By HAMISH MOORE. I’d like to announce news of a newly devised piping competition with none of the conventional rules or standards applying. The rationale behind establishing this competition is: piping has, over time, consistently been losing connections with its Gaelic roots. This connection was once central to, and at the […]
Runners and walkers across Scotland will be taking to the streets this weekend in a virtual event in support of the Eilidh MacLeod Memorial Trust. Participants have a choice of virtual 5k, 10k, half marathon or full marathon challenge. Many runners and walkers from across Scotland and the north west […]
Ewan Henderson has been appointed as Pipe Major of Glasgow Police Pipe Band (GPOL). Henderson, who stepped down last week as Pipe Major of Glasgow Skye Association Pipe Band, succeeds Duncan Nicholson who stepped in as interim Pipe Major in February on the departure of Alisdair MacLaren. A spokesman for […]
Donald Patrick Nicholson, father of Duncan Nicholson of Glasgow Police Pipe Band, tutors a group of children on a weekly basis at Castlebay School on the Isle of Barra. Donald Patrick was born on Barra in 1941 and still lives on a croft in Ardveenish which belonged to his uncle […]
