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SUMMARY:Braemar Gathering
DESCRIPTION: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.\nConvener: Mr John Wright\, Braemar Royal Highland Society\, Committee Member \nThe Open Senior section for both Pibroch & Light Music i.e. March\, Strathspey & Reel is for over-18s — but if someone younger than 18 has reached a high enough standard they may apply to the Convener to enter. \nTrophies are awarded for different aspects of playing and each section is judged by three judges who are appointed by our committee. A gold medal is awarded to the winner of the Pibroch and silver medal to the best overseas player\, provided they have not won the gold medal. \nWinning the gold medal at the Braemar Gathering is an aspiration for many pipers\, and competition is of the highest standard — with pipers coming from all over the world to compete. Entrant numbers are limited to 25 for the Pibroch and 30 for the Light Music\, and entry is by application to the BRHS. \nThe Open Under-18 competition is run in the same format as the senior boards but with only two judges for each section. Although there is no special prize for the best overseas piper\, there are trophies for best player in each section and best overall. \nPiping is in the roots of the Society and is strongly supported. To keep it alive and thriving in this area of Scotland\, there are also competitions for players who qualify as local to our area and for those pipers who are local to our kindred Gatherings at Aboyne\, Ballater & Lonach. \nApplications should be made here \n\nTHE FIRST SATURDAY IN SEPTEMBER\n\nFor almost 200 years\, the Braemar Gathering has been a highlight of the sporting calendar in Scotland. Nestled beneath bucolic\, heather-strewn mountains\, it is the most prominent and well-attended Highland games in the world\, drawing vast crowds from across the globe.\nHeld at The Princess Royal and Duke of Fife Memorial Park each September in the beautiful Cairngorms village of Braemar\, it is the proud continuation of an ancient tradition of Gatherings here — one that can be traced back to the time of King Malcolm Canmore\, over 900 years ago. \nThe Gathering has been run in its present form since 1832. Queen Victoria attended in 1848\, and since then it has been regularly attended by the reigning Monarch and members of the British Royal Family.
URL:https://bagpipe.news/event/braemar-gathering/
LOCATION:Games Park\, Braemar\, Aberdeenshire\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Blairgowrie and Rattray Highland Games 2025
DESCRIPTION:•Steven Gray was the Overall Champion Piper at Blairgowrie Games 2023 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Blairgowrie and Rattray Highland Games solo piping events\, Sunday 7th September 2025\nEntries for all solo piping events will be open and taken from Sunday the 1st of June 2025. \nClosing date for entries is Sunday the 17th of Aug 2025. There are no entries on the field this year for local and junior events\, please enter online before the closing date. (no late entries can be accepted) \nEmail entries to Stuart Samson: piping@blairgowriehighlandgames.co.uk Informing him what events you intend to enter and he will confirm by return email that your entry has been received. \nCompetitors will be notified in advance of their draw for each event entered. \nThe entry fee is the admission fee taken at the gate to gain access to the Highland Games. \nAll events start at 10.30am\, unless otherwise stated \nRegistration open from 10am – all competitors are required to check in on arrival and collect competitors number badge before competing. \nSenior (Open) Piobaireachd  (submit 3 tunes)1st – £100\, 2nd – £60\, 3rd – £40\, 4th – £30 \nCPA B Piobaireachd (submit 3 tunes)1st – £70\, 2nd – £50\, 3rd – £40\, 4th – £30\, 5th – £20 \nCPA C Piobaireachd (submit 3 tunes)1st – £40\, 2nd – £30\, 3rd – £25\, 4th – £20\, 5th – £15 \nSenior (Open) March (submit 3 tunes)1st – £40\, 2nd – £30\, 3rd – £25\, 4th – £20 \nSenior (Open) Strathspey & Reel (submit 3 tunes)1st – £40\, 2nd – £30\, 3rd – £25\, 4th – £20 \nCPA C Grade March – will start on completion of Senior Piobaireachd (submit 3 tunes)1st – £30\, 2nd – £25\, 3rd – £20\, 4th – £10 \nCPA C Grade Strathspey & Reel – will start on completion of Senior Piobaireachd (submit 3 tunes)1st – £30\, 2nd – £25\, 3rd – £20\, 4th – £10                                                      \nJunior (Open) Under 18 Piobaireachd – start 10.30am (submit one tune)1st – £30\, 2nd – £25\, 3rd – £15\, 4th – £10                                      \nLocal Entry Placings1st – £15\, 2nd – £10\, 3rd – £5                                                        \nJunior (Open) Under 18 March – start 2pm (submit one tune)1st – £20\, 2nd – £15\, 3rd – £10\, 4th – £5 \nLocal Entry Placings1st – £15\, 2nd – £10\, 3rd – £5 \nJunior (Open) Under 18 Strathspey & Reel – start 2pm (submit one tune of each)1st – £20\, 2nd – £15\, 3rd – £10\, 4th – £5 \nLocal Entry Placings1st – £15\, 2nd – £10\, 3rd – £5 \nBlairgowrie & Rattray traditional Highland Games first record from 1887. \n\n 
URL:https://bagpipe.news/event/blairgowrie-and-rattray-highland-games/
LOCATION:Bogles Field\, Essendy Road\, Blairgowrie
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ORGANIZER;CN="Stuart Samson":MAILTO:piping@blairgowriehighlandgames.co.uk
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250913
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SUMMARY:The Northern Meeting 2025
DESCRIPTION:Registration for The Northern Meeting 2025 is now closed \nThe 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 and Jig (which is open to those selected to play in the “A” grade light music competition and above) and the “B” grade Hornpipe and Jig (which is open to those selected to play in the “B” grade light music competition). \nTrophies\nA number of trophies have been donated over the years\, the most prestigious of which is the Highland Society of London’s Gold Medal. \nOther prizes include the Rothiemurchus Trophy\, the Colin C Drummond Memorial Trophy\, Mrs Macdonald of Craigniche Trophy\, the Silver Star and the Bronze Star both presented by the Royal Scottish Piper’s Society and the Competing Piper’s Association Silver Medal. \nAdminstration\nThe Northern Meeting Piping Competition administers the competition by the website. However\, paper copies of the various forms\, regulation and rules are available if a piper does not wish to use this form of communication. If you are aware that a piper does not have access to a computer or does not wish to register by the web\, can you please advise them to contact the piping secretary by letter or email. In the unlikely event that you do not receive an automated email acknowledging receipt of your registration\, please inform the piping secretary! \nPlease note that those who registered and were accepted for the competitions are assumed to be competing and if you wish to withdraw it is essential that the Piping Secretary is contacted timeously. Failure to do so within the accepted time may mean that that you may not be considered eligible to compete in the following year. \n  \n 
URL:https://bagpipe.news/event/the-northern-meeting-3/
LOCATION:Eden Court Theatre\, Bishops Rd.\, Inverness\, Highland\, IV3 5SA\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Pitlochry Highland Games 2025
DESCRIPTION:Pitlochry Highland Games welcomes entries from pipe bands for September 2024\nWe 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 a Grade 3 medley competition.  \n\n\n\nSecure your participation by promptly submitting your entries through our new online form\, as band numbers are limited. Don’t miss this exceptional opportunity to shine at this prestigious event! Entries should be made through our web page here. \n\n\n\nhttps://www.pitlochryhighlandgames.co.uk/entry-forms/pipe-band
URL:https://bagpipe.news/event/pitlochry-highland-games/
LOCATION:Pitlochry Recreation Ground\, FERRY ROAD\, Pitlochry\, \, PH16 5DZ\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Bowhill Highland Games
DESCRIPTION: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.\n\n \n\nThe Piping Convenor is Greig Canning who tells us that there is already 13 pipers competing in the open and a good number in the juniors. Contact Greig on 0784 955 7447 for more information. Entry link: https://forms.gle/s16QzXSYXUVywJ986\n\n \n\nPrizes are as follows:\n\n \n\nOpen Piobaireachd: 1st £100 and P/M J Herd Memorial Cup; 2nd £80; 3rd £60; 4th £50\n\n \n\nOpen MSR: 1st £80 and P/M Chris Sutherland Memorial Cup; 2nd £60; 3rd £40; 4th £30\n\n \n\nOpen Jig: 1st £50; 2nd £30; 3rd £15\n\n \n\n15 & Under March: 1st £20; 2nd £15; 3rd £10\n\n \n\n15 & Under Strathspey and Reel: 1st £20; 2nd £15; 3rd £10\n\n \n\n18 & Under MSR: 1st £25; 2nd £20; 3rd £15\n\n \n\n18 & Under Piobaireachd: 1st £30; 2nd £20; 3rd £15\n\n \n\nThe draw will be emailed in advance. Entries to be received by Saturday\, August 31. Any late entrants will be at the discretion of the piping convenor\, and will play first.\n\n \n\n 
URL:https://bagpipe.news/event/bowhill-highland-games/
LOCATION:Wallsgreen Park\, Bowhill\, Cardenden\, Fife\, United Kingdom
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ORGANIZER;CN="Greig Canning":MAILTO:greig_canning@hotmail.com
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SUMMARY:All-Ireland Solo Piping and Drumming Championships
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URL:https://bagpipe.news/event/all-ireland-solo-piping-and-drumming-championships/
LOCATION:Lusk National School\, Lusk\, Co. Dublin\, Ireland
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SUMMARY:CLASP Adult Practice Chanter Competition September 2025
DESCRIPTION: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.\n\n\n\nWe are also very excited to announce that CLASP has secured sponsorship from ES Session Chanters and the overall Practice Chanter Champion will receive one of these fabulous chanters as a prize.\n\n\n\nEntries for this competition will close on Saturday 27th September Competitors should email their video submissions to clasp@thepipingcentre.co.uk by Sunday 28th September.\n\n\nOur aim\n\n\nTo offer adults at the early stages of their piping career a competition platform\, which is geographically accessible to all\, to comfortably begin competing and help the transition between learning on the Practice Chanter and competing in amateur solo bagpipe competitions.\n\n\n\nPractice Chanter Events on offer: Piobaireachd Ground 2/4 March (2 parts repeated) Strathspey & Reel (2 parts of a Strathspey and 2 parts of a Reel) Jig (2 parts repeated)\n\n\n\n*Competitors can enter one\, two\, three or all four events. League Points will be on offer for all four events\, which determines the overall winner.\n\n\nWho can take part\n\n\nCompetitors should be age 18+ and amateur level. (For example\, has not competed in Open/Professional Piping Competitions in the past). This event is open to competitors who have not yet competed on a bagpipe in any competition. As a general guide\, we would recommend competitors look at the CLASP Grade 4 Bagpipe events. If these events (on bagpipes) are currently out of reach\, it is likely that you would be a good candidate for the practice chanter event as an avenue to enter piping competitions and work towards competing on bagpipes.\n\n\n\nHere is a link to CLASP Bagpipe competition tune requirements: https://theclasp.co.uk/set-tunes/#requirements\n\n\nCompetition information\n\n\nAll competitors will need to become CLASP members. This can be done via http://theclasp.co.uk and click on the ‘Join Now’ icon.  You will receive a welcome email and will be asked to inform us of your grading. If you wish to take part in the practice chanter events\, please indicate that in your reply email.\n\n\n\nOnce your grading is updated you will be able to enter any online practice chanter competitions that are currently open.\n\n\nHow to submit your performance\n\n\nWe will ask competitors to submitted a pre-recorded video (Unlisted – You Tube Link) by Sunday 16th March to clasp@thepipingcentre.co.uk.\n\n\n\nAll video submissions will be compiled and sent to the judge(s). Each competitor will receive a critique from the judge(s) following the announcement of the prize winners.\n\n\nHow to up load a video to YouTube\n\n\nHere is a short video guide:  https://youtu.be/vNBUxSX-I28?si=XNlORCnfOtio11Fb\n\n\nTune Submission Information\n\n\nFor events in the practice chanter category\, all tune submissions are own choice.  For the 2/4 March event and Strathspey & Reel event\, a minimum of two parts of each tune should be played. 2 parts of a 4 parted tune can be submitted. For example\, a competitor might choose to plays the first two parts of Maggie Cameron (which is a 4 parted Strathspey).\n\n\nThe Overall Chanter Champion\n\n\nThe overall Chanter Championship will be determined by a points system and the person with the highest points will receive an ES Session Chanter\n\n\n\nhttps://www.essessionchanter.co.uk/stainless\n\n\n\nIn the event of a tie\, the overall award will be given to the competitor with the highest Piobaireachd placing\, followed by the 2/4 March event as the next event to be used in a tie break situation.\n\n\n\n________________________________________\n\n\nVIDEO Submission Practice Chanter Competition\n\n\n-Competition video submissions should be recorded in the date window outlined by the CLASP.\n\n\n\n– All entries will be video submitted using the free platform\, YouTube.\n\n\n\n– Videos should be submitted separately for each event. For example\, if you are entering all four categories. You should email 4 separate video links.\n\n\n\n– Each video submission must be made in one complete take (no editing allowed)\, but use as many attempts as you want.\n\n\n\n– CLASP competitors should introduce themselves at the start of their video recording and include the following information: Competitors Name/ Event /Name of Competition and year and please include the Tune Name(s). For example: My name is John Smith and I will be taking part in the Practice Chanter 2/4 March event for the CLASP Competition\, March 2025. My tune is Teribus. (This information should also be included when uploading your competition recording(s) on YouTube. Please see the video link below\, which was recorded by CLASP admin and includes the basic steps to correctly uploading an unlisted video on YouTube and then emailing the link: https://youtu.be/vNBUxSX-I28?si=XNlORCnfOtio11Fb\n\n\n\n-Competitors’ videos must show a clear shot of all the competitors’ fingers. Videos must be lighted properly so your face and hands can be clearly seen. Videos with poor lighting or sound may not be accepted.\n\n\n\n– Video submissions should be uploaded to YouTube and then competitors should email the video link(s) to both clasp@thepipingcentre.co.uk\n\n\n\n– CLASP recommends that competitors list their uploaded video submission as ‘Unlisted’. ‘Unlisted’ videos allow you to control who can view your video and only those you share the link with can view the video submission.\n\n\n\n– All video submissions must be emailed to CLASP admin by midnight (UK time) on the closing date of video submissions.\n\n\n\n– CLASP admin will share each competitors’ video submission link with their relevant judge(s) for the adjudication process.\n\n\nAdjudication\n\n\nOnce the closing date for video submissions passes\, competitors’ video links will be sent to their relevant judge(s) for the adjudication process.\n\n\nAnnouncement of Winners\n\n\nAll participants will be emailed the results list approximately 2 weeks following the close of competition video submissions and results will also be posted on the news section of the CLASP website and on https://bagpipe.news/\n\n\n\nCrit sheets will be emailed out to each competitor following the announcement of results. Please allow a few days for this admin process.\n\n\nPerformance Dress\n\n\nNo specific dress requirements\n\n\nPerformance Rights\n\n\nBy entering this competition\, all performers give CLASP permission to publish any winning performances in part and/or in full on the digital/social media channels selected for the competition.
URL:https://bagpipe.news/event/clasp-adult-practice-chanter-competition-september-2025/
LOCATION:Fife
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