Ian K. MacDonald was the overall winner 2023 Glengarry Cup on a piobaireachd preference, and retains it from his win in 2022. The competition was held on Saturday, September 23, the Ottawa Branch of the Pipers’ and Pipe Band Society of Ontario. A piobaireachd event was added to the competition […]
The Springbank Invitational took place at the Argyll Arms Hotel, Campbeltown, Argyllshire, on Saturday, September 16, 2023. Fred Morrison was winner of the Piobaireachd competition and Stuart Liddell was the overall winner with a first place in the MSR and a second in the Piobaireachd. The full list of competitors […]
The amateur solo piping competitions of Chatsworth Country Fair were held on September 2 in the grounds of Chatsworth House in the Derbyshire Dales, England’s Peak District. The overall champion of Senior competition on September 3 was Callum Beaumont and the full results can be viewed here. The Competition League […]
Chatsworth Country Fair in Derbyshire attracted an entry of 16 pipers yesterday, September 3, with a total prize fund of over £3500. Warm weather with bright sunshine all day provided excellent conditions and a high standard was evident in all events. The overall champion, Callum Beaumont, received a further prize […]
The Blairgowrie & Rattray Highland Games took place today, September 3, at Bogles Field, Blairgowrie. There were 47 pipers competing in very fine weather for early September. Steven Gray was the overall winner of the Senior Open Grade and the full results were as follows: Senior – Open Piobaireachd Senior […]
It has been a very successful two days for Callum Beaumont at the Northern Meeting. Callum won the Senior Piobaireachd at Inverness yesterday, September 1, adding a Gold Clasp to accompany the Silver Star for MSR he won on day one of the competitions. Seonaidh Forrest, 13, a pupil at […]
Day one of the Northern Meeting took place yesterday, August 31, at The Eden Court Theatre in Inverness. There were four competitions throughout the day for the Highland Society of London Gold Medal, the Silver Medal, the MSR for A Grade pipers and the Silver Star for former winners of the […]
The Captain John A MacLellan MBE Memorial Dinner took place on Saturday, August 26 and the black tie event was held in Caledonian Hotel, Edinburgh. Iain Speirs won the event for the fifth time. The event is organised by the Eagle Pipers’ Society and they are delighted to report it […]
By Dr. JACK TAYLOR. His Majesty King Charles visited Lonach Games in Strathdon, Aberdeenshire today to mark the 200th anniversary of the formation of the Lonach Friendly Society. He was unfortunate to miss Andrew Donlon’s performance of Craigellachie, which gained him first prize in the Piobaireachd. Andrew’s long drive from […]
The photo above is somewhat misleading as it was a wet day yesterday in Oban, August 24, for the Argyllshire Gathering 2023. The weather wasn’t kind to the pipers in the light music competitions out in the fresh air of Mossfield Park. However the rain didn’t stop young Cameron Bonar, […]
