The Carrick Lowland Gathering is taking place in Girvan, Ayrshire on Sunday, June 5, 2022. The Ayrshire, Dumfries & Galloway Branch of the RSPBA are accepting pipe band entries for the next four days till May 18. Entry forms are available on the RSPBA website here. The Juvenile Solo Piping Competition is […]
The green shoots of covid recovery are emerging with the Cowal Gathering announcing on February 14 that it will return to Dunoon Stadium in 2022. This follows on from the welcome announcements from the RSPBA and PPBSO over the past few weeks that planning is well underway for a full […]
By Stuart Letford for Bagpipe.News The confirmation that the World Pipe Band Championships (as well as the Scottish Pipe Band Championships) will not take place this year, will come as no surprse to the pipe band world. At the very least, it gives us certainty. The news seems to have […]
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 […]
Ian Embelton, Chief Executive of the RSPBA, is to retire at the end of November. The 69-year-old informed the organisation’s Board of Directors today. Embelton, pictured, has been Chief Executive for almost 20 years. The RSPBA said today in a statement: “Ian had originally intended to retire after the World […]
The Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association is one of the cultural organisations in Scotland to to be offered financial support while they remain affected by lockdown restrictions. The Scottish Government announced a £10m funding package yesterday to help the events sector recover from the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Funding streams will […]
The deadline is approaching for entries to the Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association’s 6/8 march composing competition. The competition is being held to mark the RSPBA’s 90th anniversary. The competition is for juvenile pipers and drummers. Entry is open to those who through their pipe band have registered with the […]
The Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR) has confirmed to bagpipe.news that it will not proceed with a formal inquiry into the financial affairs the Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association.” Its spokesman, Ian Grieve said in a statement: “‘OSCR has reviewed the requested information provided by the charity and […]
By Stuart Letford (for bagpipe.news) I don’t know about you but that was a quick year. It does not seem like nearly a year since I sat in The Mackintosh Church in Maryhill, Glasgow to enjoy the ‘Seinn Air A ‘Phiob’ show held during Celtic Connections. All too soon, the […]
Trevor Dear, a long-term and well respected RSPBA judge, has died. He was 79 and died yesterday in hospital. Dear was an RSPBA adjudicator for many years, retiring after the 2014 season when he reached 75. On retiring he was made an Honorary Life Member of the RSPBA. Prior to […]
