held yesterday behind closed doors in the Ballroom of Blair Castle in Perthshire, Scotland. Inveraray & District Pipe Band’s Pipe Major notched two seconds which were enough to secure him the overall title. It […]
Ian Burrows, the Project Officer for the RSPBA’s Northern Ireland branch, retired last week. A native of Lisburn, Ian had been in the role for eight years. A spokesman for the branch said: “We wish to sincerely thank Ian for his service and commitment since commencing the role in 2012. […]
The results from this weekend’s Nicol-Brown Amateur Invitational Piping Competition are: Ceòl Mòr – 1. Stuart Marshall, Stokesdale, North Carolina, pictured (The MacLeods’ Salute); 2. Tyler Destremps (I Gave A Kiss To the King’s Hand); 3. Sandy Adams (Hector MacLean’s Warning); 4. Justin Howland (The MacDougalls’ Gathering); 5. Jessica Bain […]
Calum Brown of Aberdeen, Scotland and Bobby Allen of Chryston, Scotland, came out top today at the annual Shotts & Dykehead Caledonia Solo Competitions. Brown won all five senior events. The competition was held online due to the cornoavirus pandemic. ResultsOpen 18 Years and OlderCeòl Mòr – 1. Calum Brown; […]
Ben McClamrock of Washington DC, USA and Alex Gandy of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada came out top at the Competing Pipers’ Association’s recent online competitions for those members graded Premier or A Grade. Results: Ceòl Mòr – 1. Ben McClamrock (Ronald MacDonald of Morar’s Lament); 2. Sandy Cameron, Roy Bridge, […]
The National Piping Centre, Glasgow, Scotland – August 13, 2020 – Callum Beaumont of Dollar, Scotland, won the annual invitational Pipe Major Alasdair Gillies Memorial Recital Challenge. This was Callum’s second win of this popular event, having won it last year. Held behind closed doors as part of this year’s […]
