Uist & Barra Full Results
Uist and Barra Annual Professional Competition held
at The College of Piping, March 10, 2012
A large crowd enjoyed a feast of top class piping at the College today. Overall winner was P/M Gordon Walker with two firsts and a fifth. Winner of the Ceol Mor was Iain Speirs.
U&B President Julia MacIsaac presents the overall trophy to P/M Gordon Walker
Ceol Mor
1 Iain Speirs, In Praise of Morag 2 Niall Stewart, Lament for D Duaghal MacKay 3 Douglas Murray, Kinlochmoidart No2 4 Finlay Johnston, King’s Taxes 5 Gordon Walker, Lament for the Children
MSR
1 G Walker 2 J Murray 3 N Stewart 4 D Murray 5 I Speirs
H&J
1 G Walker 2 J Murray 3 A Russell 4 D MacPhee 5 N Stewart
Judges for all events: S Shedden, N Mulvie, W Morrison
Dugald MacIntyre presents the Glasgow Highland Club medal to Iain Speirs
Iain wins the Glasgow Highland Club medal for the second year in a row. It was a first class day of piping superbly stewarded by James McLean and Jeannie Campbell with all events concluded by 5pm. The Glasgow Highland Club Medal was presented by Dugald MacIntyre who in a short, but well received, speech emphasised the Club’s role in encouraging all of the Highland arts.