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The Lonach Highland Games date back to the 1820s, and this year’s event saw a preponderance of non-Scottish pipers competing and succeeding. James MacHattie, Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Washington, DC’s Andrew Donlon, and Ben McClamrock, also of Washington, won the Piobaireachd, March, and Strathspey & Reel, respectively.
Sandy Cameron of Roy Bridge, Scotland, and Auckland’s Liam Kernaghan won top prizes at the annual Lochaber Gathering, winning the Piobaireachd and MSR for pipers graded Premier or A by the Competing Pipers Association. Andrew Donlon of Washington, DC, was awarded the “Best Strathspey & Reel” prize as part of the MSR event.
Zephan Knichel of Surrey, British Columbia, won two of the three events at the annual Glenisla Highland Games, held in a farmer’s field just off the B951 near Kirriemuir. Knichel played against five others in the Senior solo piping. The field’s owner, the mysterious Major Gibb, is part of piping folklore, as he gets to judge the piping events along with more qualified people. We’re not kidding.
Calls for the resignation of several representatives of the Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association were allegedly made during a Zoom meeting between RSPBA officials and representatives from the 12 Novice Juvenile bands that competed in the final competition in the wake of the Novice Juvenile B results compilation catastrophe at […]
The Scotch College #2 Pipe Band of Melbourne, Australia, have reportedly emerged winners as more details regarding the Novice Juvenile B grade results debacle at the 2024 World Pipe Band Championships have come to light. Scotland’s Burntisland & District reportedly has won the drumming title, taking the prize from Dollar […]
Following the more than 150-year tradition of the event, the Argyllshire Gathering took its second day of competition outdoors to Mossfield Park where the world’s best solo pipers weather whatever the weather wanted in various light music events.
The first day of the two-day Argyllshire Gathering saw Cameron Drummond of Edinburgh win the Highland Society of London’s Gold Medal for piobaireachd, adding his name again to the history books. Drummond had been second in the event at Oban and Inverness several times.
Winning the World Pipe Band Championship is a rare and treasured feat for any pipe band, and for young pipers and drummers just starting, it’s a memory that lasts a lifetime. Several sources have confirmed that Lochgelly High School, the announced winners of the Juvenile B grade at the 2024 […]
“Our commitment to fairness, transparency, and integrity is paramount. We unreservedly and sincerely apologise for the confusion, hurt, and upset that this error has caused,” the Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association said in a statement regarding an identified mistake in calculating the Novice Juvenile B result at the 2024 World […]
The Crieff Highland Games occurred the day after the World Pipe Band Championships concluded. James MacHattie of Summerside, Prince Edward Island, and Tom Cangelosi from Arlington, Virginia, won the Piobaireachd and MSR, respectively. However, neither won a prize in the other event, so Kyle Cameron of Fortrose, Scotland, was best overall, with a second and a third prize.
The World Pipe Band Championships consumed the attention of the majority of pipers and drummers worldwide, and now it’s solo piping’s turn, with the Argyllshire Gathering at Oban, the Captain John MacLellan Memorial Medal in Edinburgh, and the Northern Meeting in Inverness poised to command interest over the next two […]
The Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association published the full results from 2024 World Pipe Band Championships a few hours after the competition concluded at around 8 pm on August 17th. However, the Overall Grade 1 result published online showed a discrepancy with what the association announced. St. Laurence O’Toole of […]
St. Laurence O’Toole marched off the park at Glasgow Green with the 2024 World Pipe Band Drumming Champion corps leading the band. It was the seventh drumming title for the band under Leading-Drummer Stephen Creighton. Enjoy a brief video of St. Laurence O’Toole celebrating their success on August 17, 2024. […]
Even with the World Pipe Band Championships consuming almost all of the piping world’s attention, about 10 pipers competed at the Glenfinnan Highland Gathering, where Jacob Dicker of Maxville, Ontario, won two firsts and a second to hoist the overall trophy. Weather was reasonably good: overcast, breezy and a few showers, but the renowned West Highland midges were “out in force.”
After two days, two medleys and two MSRs, Inveraray & District won the 2024 World Championship at Glasgow Green. It was the third World Championship title for Inveraray & District after winning in 2017 and 2019. Inveraray & District was also awarded the 2024 RSPBA Grade 1 Champion of Champions title for overall band and drumming.
Best wishes to all bands competing. May your performance always exceed your potential.