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Associaction to become more international in approach
Asturias, Spain – October 20, 2002 – Banda de Gaites Llariegu won the second annual National Championship of Asturian Pipe Bands, competing against seven bands in the Grade 1 category. Each band competed in four categories: piping, drumming, ensemble and aesthethic. The competition is part of a growing trend towards […]
Speirs vies for Double; McCallum goes for Grand Slam
Braemar, Scotland – September 7, 2002 – Niall Matheson on Inverness won the Braemar Gold Medal at the Royal Highland Gathering in this remote village in northeast Scotland. 28 pipers competed in the senior events. Willie McCallum dominated the two light music events. Piobaireachd1st Niall Matheson2nd Gordon Walker, Cumnock3rd William […]
Blairgowrie, Scotland – Sweptember 8, 2002 – The sixth and final Competing Pipers Association piobaireachd competition for pipers graded B and C by the CPA took place here today, with Brendon Eade of Inverness winning the event. Ten played – a smaller entry than usual because the contest followed both […]
Pleasanton, California – September 7, 2002 – The Pleasanton Highland Games, the largest pipe band event in the western United States, was held again with a strong and close Grade 1 band contest. Results were varied over the two days, with Alberta Caledonian taking the medley event and the Los […]
Bruce Gandy of Halifax, Nova Scotia, and Iain Speirs of Edinburgh stand together as winners of the 2002 Highland Society of London Gold Medals at, respectively, the Northern Meeting at Inverness and the Argyllshire Gathering at Oban. Gandy played “The Rout of Glenfruin” to win the Inverness contest, while Speirs […]