Glenfiddich Piping Championship

The Glenfiddich Piping Championship was established in 1974 to inspire and stimulate the world’s finest individual pipers and to seek the best overall exponents of ceol mor or piobaireachd (the great music) and ceol beag (the little music).

Results from the 50th Glenfiddich Piping Championship, held at Blair Castle on Saturday 28th October are as follows –

PIOBAIREACHD

1ST     Callum Beaumont        MacLeod of Colbeck’s Lament

2nd    Finlay Johnston            Lament for the Children

3rd     Fred Morrison                Craigellachie

4th     Bruce Gandy                  Lament for the Laird of Annapool

5th     Angus MacColl              Nameless (Cherede Darievea)

MARCH, STRATHSPEY AND REEL

1ST    Alex Gandy                                Brigadier General Ronald Cheape of Tiroran,                                                                                                            The Ewe wi’ the Crookit Horn,                                                                                                                                        Duncan MacIntyre RMS Athenia

2nd   Jack Lee                                     South Hall, Lady Loudon, The Little Cascade

3rd    Angus MacColl                         The Argyllshire Gathering, Susan MacLeod,                                                                                                            Alick C. MacGregor

4th    William McCallum                   The Lonach Gathering, Dora MacLeod,                                                                                                                      John MacKechnie’s Big Reel

5th    Finlay Johnston                       Duncan MacColl, The Islay Ball,                                                                                                                                   Alick Cameron, Champion Piper

2023 OVERALL WINNERS are –

1st CALLUM BEAUMONT

2nd FINLAY JOHNSTON

3rd ALEX GANDY

THE BALVENIE MEDAL FOR SERVICES TO PIPING was awarded to

Roderick J. MacLeod MBE

The 2024 Glenfiddich Piping Championship will be held on Saturday, 26th October in Blair Castle, Blair Atholl. 

For further information, please contact The National Piping Centre on 0141 353 0220