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All Ireland Pipe Band Results

Grade 1
1: St Laurence O Toole (Best Drums)
2: Field Marshal Montgomery
3: Ballycoan
4: Cullybackey

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Cupar Highland Games

James Murray takes light music, Ally Henderson wins Piobaireachd.
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British Pipe Band Championships

Grade 1
1st St Laurence O’Toole (Eire)
2nd House of Edgar-Shotts & Dykehead
3rd Strathclyde Police
4th Scottish Power
5th Boghall & Bathgate
6th Field Marshal Montgomery
Drumming: Shotts
Judges: T. Sloan, Peter Snadden (piping); Greg Dinsdale (drumming); Trevor Dear (ensemble)

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Draw for the All Ireland Pipe Band Championships

All Ireland Championships 2008, Saturday 5th July, Ennis, Co. Clare
For full draw go to http://www.ipba.ie

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CLASP - World solo Amateur Piping Championships at Piping Live

CLASP, Competition League for Amateur Solo Pipers will run the annual ‘World Solo Amateur Piping Championships’ on Thursday 14th and Friday 15th of August in the RSAMD (5min walk from National Piping Centre).

Thursday will have light Music and Piobaireachd events for Grade 3 and Grade 2.

Grade 1 will be held on Friday.

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Summer Schools and Courses

There is still time to enroll on our Summer Piping Schools for non-residential places here at the National Piping Centre. If you are looking for an enjoyable week of classes and workshops with like-minded pipers you can phone to book on (0141) 353 0220, or download, fill in and return the form below:
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CLASP results from the Army School of Piping

Grade 1 Piobaireachd

1st John Frater
2nd Scott Allan
3rd Douglas Gardiner

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Head of Piping Studies BA(Scottish Music-Piping)

The National Piping Centre is currently seeking a replacement for Dr Simon McKerrell in the role of Head of Piping Studies for the BA (Scottish Music –Piping). After some consideration Dr McKerrell has decided to vacate this position in August of this year in order to pursue further opportunities in academic research and performance. Principal of the National Piping Centre, Roddy MacLeod said that he and the Board of the Centre were very disappointed that they could not persuade Dr McKerrell to continue in this position as he has been extremely successful in this role.
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