Tag: Oban

Solo piping results from the Argyllshire Gathering in Oban

Solo piping results from the Argyllshire Gathering in Oban

The first day of the Argyllshire Gathering took place yesterday, August 23, in Oban. There were five piobaireachd competitions held across the day with the Senior competition for former Gold Medal winners, the Highland Society of London Gold Medal, the Silver Medal and the MacGregor Memorial competition. For light music […]

Jamie Forrester wins Gold Medal in Oban

Jamie Forrester wins Gold Medal in Oban

The Highland Society of London’s Gold Medal was won by Jamie Forrester at the Argyllshire Gathering today, August 25, 2022. The top five placings were: Jamie Forrester, Haddington Sandy Cameron, Roy Bridge John Mulhearn, Glasgow Sean McKeown, Bowmanville, Canada Derek Midgley, Tinton Falls, USAJudges: Alan Forbes, Murray Henderson and Bob […]

Piobaireachd names in Gaelic – curios, mix-ups and puzzles

Piobaireachd names in Gaelic – curios, mix-ups and puzzles

• From the January 2008 Piping Times. By Angus Nicol The End of the Great Bridge or ‘Ceann Drochaid Mhoire’ (ceown drochitch voiruh) is something of a mix-up. Drochaid is feminine, so it should, in the genitive, be drochaide. But with the article it na drochaide (nuh drochitchuh). So the […]