The New Zealand Pipe Band Championships took place on Friday and Saturday, March 15 and 16 in Auckland. The full results are below, and the 8-hour long livestreams from Friday and Saturday are available to watch again now on YouTube. Grade 1 Grade 1 DRUMMING Grade 2 Grade 2 DRUMMING […]
Competition Results
75 Scottish school bands go head-to-head at coveted event
Renfrewshire pupils bag medal at major music championships Renfrewshire Schools Pipe Band hit the right note with the judges at this year’s annual Scottish Schools Pipe Band Championship (SSPBC), winning the highly-contested Freestyle category. In what was one of the most anticipated dates in the piping calendar, 97 schools went head-to-head vying for success […]
Results from Glasgow Highland Club’s Annual School Pipe Band and solo competition 2024
The Glasgow Highland Club’s Annual Competitions for schools’ pipe bands and individual pipers and drummers was held at Hutchesons’ Grammar School on Sunday, February 25, 2024. There was a strong entry to the competition with nine pipe bands competing and some 85 pipers and drummers entering the solo competitions. This […]
Results from the CLASP in-person March competition
The second CLASP in-person competition of 2024 was held today, Saturday, March 2 at the National Piping Centre. The judges were Emmet Conway (Light music) and Jonathan Greenlees (Piobaireachd). Overall winner Grade 1 – John Frater Overall winner Grade 2 – John Nevans Overall winner Grade 3 – Kathryn McEwan Grade 1 […]
Results from the Ardmore Cup Invitational Competition 2024
Connor Sinclair retained the Ardmore Cup yesterday, February 24, in Ardmore, Waterford, Ireland. This years competition featured ten top pipers: Alister Donaghy, Chris Earls, James Frazer, Bruce Gandy, Angus MacColl, Willie McCallum, Connor Sinclair, James Stone, Alen Tully and Scott Wallace. Judges were David Caldwell, Tim Farrelly and John Wilson. […]
Results from the National Piping Centre Junior competition 2024
The National Piping Centre’s Junior competition took place today, February 17, in both of the NPC venues at Cowcaddens and the West End. The full results were as follows: OVERALL WINNERSChanter Champion: Laura Shennan – Kevin Quail Memorial QuaichU13 Champion: Rory Forbes – Wallace Bagpipes TrophyU15 Champion: Lachlan Rennie – The NPC TrophyU18 […]
Results and photos from the Turakina Highland Games 2024
The 159th Turakina Highland Games took place on Saturday, January 28, on the north island of New Zealand. The event was first held in 1864 and is the oldest Highland Games in New Zealand. Thanks to Debbie Benton for permission to publish the photos below from herself and Neil Doherty. […]
Sandy Cameron through to the Guards Club Knockout semis
Sandy Cameron beat Christopher McLeish in the third heat of the Scots Guards Club Knockout competition yesterday, January 28. He joins the winners of the first and second heats, Angus J. MacColl and Brodie Watson Massey, in the semi-finals. The draw for the semis will follow the fourth heat which […]
Results from the Vale of Atholl junior competition 2024
The Vale of Atholl Pipe Band Junior Piping and Drumming Competition was held on Saturday, January 20, in Pitlochry High School. With more than 130 entries, it was their biggest competition ever. Paul McKay from Seattle, USA, who attends Dollar Academy, was the overall Champion Piper on the day. Kenzie […]
Congratulations to the 2023 CLASP ‘Live Online’ winners
The Competition for Amateur Solo Pipers offered three ‘Live Online’ competitions in February, May and November of 2023. These competitions are organised by Margaret Houlihan at The National Piping Centre in order to give amateur pipers across the world a chance to compete in the CLASP. The CLASP ‘Live Online’ […]