DMM goes to MacColl

Stornoway, Scotland – April 1, 2011 – The annual Donald MacLeod Memorial Invitational Solo Piping Competition was won by Angus MacColl of Benderloch, Scotland. MacColl tied in points with Willie McCallum of Bearsden, Scotland, which broken on Piobaireachd event preference. The Hornpipe & Jig, won by Stuart Liddell, Inveraray, Scotland, did not count towards the aggregate. Liddell also won the MSR. The event celebrates the compositions and contributions of the late great Pipe-Major Donald MacLeod in his home isle of Lewis.

Piobaireachd
1st Angus MacColl
2nd Willie McCallum
3rd Stuart Liddell
4th Chris Armstrong, Airth, Scotland

Judges: Rhona Lightfoot, Iain Morrison, John Wilson

MSR
1st Stuart Liddell
2nd Willie McCallum
3rd Angus MacColl
4th Chris Armstrong

Judges: Ian MacLellan, Iain Morrison, John Wilson

Hornpipe & Jig
1st Stuart Liddell
2nd Willie McCallum
3rd Angus MacColl
4th Gordon Walker, Galston, Scotland

Also competing but not in the prizes: Andrew Hayes, Ottawa; Roddy MacLeod, Glasgow; and Iain Speirs, Edinburgh.