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Published: May 20, 2013 Large crowds for Moose Jaw and Regina weekend
RATING  The Saskatchewan Highland Gathering & Celtic Festival took place in great weather, and despite a smaller-than-usual entry of bands and soloists, the games drew enthusiastic crowds of spectators to see the variety of offerings in both venues. Read More | COMMENTS (0) |
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Published: May 20, 2013 Prairie Piping Invitational Draws Full House
RATING The revived Prairie Piping Invitational drew roughly 100 people for two hours of excellent piping. Organized by the Saskatchewan Highland Gathering & Celtic Festival, and sponsored by the City of Regina Pipe Band, the event featured six professional players . . . Read More | COMMENTS (0) |
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Published: May 14, 2013 Celtic Fest goes Transvaal's way; African Skye surges
RATING Transvaal Scottish, or "The Jocks" as they are commonly known, continued their unbeaten season by winning both the Grade 2 MSR and the Medley at the annual Celtic Fest at Modder Sports Complex in Modderfontein, Johannesburg. African Skye . . . Read More | COMMENTS (0) |
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Published: May 12, 2013 Large turnout for last 2013 Ontario indoor
RATING  The Ottawa Branch of the Pipers and Pipe Band Society of Ontario held its annual indoor games at St. Michael’s Catholic High School in Kemptville, and 139 amateur solo competitors and 11 bands registered for the conclusion of the local . . . Read More | COMMENTS (0) |
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Published: May 06, 2013 Brown Clasp goes to Callum Beaumont
RATING  Callum Beaumont won the Clasp event at the annual R.U. Brown Piobaireachd Society Solo Piping Competitions held at Black Friars Priory School, where . . . Read More | COMMENTS (0) |
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Published: April 30, 2013 Transvaal victorious at Amanzimtoti
RATING Transvaal Scottish continued their winning streak by taking the first South African Championship points of the season at the South Coast Highland Gathering at Hutcheson Park in Amanzimtoti on the south coast of Durban on a sunny autumn day with temperatures reaching 30 degrees . . . Read More | COMMENTS (0) |
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Published: April 29, 2013 Atlantic Piob hosted by College of Piping
RATING The College of Piping played host to the annual Atlantic Piobaireachd Challenge while the Antigonish Highland Society's attentions were on the 150th anniversary of the Antigonish Highland Games this year. Seventeen competed in the various grades, and all contestants had to submit tunes set for this year's major gatherings. Jack Lee judged all events and conducted a workshop the following day. Read More | COMMENTS (0) |
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Published: April 28, 2013 Frater sails through RSPS contest
RATING John Frater was the overall winner of the annual Royal Scottish Pipers Society Competition held at the organization's rooms on Rose Street Lane South in the heart of Edinburgh. The event is reserved for RSPS members, all of whom do not usually compete and never for prize-money. Read More | COMMENTS (0) |
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Published: April 28, 2013 Brandon returns
RATING The Brandon Highland Festival this year marked the return of the event after a year off, and also the 20th anniversary of the City of Regina Pipe Band, whose first-ever band contest was the same event in 1993. The Grade 2 St. Andrew's Society of Winnipeg Pipe Band was unable to make the event. Read More | COMMENTS (0) |
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Published: April 20, 2013 Fifth Kingdom Thistle Solos draws more than 400 listeners
RATING The fifth annual Kingdom Thistle Solo Piping & Drumming Championships were held again at Lochgelly High School, with competitors coming from far and wide for the event. A tenor drumming event was introduced this year. Overall Open champions were Emmett Conway in solo piping and Aaron McLean in solo snare drumming, with both competitors travelling to Fife from Northern Ireland. Organizers counted 189 combined performances and a total audience of more than 400 turning out on the day . . . Read More | COMMENTS (0) |
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Published: April 15, 2013 Tie at the top at Edinburgh Mod
RATING The annual Edinburgh Local Mod Solo Piping Competition for juniors for the first time had a tie for the Best Overall Piper younger than 18, with the Greentrax Cup split between Donald C. Stewart and Seamus O'Baoighill. Stewart gained a first in the Piobaireachd and second in the MSR, and vice versa for O'Baoighill. Organizers decided that, rather than award the trophy on piobaireachd preference, it would be shared between them. The pipes|drums Magazine trophy for best . . . Read More | COMMENTS (0) |
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Published: April 15, 2013 Transvaal Scottish opens SA season with a win at Pretoria
RATING  The South African Pipe Band season began at Lyttelton Manor High School in Pretoria, with Transvaal Scottish taking the top prize on the day. The hosts, Lyttleton Manor Pipe Band, won Grade 4 . . . Read More | COMMENTS (0) |
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Published: April 14, 2013 Boyd takes the Glengarry Cup
RATING Andrea Boyd won the annual Glengarry Cup MSR competition, an event organized by the Ottawa Branch of the Pipers & Pipe Band Society of Ontario. The competition was held at the Royal Canadian Air Force Officers' Mess in downtown Ottawa. The trophy is donated by the Glengarry Pipe Band and the contest features both professional and top local amateur competitors. Boyd recently moved to Ottawa after an extended period in Scotland, and is now playing with the Grade 2 Ottawa Police Pipe Band . . . Read More | COMMENTS (1) |
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Published: April 13, 2013 2013 SPA Champion: William Geddes
RATING William Geddes emerged as the overall champion at the 86th annual Scottish Pipers' Association Professional Competition against a strong field of 18 competitors at the College of Piping. The competition featured a new event in which competitors played a 6/8 march as part of their tuning for the Piobaireachd event. Read More | COMMENTS (0) |
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Published: April 07, 2013 Barrie and Townsley dominate at Inveraray Junior Competition
RATING Scott Barrie in the 15 and under 18 category and Joshua Townsley in the 14 and under enjoyed solid days at the annual Inveraray & District Piping Society's Junior Competitions held at the town's Primary School. All prizewinners were from Scotland . . . Read More | COMMENTS (0) |
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Published: April 07, 2013 Sked wins 100 Guineas
RATING raig Sked was the overall winner based on preference to the Piobaireachd event at the 100 Guineas Solo Piping Championship at King Edward's VII High School. Eleven of South Africa's top solo pipers competed in the event. Read More | COMMENTS (1) |
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Published: April 05, 2013 Beaumont wins MacLeod Memorial after three-way tie
RATING Callum Beaumont emerged the aggregate winner of the 20th annual Donald MacLeod Memorial Invitational Solo Piping Competition in his first win at the event that honours the great piper's career and compositions. Beaumont tied with Stuart Liddell of Inveraray, Scotland, and Willie McCallum of Bearsden, Scotland. The result of the Piobaireachd event, which Beaumont won, determined the prize. The list from the Hornpipe & Jig contest does not factor into the overall award . . . Read More | COMMENTS (0) |
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Published: March 31, 2013 Troy, Schiele, Lawson, Maxwell on top at BCPA Annual Gathering
RATING James P. Troy captured the MacCrimmon Memorial Cairn for piobaireachd and the Professional Piping Aggregate on a piobaireachd preference at the BC Pipers’ Association 81st Annual Gathering held at the Burnaby campus of Simon Fraser University over the Easter weekend. In his first professional competition, Alexander Schiele won the Darleen Milloy Memorial trophy in the second annual Competing Pipers Association Combined B & C Grade Piobaireachd. The aggregate for the Professional Side Drumming events was a tie with Ian Lawson and Grant Maxwell sharing the Arran Campbell Memorial trophy. For their efforts Troy received travel allowance to get to UK competitions in Oban, Inverness or London; Liam Hilder . . . Read More | COMMENTS (2) |
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Published: March 30, 2013 Large turnout at 2013 Toronto Indoor Games
RATING A sizable crowd came out to listen and compete at the annual Toronto Indoor Games at Moss Park Armoury in the . . . Read More | COMMENTS (3) |
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Published: March 24, 2013 Mackay, Bellia, McKail win at Agnew-Harrison Drumming Memorial
RATING Mitch Mackay, Matt Bellia and Cameron McKail were the winners at the annual Agnew-Harrison Memorial Solo Drumming competition, an event put together by the Niagara-Hamilton Branch of the Pipers & Pipe Band Society of Ontario. Read More | COMMENTS (1) |
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Published: March 12, 2013 Hogg boss at Joburg
RATING The first South African solo event of the year, run by the ISH Piping Society of the Witwatersrand, was the Pipe-Major Alexander "Sandy" Mallen Memorial Solo Piping Competition, held at King Edward VII School, Johannesburg . . . Read More | COMMENTS (0) |
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Published: March 11, 2013 Nichols and Haddon win 2013 BCPA Knockout Finals
RATING Will Nichols of Blaine, Washington, and Graham Haddon of Langley, British Columbia, won the British Columbia Pipers Association . . . Read More | COMMENTS (2) |
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Published: March 03, 2013 TOAmKO goes to Whittemore, Mitchell, Culver, Page
RATING  Dylan Whittemore was the winner in the A Division Piping (Grade 1 and 2) at the final of the PPBSO Toronto Branch Amateur Knockout, held at Mosspark Armoury in Canada's biggest city's downtown. Charles-David Mitchell won the B Division, open to Grade 3 and 4 players. Read More | COMMENTS (3) |
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Published: March 03, 2013 Canterbury takes 2013 New Zealand Championship
RATING Canterbury Caledonian of Christchurch won its second straight New Zealand & South Pacific Pipe Band Championship, held in the small town of Timaru in the country's South Island. The band won both them Medley and MSR events with six firsts, all in piping and ensemble, and seconds in drumming. Read More | COMMENTS (0) |
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Published: February 17, 2013 MacColl, Gandy, Brunson big winners in Jersey
RATING Angus MacColl of Benderloch, Scotland, captured the overall prize at the annual Metro Cup Solo Piping Competition, put on by the Metro Branch of the Eastern United States Pipe Band Association. MacColl won the Medley section and was second in the Piobaireachd event, which . . . Read More | COMMENTS (0) | |
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