The annual Vale of Atholl Pipe Band Junior solo piping and drumming competition took place yesterday at Pitlochry High School. The entry to what was the organisation’s 45th year of running the contest was the largest in recent years. Entry at this competition is confined to Perthshire, Dundee and Angus […]
Alastair Lee of Coquitlam, British Columbia, won both of the top solo piping competitions at the annual Winter Storm competitions held in Kansas City. The feat won him the President’s Trophy (awarded to the piper who wins both Gold Medlas for light music and pibroch events). Lee received the trophy […]
The Competition League for Amateur Solo Pipers (CLASP) held its first competition of 2020 yesterday at the National Piping Centre (NPC) in Otago Street in the west end of Glasgow. There was a large entry – including some from as far afield as Germany, Sweden and England. The competition was […]
The Scots Guards Association Junior Solo Piping Competition took place today at the Army School at Inchdrewer House, Edinburgh. The results were: Under 15Ceòl Mòr – 1. Kyle Cameron; 2. Lewis Maxwell; 3. Fraser Hamilton; 4. Ryan McCreadie.March – 1. Fraser Hamilton; 2. Ryan McCreadie; 3. Curran Stainthorpe; 4. Ewan […]
Despite the cold weather, this year’s sixth annual Shotts & Dykehead Caledonia Pipe Band’s annual junior piping and drumming championships saw its highest entry. Organisers report 217 competitors at yesterday’s event which was held as ever at Calderhead High School in the Lanarkshire town of Shotts. The competition receives support […]
John Dew of Perthshire, Scotland goes through to the next round of the Scots Guards’ Knockout series. The Inveraray & District piper pipped Lewis Russell of Lanarkshire at the second quarter final this afternoon. The contest took place, as usual, at the Scots Guards Club in Haymarket, Edinburgh in front […]
George Balderose of the Balmoral School writes: Kayleigh Johnstone of Aurora, Ontario was the overall piping winner of the annual Balmoral Classic piping contest held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania last weekend. Remarkably, her brother, Colin won the George Sherriff contest held in Ontario that same evening. As well as the trophies, […]
Colin Johnstone, pictured, was the overall winner at last night’s George Sherriff invitational solo piping competition. The Aurora, Ontario piper’s first in the 6/8 March, second in the MSR and third in the Ceòl Mòr was enough to give him the overall title. Alistair Bevan, son of Simon Fraser University […]
The RSPBA’s North of Scotland held its annual solo competitions yesterday at The Gordon Schools in Huntly, Aberdeenshire. The results are: PIPING: Ceòl MòrOpen – 1. Jeffery Lawson.15 Years & Under – 1. Jake Robertson. 18 Years & Over Hornpipe – Jeffery Lawson; 2. Scott Oliphant; 3. Owen Chalmers.March – 1. Scott Oliphant; […]
Belgravia, London, England – Callum Beaumont was awarded the Bratach Gorm and overall title today at the Scottish Piping Society of London’s 80th annual solo piping competitions. The event was held at its plush new venue, The Caledonian Club. The win means Beaumont is the second qualifier for the 2020 […]
