Callum Gilchrist, Jamie Hawke and Stuart Easton took the major prizes at the Labour Weekend Silver Chanter competitions held on Saturday and Sunday. Callum Gilchrist took the Silver Chanter in a large field of 21, while Jamie Hawke won his first Clasp the following afternoon. Stuart Easton completed a successful solo year by winning the Overall A Grade Prize. Results were spread over A Grade, with Stuart Easton, Liam Kernaghan, Jamie Hawke and Marion Horsburgh all claiming first prizes. (more…)
St Andrews Pipe Band from Brisbane have won the ACT Pipe Band Championships in Canberra today.
More details to follow. (more…)
A warm, overcast day meant the Solos by the Sea in Timaru ran without a hitch. Around 20 competitiors played in the piping solos, 12 in the side drumming and 6 in the bass and tenor. Josh Hay came away with the B Grade aggregate in the solo piping, while Brad Willson won the A Grade side drumming. (more…)
After the devastating earthquake on the 22nd of February, little was known about the future of any events in Christchurch. Of particular interest to pipe-bandsmen was the annual Victoria Square Day competitions – traditionally the first major hit out for all graded bands for the season – which had been held since 1990. The Canterbury Caledonian Society – organisers of the event – have secured a new location for the contest, to be held the first weekend of December at the Okeover Reserve at the University of Canterbury. (more…)
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