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Killin, Scotland – August 2, 2006 – Gordon McCready of Renfrew, Scotland, continued his successful 2006 solo campaign with two first at the Killin Games. Piobaireachd1st Gordon McCready2nd Mark Mackenzie, Australia3rd Jamie Forrester4th Duncan Beattie March1st Donald MacPhee, Alexandra, Scotland2nd Gordon McCready3rd Alasdair Henderson4th Gavin Walker, Cowie, Scotland Strathspey & […]
North Berwick, Scotland -August 5, 2006 – Colin MacLellan, Edinburgh, captured the £300 Piobaireachd first-prize and the North Berwick Waterford Crystal Vase for best piper overall at the North Berwick Highland Games. Twenty pipers competed in the events. Piobaireachd (President’s Cup and £300)1st Colin MacLellan, “The Red Speckled Bull”2nd Cameron […]
Aboyne, Scotland – August 5, 2006 – Alan Russell won all the light music events but was not in the Piobaireachd list at the Aboyne Highland Games, on a very hot and sunny day, in the heart of Brown-Nicol country. Piobaireachd1st George Taylor, Glasgow2nd Thomas Fraser3rd Gareth Rudolph, Glasgow4th Craig […]
Bridge of Allan, Scotland – August 6, 2006 – The final UK contest before the World Pipe Band Championships drew four non-UK Grade 1 bands, including the Scottish Lion-78th Fraser Highlanders and 78th Highlanders (Halifax), who bypassed the North American Championships in favour of competing against contenders like ScottishPower and […]
Campbeltown, Scotland – August 5, 2006 – Angus MacColl of Benderloch, Scotland, was the overall winner of the annual Springbank Distillery Invitational Solo Piping Competition. Piobaireachd1st Roddy MacLeod, Cumbernauld, Scotland, “Lament for the Viscount of Dundee”2nd Angus MacColl, “The Bells of Perth”3rd Willie McCallum, Bearsden, Scotland, “The Daughter’s Lament”4th Iain […]