The Solo Piping competitions start at 9.30am and run throughout the day. There are Senior (18+) and Junior (U18) categories, and local competitors are welcome. Convener: Mr John Wright, Braemar Royal Highland Society, Committee Member The Open Senior section for both Pibroch & Light Music i.e. March, Strathspey & Reel is for over-18s — but […]
•Steven Gray was the Overall Champion Piper at Blairgowrie Games 2023 The Blairgowrie and Rattray Highland Games solo piping events, Sunday 7th September 2025 Entries for all solo piping events will be open and taken from Sunday the 1st of June 2025. Closing date for entries is Sunday the 17th of Aug 2025. There are […]
Registration for The Northern Meeting 2025 is now closed The Senior piping competitions comprise three piobaireachd competitions; the Clasp, the Gold Medal and the Silver Medal and five light music competitions; the Former Winners March, Strathspey and Reel, the “A” grade March, Strathspey and Reel, the “B” grade March, Strathspey and Reel and the Hornpipe […]
Pitlochry Highland Games welcomes entries from pipe bands for September 2024 We invite you to showcase your talents at the esteemed Pitlochry Highland Games on September 14, 2024. There will be a street march competition; Grade 4B competition; Grade 4A competition;, Grade 3 MSR competition (Grade 4A bands can play up in this event); and […]
This is now the fourth year of solo piping at Bowhill Highland Games and it has grown year on year. The event takes place on Sunday, September 14, 2025 at Wallsgreen Park, Bowhill, Cardenden, Fife. The Piping Convenor is Greig Canning who tells us that there is already 13 pipers competing in the open and a […]
CLASP are delighted to announce a new series of online practice chanter competitions for adults who are in the early stages of their piping journey and not yet ready to compete in a bagpipe competition. We are also very excited to announce that CLASP has secured sponsorship from ES Session Chanters and the overall Practice Chanter Champion […]
The Nicol-Brown Contest is held annually on the Saturday before Columbus Day / Canadian Thanksgiving. The 41st Nicol-Brown Amateur Invitational Contest was held at St. Mark Presbyterian Church in Rockville, Maryland, co-sponsored again with the wonderful people of the Institute of Musical Traditions. The weekend’s events began with a judges’ recital on Friday evening, October 11, […]
Lochnell Championship 2024 Results The prestigious Lochnell Championship, now in its fourth year, was again held in the chapel of Lochnell Castle by kind permission of the Earl of Dundonald. The Championship brought together seven of Scotland’s finest Intermediate players; the winners were: Piobaireachd 1 Ruiraidh Brown, £120, Red Speckled Bull 2 Cameron May, £80, […]
R.S.P.B.A. HQ, 45 Washington Street, Glasgow, G3 8AZ Tel No: 0141 221 5414 E-mail: enquiries@rspba.org Adult and Juvenile Details from 2024 Glasgow Caledonian University, City Campus, Cowcaddens Rd, Glasgow G4 0BA On behalf of the Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association we invite you to enter the World Solo Snare Drumming and World Solo Tenor Drumming for […]
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