October TBC – Royal National Mod Sat 6 – Dunrobin Castle Piping Cham- pionships: www.dun robinpiping.com Sat 20 – Festival of Juvenile Solo PIping November TBC – Annual London Competition
Junior Contests Peter McCalister writes: We are indebted to the Sinclair family for their help with compiling this list of contests. There is no central database for these competitions, and so we thought we would start one. If other junior members and their families can help expand this area, please be in touch with us on guidetothegames @googlemail.com. The Royal National Mod is mentioned above. Venues different each year but entry closes early. Note there are a number of local Mods throughout the country – check http://acgmod.org/ for details – the list below was accessed from that website in Feb 2012. May 18 & 19 – Stirling June 1/2 – East Kilbride June 2 – Sutherland & Caithness June 2 – Islay June 2 – Uist June 7 & 8 – Lochaber June 8 & 9 – Perth & Angus June 13 & 15 – Harris June 15 – Ardnamurchan June 15 & 16 – Glasgow June 15 & 16 – Inverness
DuncanWatson and John MacDougall on duty at
Inverness Games.What was Duncan saying to John? Our suggestion? ‘That’s nae the way the tune goes at a’ man.’ Alternatives welcomed to thepipingtimes@gmail.com.
June 16 – Skye June 22/23 – Oban Sept 7 & 8 – Mull Sept 15 – Dalriada Sept 21 –Wester Ross Sept 21 & 22 – Barra Sept 28 – SW Ross Rather than repeat the entries to individual Games mentioned in the Guide above, the Junior contests below are those which have NOT been mentioned so far. If some have occurred by the time this Guide is published, that will at least help plan for next year, as contests tend to run to pattern year-on-year.Not all details had been finalised by the date of publication but the contact details should be correct. April Inveraray – Agnes Liddell ag.liddell@hotmail.co.uk Kintyre Piping, Campbeltown kintyrepiping@btinternet.com 16th June – Inverness PS www.invernesspipingsociety.co.uk