The 50th Glenfiddich Piping Championship took place on October 28, 2023, and The National Piping Centre’s YouTube team were on hand to capture what goes on behind the scenes and make the event happen. We hear from some of the people that make the event happen including Helen Urquhart (Head […]
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Early years of the Glenfiddich: Grant’s Championship 1977
The 50th Glenfiddich Piping Championship is only two days away on October 29, 2023, and one can only hope it matches or exceeds “the best one yet” accolade that Seumas MacNeill gave to the 1977 Championship in his Piping Times report. However, in Seumas’s report below the reader will find […]
Glenfiddich bottle a special malt to mark 50th Piping Championship
To celebrate 50th edition of “The Glenfiddich” in 2023, The National Piping Centre are delighted to offer an exclusive, limited edition, Glenfiddich Single Cask, Single Malt 13 Year Old Whisky packaged in a bespoke display casket as part of the celebrations. After half a century of continuous patronage from William […]
Tickets available for the Glenfiddich Piping Championship on October 29
Ten of the world’s greatest solo pipers will compete in this year’s Glenfiddich Piping Championship, as the renowned competition returns to the spectacular Blair Castle on Saturday, October 29. Competing this year are defending champion Jack Lee, Dollar’s Callum Beaumont, Glasgow-based Canadian piper Glenn Brown, Jamie Forrester from London, Canadian […]