The CLASP Grade 2 World Amateur Solo Piping Competitions took place at St Aloysius Convent Chapel on August 10 as part of Piping Live! 2022. The results were as follows: Grade 2 Overall Winner – Alisdair Beaton Piobaireachd Donald Morrison Dorothy Moodie Laura McEwan 2/4 March John Nevans Alisdair Beaton […]
The CLASP Grade 3 and 4 World Amateur Solo Piping Competitions took place at St Aloysius Convent Chapel on August 9 as part of Piping Live! 2022. The results were as follows: Grade 4 Overall Winner – Sheila Stewart Grade 4 – Piobaireachd Ground and Next Variation 1st Sheila Stewart 2nd Sue […]
Finlay Johnston was awarded the 2022 Silver Chanter last night, August 3, 2022. This was the 56th year of the competition as it returned home to the Isle of Skye after a four year sojourn at The National Piping Centre in Glasgow. The venue was Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, the Gaelic […]
The Dunvegan Medal took place today Tuesday, August 2, in the Skye Gathering Hall, Portree. The results were as follows: The Dunvegan Medal James MacKenzie Darach Urquhart Greig Canning Steven Leask Andrea Boyd Hornpipe and Jig Callum Beaumont Finlay Cameron Derek Midgley Roddy MacLeod Gordon McCready March Finlay Cameron Willie […]
The Scottish Pipe Band Championships were held today, Saturday July 30, at Levengrove Park in Dumbarton. The weather was overcast but warmish with occasional periods of sunshine. There was a new layout of the fields, and it didn’t feel like an improvement as it lost the iconic backdrop of the […]
Braemar Junior Games was held on Saturday, July 23. It is the “young” version of possibly the world’s best known Highland Gathering. Held in the same King George V Park, it really puts the fun into the games, surely meeting the organiser’s aim of giving the next generation a taste […]
The 71st Ulster Pipe Band Championships took place today, July 23, 2022 at Ballymena Academy. The results were as follows: Grade 4B Best Drum Corps – Syerla & District Syerla & District McDonald Academy Hollymount Altnaveigh Memorial Grade 4A Best Drum Corps – Kildoag Kildoag Cloughfin William Kerr Memorial Raphoe Ulster-Scots Grade […]
The North Uist Games were held on Friday, July 15, at Balelone Field, North Uist. Games secretary, Ada Campbell, said: “We had a very enjoyable day with good weather too. We had four Senior pipers, two from Skye and two local, and their performances were very much enjoyed. “The judges were Moira Robertson from Fort William […]
The Inveraray Highland Games took place yesterday, Tuesday July 19, in the grounds of Inveraray Castle. The CLASP results were as follows: Grade 1 – Piobaireachd John Nevans Craig Turnbull Iain Kirkwood Con Houlihan Grade 2 – Piobaireachd Ben Hall William Wardrope Duncan Lamont Dagmar Pesta Dorothy Moodie Hector Thomson […]
The Loch Lomond Highland Games took place on Saturday, July 16, 2022. The CLASP results were as follows: GRADE 3 GRADE 2 GRADE 1 Piobaireachd1st Rebecca Morris2nd John Todd Piobaireachd1st William Wardrope2nd Donald Morrison3rd Christopher Yeo4th Hector Thomson5th Duncan Lamont Piobaireachd1st Craig Black2nd Craig Turnbull3rd John Nevans4th Con Houlihan March1st John […]
