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The 700th anniversary of the Ceres Highland Games went on, with Robert Gibb having the most success in the senior solo piping . . .
Field Marshal Montgomery’s string of consecutive major championship victories came to a crashing end at seven, with Inveraray & District’s win of the European . . .
We continue our historical interview with eight former members of the Clan MacFarlane, a band that set the Grade 1 standard in North America . . .
It might not yet be the Park Bar or the Snaffle Bit in terms of piping lore, but the piper-owned MacLeod Ale Brewing Company in sunny Van Nuys . . .
Simon Fraser University won both Grade 1 events, Robert Malcolm Memorial took the aggregate prize in Grade 2, and Jori Chisholm was the overall solo piping champion . . .
St. Laurence O’Toole of Dublin continued its resurgence as a Grade 1 powerhouse with a win over the seemingly indomitable Field Marshal Montgomery of Belfast . . .
The United States Piping Foundation Professional Championships were held at the Center for the Arts at the University of Delaware, and . . .
The 78th Fraser Highlanders celebrated the first official day of summer with a convincing win at the Cobourg Highland Games, under spectacular weather on the shores of Lake Ontario . . .
Almost exactly a year ago the Grade 1 Auckland & District Pipe Band of New Zealand announced its search for a new lead-drummer, ultimately settling on Adam Alexander . . .
It was another dry and sunny winter’s day for the second Major Championship of the South African season, the Pretoria Boys High School Gathering . . .
Thirteen pipers competed in the senior solo events at the Aberdeen Games at Hazelhead Park in warm but overcast . . .
Allan Russell won three events and was second in the other for a superlative day at the Cupar Highland Games . . .
The Wellington Pipers Club held the 62nd annual Brown Cup and Everest piobaireachd events at the Royal New Zealand Police College . . .
The 78th Fraser Highlanders hung on to win the Grade 1 competition on ensemble preference, but the big story of the day was the Grade 2 Ottawa Police Services finishing second in the Grade 1 event, taking two firsts in piping . . .
Stormont, Northern Ireland – June 14, 2014 – Field Marshal Montgomery won the innagural UK Championships at Stormont, Northern Ireland, near Belfast, continuing the band’s run of consecutive RSPBA major titles, now at seven. The UK Championships took the place of the Cowal Championships on the RSPBA rotation of majors. […]
Jean Campbell of Glasgow was made a Member of the British Empire for services to piping on this year’s annual Queen’s Birthday Honours List . . .