10+ hour, 17+ min ago  (94+ words) Bagpipe News The Kenmore Highland Games took place on the evening of Wednesday 1st July. It was a rather wet and dreich evening, but true to form all competitors persevered until the end. There was six pipers in the Junior event…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago  (195+ words) Ross Miller and Christopher Mc Cartan contested the Guards Club Knockout final on Sunday, June 28, 2026. Christopher won the trophy with 20 votes to 17." The contestants reached the final with Christopher beating Scott Mc Caskill in the April semi-final, and Ross beating…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago  (111+ words) Bagpipe News The European Pipe Band Championships took place on Saturday, June 27, at North Inch Park, Perth. 105 bands descended on the venue for the third major championship of 2026, with Field Marshal Montgomery Pipe Band winning their second Grade 1 title of…...

3+ day, 54+ min ago  (447+ words) The National Piping Centre and the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland are delighted to announce the appointment of world-class piper Finlay Johnston to the teaching faculty of the BMus Traditional Music (Piping) degree. Finlay joins the team as a principal study…...

6+ day, 10+ hour ago  (162+ words) The final of the Guards Club knockout is this Sunday, June 28, at the Scots Guards Club with the usual start time of 4pm. The final will be contested by Chris Mc Cartan and Ross Miller. The pipers are required to perform…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (117+ words) The funeral service of Dugald Brown Mac Neill will be held on Friday 3 July at 11. 30am at St Columba's Church, Midton Road, Ayr, and then afterwards at the Abbotsford Hotel, Corsehill Road, Ayr. There will be a private family only cremation…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (208+ words) On Monday 10th August, around 200 pipers, drummers and drum majors will gather at Mansfield Park in Partick, ranging from young learners playing their chanters, to seasoned professionals playing the pipes and drums in their retirement. Since its inception in 2016, the Piping…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (330+ words) BY JEANNIE CAMPBELL MBE. The Oban Times on 7th February 1914 had news of a forthcoming publication by Lieutenant John Mac Lennan: John Mc Lennan published The piobaireachd as Mac Crimmon played it with instructions how to read and understand music, in…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (291+ words) Dugald Brown Mac Neill was born in 1930, the fifth of six children to parents who lived in Ardrishaig in Argyll. He spent the first ten years or so in Ardrishaig, going to primary school in Lochgilphead." In 1941 the family moved…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (221+ words) Andy Venters, who died recently at the age of 90, will be sadly missed by all who knew him. Many years ago, when I first moved to Glenurquhart, and knew no one, Andy patiently helped me with my piping. He invited…...