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BRETT TIDSWELL LAUNCHES 2 CDs

Brett Tidswell, 12 time winner of the R U Brown Piobaireachd Society Gold Medal has now released his long awaited self titled album, featuring many classic tunes and a ground and two short piobaireachd.

His second CD "Scotland the Brave" features many Scottish favourites along with the accompaniment of well known musician Marcus Holden. The album also features tunes in all common piping idioms and will be a great resource for up and coming pipers to hear a top flight competitor performing some of the essential tunes learnt in the early stages of one's piping career.

These recordings will only be available from the For Sale page of this website.

FACEBOOK, BLOG and TWITTER

A School of Piping group has been added on facebook. It provides the opportunity for users of the site to be updated, to enter into discussions and ask questions. Many pipers from the beginner through to the Internationally famous are now members of the group. Hope to interact with many of you there, come and feel free to add yourself and enjoy the friendship.

Facebook Group

In addition we now have a Blog and we are also on Twitter please feel free to add us and stay in touch with the latest piping news and site developments.

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BRITISH PIPE BAND CHAMPIONSHIPS 2010 RESULTS

1st Field Marshal Montgomery
2nd Boghall & Bathgate
3rd St. Laurence O'Toole
4th ScottishPower
5th House of Edgar-Shotts & Dykehead
6th Strathclyde Police
Drumming: Boghall & Bathgate

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GORDON DUNCAN PHOTOGRAPHS REQUEST

For the second book of Gordon Duncan Tunes (Available Summer 2011) we are looking for YOUR photos of the Late Great Gordon Duncan. If you have any and are willing to let us publish them send them to pmdrambuie@yahoo.co.uk.

For your trouble, your name will be credited as the source of the photo. Just let us know where, when and any stories you have to share about the photo.

You can also e-mail david@davidahunter.co.uk

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SCOTTISH CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS

1st Field Marshall Montgomery
2nd Boghall and Bathgate Caledonia
3rd The House of Edgar Shotts and Dykehead
4th St Laurence O'Toole
5th Scottish Power

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EUSPBA PIOBAIREACHD TUTORIAL SERIES

The EUSPBA has introduced a series of
piobaireachd tutorials by Jimmy McKintosh. These can be seen here http://vimeo.com/channels/103905

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CANBERRA COLLEGE OF PIPING & DRUMMING

WORKSHOP & RECITAL AT THE CANBERRA BURNS CLUB 8 Kett Street, Kambah ACT
24, 25 & 26 SEPTEMBER 2010
FEATURING: Greg Wilson, Richard Hawke, Jori Chisholm and more.

For more information call Garry Whittaker (02) 6291 9199 or Rod Parker (02) 6294 4474

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R U BROWN PIOBAIREACHD SOCIETY GOLD MEDAL COMPETITION 2010 RESULTS

Piobaireachd
Gold Medal
1st Alastair McInnes
2nd Brett Tidswell
3rd Ian Lyons
4th Ross Campbell
5th Jamie Hawke
Judges: Bob Worrall, Ian Bruce

Silver Medal
1st Cameron Ely
2nd Luke Albrecht
3rd Murray Huggins
4th Kaz Takehara
5th Kyle Moir
Judge: William Robertson

Bronze Medal
1st Caitlan McInnes
2nd Herbie Douglas
3rd Allan Easton
4th Cameron Ely
5th Liam Brown
Judge: Roy Gunn

Open MSR
1st Ian Lyons
2nd Marion Horsburgh
3rd Alastair McInnes
4th Andrew Roach
5th Andrew Fuller
Judges: Malcolm McRae, Scott Nicolson

Open Jig & Hornpipe
1st Alastair McInnes
2nd Ian Lyons
3rd Andrew Fuller
4th Mathew Supronowicz
5th Brett Tidswell
Judges: Denis Browning, Dave Patterson

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AUSTRALIAN PIPE BAND CHAMPIONSHIPS 2010 RESULTS

Grade 1

1st The Pipeband Club Australia

2nd Australia Highlanders

3rd Qld Highlanders No 1

Best Drum Corps: The Pipeband Club Australia

Grade 2

1st Hawthorn City

2nd City of Adelaide

3rd Moorabbin

Best Drum Corps: University of Ballarat No 1

Grade 3

1st Manawatu Development Band

2nd LCC Southern Cross No 1

3rd Wynnum Services Club

Best Drum Corps Manawatu Development Band

Grade 4

1st LCC Southern Cross

2nd Gold Coast Tweed

3rd Canberra Burns Club No 2

Best Drum Corps: University of Ballarat No 2

Juvenile

1st; Scotch College Mebourne

2nd Scots College No 1 Sydney

3rd Scots School Bathurst

Best Drum Corps: Scotch College Mebourne

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2010 NZ Championship - Results

Grade 1 - 1st Auckland & Districts, 2nd Manawatu, 3rd Canterbury Caledonian, 4th NZ Police.
Grade 2 - City of Invercargill
Grade 3 - Manawatu Scottish Development
Grade 4 - South Canterbury HPB

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AR SONER MAGAZINE FEATURES HANDBOOK

Ar Soner magazine from Bretonne (France) has featured "The Complete Pipers Handbook" in its latest edition. This presents an excellent review by Jean-Luc Le Moign from the University of Lorient and renown Breton piping expert. Also shown are photographs and extracts from the book.

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RESULTS R U BROWN PIOBAIREACHD SOCIETY SILVER CHANTER 2009

1st Brett Tidswell - McDougall's Gathering
2nd Peter Hewlett - Lament for the Children
3rd Kaz Takehara - Desperate Battle

Prizes supplied by Colin Kyo Bagpipes.

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RESULTS PIPING SOCIETY OF LONDON COMPETITION 7 NOVEMBER 2009

Bratach Gorm (reserved for Gold Medallists)
1st Stuart Liddell
2nd Bruce Gandy, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
3rd Gordon Walker, Galston, Scotland
4th Willie McCallum, Bearsden, Scotland
5th Roddy MacLeod, Glasgow

Gillies Cup Piobaireachd (reserved for A-Grade and Silver Medallists)
1st Stuart Liddell
2nd Bruce Gandy
3rd James Murray, Cupar, Scotland
4th Willie McCallum
5th Glenn Brown, Glasgow

London Medallion MSR (reserved for those eligible for the Former Winners MSRs at Oban or Inverness and London Strachan winners)
1st Willie McCallum
2nd Callum Beaumont, Bo'ness, Scotland
3rd Iain Speirs, Edinburgh
4th Niall Stewart, Kyle of Lochalsh, Scotland
5th Roddy MacLeod

J.B. Robertson March
1st James Murray
2nd Willie McCallum
3rd Roddy Macleod
4th Stuart Liddell
5th Callum Beaumont

Hornpipe & Jig
1st Stuart Liddell
2nd Glenn Brown
3rd Gordon Walker

A-Grade
Piobaireachd (Snuff Mull)
1st Simon McKerrell
2nd Callum Beaumont, Bo'ness, Scotland
3rd Innes Smith
4th Jonathan Greenlees, Northern Ireland
5th Andy Rogers, Fredericton, New Brunswick

MSR (Strachan Trophy)
1st Gordon McReady, Renfrew, Scotland
2nd Andrea Boyd, Glasgow
3rd Alan Johnstone, Glasgow
4th Andrew Carlisle
5th Cameron Drummond, Edinburgh

Hornpipe & Jig
1st Jonathan Greenlees, Northern Ireland
2nd Gordon McCready
3rd Alan Johnstone

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BALVENIE MEDAL AWARDED TO MALCOLM MCRAE

The 2009 Balvenie medal for services to Piping was awarded to Malcolm McRae at this years Glenfiddich Championship. Congratulations to Malcolm, a well deserved recognition indeed. The details of the award and Malcolm's achievements can be seen here: Balvenie Medal for Malcolm McRae.

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GLENFIDDICH CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS 31 OCTOBER 2009

Overall
1st Stuart Liddell
2nd Willie McCallum
3rd Roddy MacLeod
4th Bruce Gandy, Dartmouth Nova Scotia
5th Gordon Walker, Galston, Scotland

Piobaireachd
1st Roddy MacLeod, tune: "Lament for Donald Duaghal MacKay"
2nd Bruce Gandy, tune: "Lord Lovat's Lament"
3rd Stuart Liddell, tune "The Earl of Seaforth's Salute"
4th Willie McCallum, tune: "Lament for the Earl of Antrim"
5th James Murray, tune: "The Old Men of the Shells"
Judges: Malcolm McRae, Ronnie McShannon, Jack Taylor

MSR
1st Willie McCallum, tunes: "Capt. Campbell of Drum a Voisk," "Ewe wi' the Crookit Horn," "Roddy MacDonald's Fancy"
2nd Stuart Liddell, tunes: "The Duke of Roxburgh's Farewell to the Blackmount Forest," "Atholl Cummers," "The Little Cascade"
3rd Gordon Walker, tunes: "Edinburgh City Police Pipe Band," "Maggie Cameron," "Major David Manson"
4th Angus MacColl, tunes: "Benderloch, Scotland", "John MacColl's Farewell to Kilbowie Cottage," "Caledonian Society of London" ,"Mrs. MacPherson of Inveran"
5th Roddy MacLeod, tunes: "The Marchioness of Tuillibardine," "Arniston Castle," "Ca' the Ewes"
Judges: Bill Livingstone, Iain MacFadyen, Andrew Wright

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PM BRETT TIDSWELL IN SINGAPORE

Brett Tidswell' Principal of Piping with the Australian Pipe Band Asociation with be judging the Boys Brigade Competitions and running a number of seminars in Singapore from the 5th December 2009.

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BRAEMAR GATHERING (SCOTLAND) RESULTS 2009

Piobaireachd
1st Marion Horsburgh
2nd Greg Wilson
3rd Michael Gray
4th Jamie Forrester
5th Jori Chisholm
6th Simon McKerrell

March
1st John-Angus Smith
2nd Alasdair Gillies
3rd Jori Chisholm
4th Greg Wilson
5th Simon McKerrell
6th Jonathan Greenlees

Strathspey & Reel
1st Alasdair Gillies
2nd Greg Wilson
3rd Jori Chisholm
4th Andrew Carlisle
5th John-Angus Smith
6th Andy Rogers

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NORTHERN MEETING (INVERNESS) RESULTS 2009

Highland Society of London Gold Medal
1st Glenn Brown, "Beloved Scotland"
2nd William Geddes, Edinburgh, "Nameless - hiharin dro o dro"
3rd Fiona Manson, Glasgow, "Lament for the Dead"
4th James Murray, Cupar, Scotland, "The Earl of Seaforth's Salute"
5th Calum Beaumont, Bo'ness, Scotland, "The Battle of Aldearn #2"
Judges: Jim McGillivray, Jim McIntosh, John Wilson

Clasp
1st Stuart Liddell
2nd Roddy MacLeod, Glasgow
3rd Jack Lee, Surrey, British Columba
4th Murray Henderson, Kirriemuir, Scotland
5th Richard Hawke, New Zealand
Judges: John MacDougall, Iain MacFadyen, Iain Morrison

Silver Medal
1st Cameron Drummond, Edinburgh, "The MacKays' Banner"
2nd John Mulhearn, Troon, Scotland, "The Gathering of Clan Chattan"
3rd Jamie Forrester, "A Flame of Wrath for Squinting Peter"
4th David Wilton, "Lament for Captain MacDougall"
5th Alistair Lee, Vancouver, "The Desperate Battle"
Judges: Ian Duncan, George Lumsden, Jack Taylor

RSPS Silver Star Former Winners MSR
1st Willie McCallum, Bearsden, Scotland
2nd Angus MacColl, Benderloch, Scotland
3rd Stuart Liddell, Inveraray, Scotland
4th Gordon Walker, Galston, Scotland
5th James Murray, Cupar
Judges: Iain MacLellan, Malcolm McRae, Ronnie McShannon

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COWAL RESULTS -Dunoon August 29, 2009

Grade 1
1st Field Marshal Montgomery
2nd St.Laurence O'Toole
3rd House of Edgar-Shotts & Dykehead
4th Strathclyde Police
5th Boghall & Bathgate
6th ScottishPower
Drumming: House of Edgar-Shotts & Dykehead

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AGYLLSHIRE GATHERING (OBAN) RESULTS 2009

Highland Society of London Gold Medal
1st Alastair Dunn, "Lament for the Viscount of Dundee"
2nd Glenn Brown, Glasgow, "The MacRaes' March"
3rd Marion Horsburgh, New Zealand, "The Earl of Seaforth's Salute"
4th Allan Russell, Kelty, Scotland, "Nameless – Hiharin Dro o Dro"
5th Andrew Hayes, Ottawa, "Lament for the Viscount of Dundee"
Judges: John MacDougall, Iain MacFadyen, Colin MacLellan

Senior Piobaireachd
1st Angus MacColl, "Mrs. MacLeod of Talisker's Salute"
2nd Niall Stewart, Kyle of Lochalsh, Scotland, "The Earl of Ross's March"
3rd Jack Lee, Surrey, British Columbia, "Lament for Donald Ban MacCrimmon"
4th Willie McCallum, Bearsden, Scotland, "MacLeod of Colbecks Lament"
Judges: Malcolm McRae, John Wilson, Andrew Wright

Silver Medal
1st Cameron Drummond, Edinburgh, "Clan Chattan's Gathering"
2nd Alastair Lee, Vancouver, British Columbia, "The MacKays' Banner"
3rd David Wilton, Forfar, Scotland, "The Piper's Warning to His Master"
4th Faye Henderson, Kirriemuir, Scotland, "Clan Chattan's Gathering"
5th John Mulhearn, Troon, Scotland, "The Piper's Warning to His Master"
Judges: Alan Forbes, Jim McGillivray, Ronnie McShannon

RSPS Silver Star Former Winners MSR
1st James Murray, Cupar, Scotland
2nd Stuart Liddell, Inveraray, Scotland
3rd Gordon Walker, Galston, Scotland
4th Douglas Murray, Cupar, Scotland
Judges: James Banks, Barry Donaldson, Bob Worrall

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2009 WORLD PIPE BAND CHAMPIONSHIPS - RESULTS

Grade 1 Overall
1st Simon Fraser University (Canada)
2nd Field Marshal Montgomery (Northern Ireland)
3rd St. Laurence O'Toole (Ireland)
4th Strathclyde Police (Scotland).
5th House of Edgar-Shotts & Dykehead (Scotland)
6th Boghall & Bathgate (Scotland)
Drumming: Simon Fraser University (Canada)

Grade 1 Medley
1st Simon Fraser University
2nd Field Marshal Montgomery
3rd St. Laurence O'Toole
4th House of Edgar-Shotts & Dykehead
5th Boghall & Bathgate
6th ScottishPower
Drumming: House of Edgar-Shotts & Dykehead (Scotland)
Judges: I Wood, T. Sloane (piping); G. Craig (drumming); Joe Noble (ensemble)

Grade 1 MSR
1st Simon Fraser University
2nd Field Marshal Montgomery
3rd St. Laurence O'Toole
4th Strathclyde Police
5th House of Edgar Shotts & Dykehead
6th Boghall & Bathgate
Drumming: SFU
Judges: Malcolm MacKenzie, John Moles (piping); A. Steele (drumming); David Clark (ensemble)

Grade 2 (MSR)
1st Inveraray & District (Scotland)
2nd Ravara (Northern Ireland)
3rd Mauchline & District
4th Dumfries & Galloway Constabulary (Scotland)
5th Grampian Police (Scotland)
6th New Westminster Police (Canada)
Drumming: Inveraray
Judges: Alan Ronaldson, G. Lawrie (piping); Gordon Parkes (drumming); and Denver Cardwell (ensemble)

Grade 3A
1st Killen (Northern Ireland)
2nd Williamwood (Scotland)
3rd Howard Memorial (ensemble preference)
4th McNeillstown (Northern Ireland)
5th Auchintober (Scotland)
6th Cullen
Drumming: Auchintober

Grade 3B
1st Benoni MacTalla (South Africa)
2nd Castlerock
3rd Ulster Scottish (USA)
4th Methil & District (Scotland)
5th Manor Cunningham
6th Royal Burgh of Stirling (Scotland)
Drumming: Methil

Juvenile
1st George Watson's College (Scotland)
2nd Boghall & Bathgate (Scotland)
3rd Scotia Glenville (USA)
4th Robert Malcolm Memorial (Canada)
5th Kintyre Schools (Scotland)
6th Robert Wiseman-Dairies Vale of Atholl (Scotland)
Drumming: Boghall

Grade 4A
1st Letterkenny & District (Northern Ireland)
2nd Quinn Memorial (Northern Ireland)
3rd Geoghechan Memorial
4th Matt Boyd Memorial
5th Moneygore
6th City of Timaru Highland (New Zealand)
Drumming: Letterkenny

Grade 4B
1st Thiepval Memorial
2nd Ballyboley
3rd William Kerr Memorial
4th Achill Mayo
5th Tullylagan
6th Pasadena Scottish (USA)

Novice Juvenile
1st George Watson's College
2nd North Lanarkshire Schools
3rd Johnstone
4th Inveraray & District
5th Dumbarton & District
6th Kintyre Schools
Drumming: George Watson's

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VALE ALEC KERR

It is with sadness that we report the passing of Alec Kerr. Alec was a piper with the Black Watch and NCR Pipe Band in Scotland before emigrating to South Australia and joining the McDouall-Stuart Memorial Pipe Band. His funeral was held on Tuesday 18/8/09. He will be fondly remembered as one of the true gentleman of Piping.

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ERNEST DOWLER

Pipe Major Ernest Dowler, formerly of the Adelaide University Regiment Pipes and Drums has been awarded the Order of Australia Medal at the Queens Birthday Honours for Services to the Pipe Band community. We done Ern, a great ambassador for piping and many of us owe you a great debt of gratitude. It is great to see Ernie still competing in Open competition well into his eighties.
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