Glasgow Police Pipe Band has appointed of Alisdair McLaren as its new Pipe Major. Alisdair replaces Iain MacPherson in the role. Alisdair, pictured right, is the Director of The National Youth Pipe Band of Scotland and has worked at The National Piping Centre for 10 years. He played previously with […]
An interview with the current Sovereign’s Piper, Pipe Major Richard Grisdale, featured in the July 2019 Piping Times. With this year being the bicentenary of the birth of Queen Victoria, who in 1843 instituted the position, we reproduce on bagpipe.news a series of articles written on the subject by Neville […]
The William Grant Foundation and The National Piping Centre are delighted to announce the list of invited players for this year’s Glenfiddich Piping Championships. The Glenfiddich was established in 1974 to inspire the world’s finest individual pipers and to seek the best overall exponents on Ceòl Mòr – or Piobaireachd […]
Royal Burgh of Stirling Pipe Band lifted the iconic Argyll Shield at Cowal Highland Gathering yesterday. Grade 1 was uncontested after Johnstone pulled out. The Burgh, officially a Grade 2 outfit, played up a grade. The band has been led since last season by Gary Nimmo (Pipe Major) and George […]
Birnam Highland Games took place today in changeable weather, writes Stuart Letford. In the morning the torrential rain caused quite a few of the competitors to leave their pipes in their boxes and head back home. There was a real possibility at one stage of the event being cancelled. However, […]
The results from yesterday’s Competition League for Amateur Solo Pipers (CLASP) competitions held on Day 2 of The Northern Meeting are as follows: Ceòl MòrGrade 1 – Bianca Kail; 2.David MacKenzie; 3. Stephen Ross.Grade 2 – 1. William Wardrope; 2. Dorothy Moodie; 3. Dugald MacLeod.Grade 3 (Ground) – 1. Hector […]
Callum Beaumont of Bo’ness, Scotland won the Clasp today on Day 2 of The Northern Meeting here in Inverness, writes Stuart Letford. His winning tune was The Daughter’s Lament. Callum also won the Inverness Clasp in 2018. Stuart Liddell of Inveraray, Scotland, followed on from where he left off late […]
Stuart Liddell continued his incredible run of success in recent weeks by winning the Silver Star Former Winners MSR tonight at the end of the first day of competitions at The Northern Meeting here in Eden Court Theatre, Inverness. This contest is for previous winners of the A Grade MSR […]
Competing pipers, judges, supporters, sponsors and organisers joined together tonight at a civic reception to mark the commencement of the Northern Meeting, writes Stuart Letford. At the reception in Inverness Town Hall, speeches were made by Councillor Bet McCalister who coincidentally represents the ward where the great John MacDonald of […]
Next weekend is a busy one for the Scottish Pipers’ Association, now celebrating its centenary. Firstly, pipers aged 60+ are being invited to “have a go” at next weekend’s annual Adult Amateur and Veterans Competition organised by the Scottish Pipers’ Association (SPA). The ‘Veterans’ contest takes place next Friday (September […]
