Tag: highland games

Atholl Gathering solo piping entries open

Atholl Gathering solo piping entries open

Entries are now open for this year’s Atholl Gathering solo piping competitions. The entry form can be found here. The competitions are open to those graded A/P, B and C for ceòl mòr by the Competing Pipers’ Association. The Light Music is open. The Atholl Gathering will take place in […]

PPBSO Highland Games entries open

PPBSO Highland Games entries open

The Pipers’ & Pipe Band Society of Ontario yesterday announced more good news about their Highland Games in 2022. The PPBSO are now accepting entries from pipe bands and solo competitors. Two master entry forms encompassing every Games and solo piping event are now online and available for easy sign-up. The master entry […]

McCallum sponsors ‘Gillies’ and ‘Duncan’ at Piping Live! / Highland games optimism / Jim steps down at PDQB

McCallum sponsors ‘Gillies’ and ‘Duncan’ at Piping Live! / Highland games optimism / Jim steps down at PDQB

McCallum Bagpipes Ltd. is once again sponsoring both the Pipe Major Alasdair Gillies Memorial Recital Challenge and the Gordon Duncan Memorial Recital Competition at next month’s Piping Live! festival. The Kilmarnock, Scotland-based bagpipe manufacturing company has sponsored the festival’s flagship event since its inception. The ‘Alasdair Gillies Memorial’ evolved from […]

2020 dates: Northern Meeting date change

2020 dates: Northern Meeting date change

With Scotland’s 2019 highland games and pipe band season now well over we look ahead to 2020 and post the following dates for your diary. At this early stage, some events – and most pipe band competition dates except the ‘majors’ – have yet to be confirmed, and so we […]