The City of Inverness Highland Games took place today at Bught Park, Inverness. The piobaireachd judges were Iain Macfadyen and Archie MacLean and the MSR was DJ Macintyre. The solo piping results were as follows: Junior (U15) March Junior (U15) Piobaireachd Junior (U18) MSR Junior (U18) Piobaireachd Senior MSR Senior […]
The third major pipe band championships of 2022 took place today, Saturday, June 25, at Bught Park, Inverness. Kilbarchan Pipe Band in Grade 4B, led by Pipe Major Brian Knight, won their third major competition in a row, so 2022 is shaping up to be a very successful season for […]
A piper in New Zealand has been sentenced to 12 months’ intensive supervision after committing a roadside sexual assault on a 13-year-old girl. He was also given a ‘first-strike warning’ under New Zealand’s three-strikes legislation. John William Nicholl (54) of Outram, a rural suburb of Dunedin in the South Island, […]
Unsurprisingly, the European Pipe Band Championships has been cancelled for 2021. The news comes two days after the announcement that the British and the UK Championships were cancelled. The ‘Europeans’ were scheduled to take place on Saturday, June 21 at Bught Park, Inverness, but with uncertainty around COVID-19 restrictions and […]
Today, around 100 pipe bands should have been making their way to Bught Park in Inverness for the 2020 European Pipe Championships. Regrettably, the Covid-19 panemic has put paid to that – as well as to the whole 2020 competition season. Bught Park has held many pipe band and solo […]
Inverness’ first female Provost has been chosen as the Chieftain for the European Pipe Band Championships. Councillor Helen Carmichael said she was honoured to be asked to fulfil the role. The competition takes place on Saturday, June 29 at the town’s Bught Park. She said: “It really is a tremendous […]
