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Seasons Greetings from PBNews
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| Posted on Thursday, December 31st, 2009

PBNews wishes all those in the piping and pipe band fraternities Seasons Greetings. 2010 is expected to be a big year for New Zealand Piping, with the National Championships in Masterton expected to be the most competitive in years. (more…)



New Zealand Police storm Victoria Square
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| Posted on Sunday, December 6th, 2009

The New Zealand Police Pipe Band took away the aggregate Grade 1 Prize at Victoria Square in the weekend, heading off the local band Canterbury Caledonian Society. (more…)



2009 World Championships - Simon Fraser University
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| Posted on Sunday, August 16th, 2009

Check out Recordings from the Weekend

Simon Fraser University Pipe Banda (BC, Canada) took their 6th World Championship title on Saturday night, beating 13 other Grade 1 Finalists to the title. (more…)



SFUPB - Free Concert
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| Posted on Monday, August 3rd, 2009




The Piping Diaries - Stuart Easton
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| Posted on Tuesday, June 9th, 2009

pdFor the first of what will be many interviews with top-class New Zealand musicians, we interview Stuart Easton. Currently one of New Zealand’s top A Grade pipers, Stuart has achieved a considerable amount in his short piping career. He took the time to answer some questions posed by PBNews. (more…)



Solo Piping Results now available on PBNews
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| Posted on Monday, April 20th, 2009

PBNews is pleased to announce it will be updating and providing results from all the major Highland Games around New Zealand. Prompted by members of the greater Piping community to provide a resource to locate and read the latest results from Hastings, Christchurch, Waipu and Dunedin, PBNews feels obliged to provide such a resource.

This can be viewed on the Solo Database.



Hawke A Grade; Eade takes Clasp; Lyons Gold Medal; Rowe Silver Medal
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| Posted on Friday, April 10th, 2009

Ian Lyons (Australia) won the coveted Comunn Na Piobaireachd (NZ) Gold Medal at a hot and sunny Hastings Highland Games today. In a field of around 10, Ian Lyons managed to prevail after a few years of near misses and 2nd places.

Brendan Eade won his first Clasp on Friday night in front of a packed audience. The Judges for both events were Bain McGregor and John Hanning.

In the light music, Richard Hawke won most points in the A Grade, closely followed by Stuart Easton and Ian Lyons. Richard Cox (Dunedin) won all the B Grade Events, and Jamie Hawke won both the Under 21 Strathspey and Reel, and the Under 21 Piobaireachd.

Clasp
1st Brendon Eade, “The Unjust Incarceration”
2nd Iain Robertson
3rd George Mason
4th Nigel Foster
Gold Medal
1st Ian Lyons, “The MacKays’ Banner”
2nd Gary Stewart
3rd Scott Kennedy
4th Kevin Sinclair
Silver Medal
1st William Rowe
2nd Terry Genet
3rd Andrew Broadbent
4th Simon Fraser
A Grade MSR
1st - Richard Hawke
2nd - Ian Lyons
3rd - Stuart Easton
4th - George Mason

A Grade Double Marches

1st - Stuart Easton
2nd - Richard Hawke
3rd - Ian Lyons