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March 9, 2026

Record entry for 2026 Scottish Schools Pipe Band Championships

Fifty-one bands and 10 quartets from 172 schools across Scotland gathered at the William McIlvanney Campus for the 2026 Scottish Schools Pipe Band Championships, the largest entry yet over the 12 times the event has been held.
Results
March 9, 2026
Hutton, Arnold and Reid: 2026 Toronto Knockout champions
Features
March 8, 2026
International Women’s Day 2026: Kirsty Duncan gave voice to gain change
Features
March 7, 2026
IWD26: Anne Spalding looks back to 1976, when solo piping discrimination against women finally ended
Results
March 7, 2026
Finlay Johnston starts 2026 campaign with a bang with a Uist & Barra win
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March 6, 2026
Feb. ’26 CLASP Live Online winners: Mitchell, Kelly, Brégent, Yeung
News
March 4, 2026
Glasgow Skye hits another leadership crisis; cancels 2026 season
News
March 3, 2026
At 100, Harry Lauder’s “Road to the Isles” was no road to riches for Jock McLellan
Features
March 2, 2026
Part 4 of the Drum Corps Conundrum: four drumming greats discuss the ongoing battle to recruit snare drummers and L-Ds
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February 28, 2026

Call for players to thank and congratulate Royal Canadian Legions in centenary year

The first Canadian Legion for those who served and serve with Canada’s military was started in late 1925 as...
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February 27, 2026

RSPBA to table maximum numbers, Bass Section prizes, Transfer Window and more at 2026 March 14th AGM

Through special resolution “notices of motion” put forward by members, the Royal Scottish Pipe Band...
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February 26, 2026

Worlds 2026 Roll Call: only 13 expected for Grade 1; Grade 2 expands

With less than six months to go before the contest, how do things look for the top grades at the 2026 Worlds? Assuming...
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February 25, 2026

42 piob-mad pipers soak up McIntosh Workshop

In what could be a record for a purely piobaireachd teaching weekend, 42 pipers from all over North America soaked up...
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From the archives
Features
August 16, 2020
No show? Here’s our 10-year Pre-World’s Concert retrospective
We look back at a decade of the annual biggest performance on the pipe band calendar
This day in history
March 9
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