The Competition League for Amateur Solo Pipers took place on Saturday, June 3, in The National Piping Centre at McPhater Street. The overall winner in Grade 1 was Theo Pratt; Grade 2, Donald Morrison; and Grade 3, James Acheson. The full results were as follows: Grade 1 – Piobaireachd Grade […]
A large entry competed today, May 28, on the grounds of Blair Castle for the annual Atholl Gathering, Scotland’s first major outdoor solo piping contest of the year. Roddy MacLeod was the Overall Winner and Junior Overall was Arran Green. The full results are as follows: P/A Piobaireachd B Piobaireachd […]
By MARGARET HOULIHAN. This was another well attended ‘Live Online’ CLASP competition. For Grade 1 CLASP competitors, there was one final chance to win an invite to compete at the inaugural amateur invitational competition at The Sun Belt in Florida in November this year. Eric Stein, who runs the Sun […]
The RSPBA Dundee, Perth and Angus Branch held a very well attended competition in the grounds of Dollar Academy today. The full results are as follows: GRADE 1 Drums: Peoples Ford Boghall & Bathgate Caledonia Pipe Band GRADE 2 Drums: Buchan Peterson Pipe Band GRADE 3 Drums: Pitlochry & Blair […]
The pipe band season returned to Scotland over the weekend of May 13 and 14 at Banchory, Dunbar and Gourock. The full results are as follows: Dunbar Pipe Band Championships, May 13, 2023 Grade 1 Grade 2 Drums: City of Edinburgh Grade 3 Drums: City of Newcastle Juvenile Novice Juvenile […]
Colin Melville of Munlochy on the Black Isle, Scotland, is the winner of the 40th anniversary composing competition launched recently by the Lowland & Border Pipers’ Society (LBPS). There were 21 composition entries submitted for the competition. Colin’s tune will be entitled The Lowland & Border Pipers’ Society. He wins […]
Cameron Drummond of Edinburgh was the winner of the popular Pipe Major’s Wheel of Fortune competition, which was held at Danderhall Miners’ Club in Midlothian on Saturday 29 April 2023. The event, which is hosted by the City of Edinburgh Pipe Band, requires pipers to play a medley of tunes […]
The Highlands & Islands Music & Dance Festival is taking place today, April 29 in Oban High School. The competitions are organised by the Netherlorn Piping Society. The solo piping results so far are as follows: P/A Grade Piobaireachd P/A Grade March, Strathspey and Reel B Grade Piobaireachd B Grade March, […]
The American Pipe Band Championships took place as part of the Virginia International Tattoo in Norfolk, Virginia on Saturday, April 22. The event was live streamed on Facebook and all the performances are available to watch on the links below. Go directly to Ulster Scottish Pipe Band’s Grade 2 winning […]
The Scottish Pipers Association Professional competition was held in The National Piping Centre today April 22. The overall winner was Roddy MacLeod and the full results were as follows: C Grade Piobaireachd 1st Keith Bowes £70 2nd Finlay Frame £40 3rd Robbie MacIsaac £20 4th Andrew Smith 5th Kyle Shead […]
