Dr. Alison Burke has been appointed Operations Manager/Chief Executive designate of the Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association (RSPBA). Dr. Burke, pictured, is the first woman to lead the organisation. Initially, Dr. Burke’s will work for an unspecified trial period before the appointment is approved formally. RSPBA Chairman, Kevin Reilly confirmed […]
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, […]
Kevin Reilly was appointed chairman of the Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association (RSPBA) at the organisation’s Annual General Meeting yesterday. The meeting was held remotely using videoconference software due to ongoing restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. 60 member bands were represented and it took one and a half hours to […]
