Skye’s the limit for Midgley, Cameron and MacColl

Angus D. MacColl of Benderloch, Scotland, took the invitational Silver Chanter piobaireachd contest held the following day at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig. Alasdair Henderson, Glasgow; Midgley; Sarah Muir, Glasgow; Innes Smith, Palmerston North, New Zealand also competed. Only one prize was awarded at the event.

There were MSR heats run to create final 2/4 March and Strathspey & Reel events where contestants had to play two of each tune genre. About 30 pipers competed in the light music.

Of note, the three judges of the Dunvegan Medical, um, make that Medal were doctors.

Dunvegan Medal (27 competed)
1st Sandy Cameron, “I Got a Kiss of the King’s Hand”
2nd Angus MacPhee, Inverness, Scotland
3rd Callum Wynd, Dunblane, Scotland
4th John McDonald, Aberdeen, Scotland
5th Steven Leask, East Kilbride, Scotland
Judges: Angus MacDonald, John Don MacKenzie, Jack Taylor

Clasp (four competed)
1st Derek Midgley, “Lament for Patrick Og MacCrimmon”
2nd Sandy Cameron, “The Earl of Ross’s March”
3rd Fred Morrison, Bishopton, Scotland, “Lament for MacLeod of Colbeck”
Judges: Angus MacDonald, Iain MacFadyen, Jack Taylor

2/4 March
1st Nick Hudson, Houston
2nd Steven Leask
3rd Angus MacPhee
4th Derek Midgley
5th Christopher McLeish, Glasgow
Judges: Alan Forbes, Iain MacFadyen, Angus MacDonald

Strathspey & Reel
1st Nick Hudson
2nd Sandy Cameron
3rd Derek Midgley
4th Alistair Brown
5th Anna Kummerlöw, Kladrum, Germany
Judges: Alan Forbes, Iain MacFadyen, Angus MacDonald

6/8 March
1st Derek Midgley
2nd Steven Leask
3rd Keith Bowes, Erskine, Scotland
4th Fred Morrison
5th Callum Wynd
Judge: Alan Forbes, Iain MacFadyen

Hornpipe & Jig
1st Fred Morrison
2nd Derek Midgley
3rd Nick Hudson
4th Cameron May, Lesmahagow, Scotland
5th Fraser Allison, Balfron, Scotland
Judge: Alan Forbes, Iain MacFadyen

The original version of this report had the third and fourth Dunvegan Medal prize-winners transposed. The correct result is as shown here.