Field Marshal took their nineth Cowal Championships yesterday in Dunoon. St Laurence O Toole from Dublin won the Champion of Champions with House of Edgar Shotts and Dykehead taking the Drumming Champion of Champions.
Monthly Archives: August 2008
Evening Class Enrolments Now Being Taken
Enrolments are now being taken for the new term of piping and drumming evening classes here at the National Piping Centre. The new term commences week beginning Saturday 6th September and runs for 15 weeks, finishing on Thursday 18th December.
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Argyllshire Gathering 2008 Results
Senior Piobaireachd: Roddy MacLeod, Gold Medal: Niall Stewart, Silver Medal: Andrea Boyd, MacGregor Memorial: Ashley Bell.
A March: Allan Johnstone, A S/R: James Murray, B March: Peter MacGregor, B S/R: Fraser Wylie, Jig: Gordon McCready.
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CLASP’s World Solo Amateur Piping Competition Results
Grade 1
Piobaireachd
1st Johnny Bassett
2nd Peter McAlister
3rd Scott Allan
2/4 March
1st Johnny Bassett
2nd Matthew Drecun
3rd Peter McAlister
Piping Live! Masters Solo results
The results of the prestigous Piping Live! Masters Solo Competition were as follows:
Piobaireachd – 1st Stuart Liddell 2nd Angus MacColl 3rd Jack Lee 4th Willie McCallum ( Judges: Bill Livingstone and Jimmy Banks )
MSR – 1st Stuart Liddell 2nd Jack Lee 3rd Jori Chisholm 4th Willie McCallum ( Judges: John Wilson and Ronnie McShannon )
Overall Winner – Stuart Liddell
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SFU Win the Worlds
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Scottish Power wins Piping Live Quartets
The annual Piping Live Quartet Competition was held in the Royal Concert Hall Glasgow. It was a very well attended event and the six bands involved did not dissapoint. The quartets had to perform both an MSR and Medley section. The event was judged by 9 secret judges in the audience and the Scottish Power quartet came out on top.
Perth Games
Piobaireachd
1st Allan Russell
2nd Andrew Rogers
3rd Martin Kessler
4th John Angus Smith
5th Fiona Manson
Results from North Berwick Games
Piobaireachd
1st Cameron Drummond
2nd Glenn Brown
3rd Xavier Boderiou
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Roddy MacLeod wins Silver Chanter competition
Roddy MacLeod, Principal of the National Piping Centre, has won this year’s Silver Chanter competition. The 42nd MacCrimmon Memorial Piobaireachd Recital took place on 6 August 2008 and was judged by Iain MacFadyen. Recitalists were competing to receive the coveted Silver Chanter trophy. Continue reading