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 […]
By Margaret Dunn. The 2020 World Solo Amateur Piping Competition, held online as part of this year’s Piping Live! festival, saw a record 125 entries from amateur pipers around the world. The results are below. The CLASP stewards connected live over 120 times last Saturday (August 8) with pipers from […]
Ashley MacDonald, Director of the Lewis & Harris Youth Pipe Band writes: “The Lewis & Harris Youth Pipe Band [pictured] usually holds an indoor solo competition every year. It’s limited to residents in the Western Isles, from the Butt of Lewis to Barra, and with over 500 pupils playing/learning chanter […]
By Margaret Dunn Yesterday, CLASP (Competition League for Amateur Solo Pipers) held its annual end-of-season competition. The competition marked the end of our 2019/2020 CLASP season and, as with our previous competition on March 23, this one was held digitally due to Covid-19 situation. It was a great success and […]
The online junior piping and drumming competition organised by Fife-based pipe band, Burntisland & District, has been voted a success by competitors, judges and organisers. A total of 202 entries were received in the piping (128 on pipes and 74 on chanter) from competitors in seven countries: the United Kingdom, […]
This weekend’s amateur piping competition held for members of the Competition League for Amateur Solo Pipers (CLASP) was voted an overwhelming success by competitors and judges alike. As a result of the Conronavirus pandemic, the contest was held using videoconferencing technology and audio files. Competitors – from around the world […]
