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 45th Glenfiddich Piping Championship, held at Blair Castle on Saturday 27th October 2018, are as follows -
PIOBAIREACHD
| 1st | Finlay Johnston |
My Dearest on Earth, Give me your Kiss |
| 2nd | Stuart Liddell |
In Praise of Morag |
| 3rd | Angus MacColl |
The Bells of Perth |
| 4th | Callum Beaumont |
Craigellachie |
| 5th | Stuart Easton |
The Unjust Incarceration |
MARCH, STRATHSPEY AND REEL
| 1st | Callum Beaumont |
Miss Elspeth Campbell, Tulloch Castle, Miss Proud |
| 2nd | Alex Gandy |
Mrs. MacDonald of Dunach, The Bob of Fettercairn, Drumlithie |
| 3rd | Finlay Johnston |
Mrs. John MacColl, The Islay Ball, The Rejected Suitor |
| 4th | Angus MacColl | Craig-n-darroch, Susan MacLeod, Captain Lachlan MacPhail of Tiree |
| 5th | Stuart Liddell | The Abercairney Highlanders, The Shepherd’s Crook, The Cockerel in the Creel |
2018 OVERALL WINNERS ARE:
1st - Finlay Johnston
2nd - Callum Beaumont
3rd - Stuart Liddell
THE BALVENIE MEDAL FOR SERVICES TO PIPING was awarded to
Cristiano Bicudo, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
The 2019 Glenfiddich Piping Championship will be held on Saturday, 26th October in Blair Castle, Blair Atholl.
For further information please contact liz.maxwell@wgrant.com phone no. 0845 602 1974 or The National Piping Centre 0141 353 0220.