Draw for the Wellington Pipers Club Competitions to be held at the Royal New Zealand Police College commencing at 9.30am on Saturday June 14 2008. Times are Approximate.

City of Wellington Cup To be held in the lecture hall. Judge: Iain Robertson

1. Thomas Powell
2. Gracie Jones
3. Callum Cameron
4. Nicholas Bingham
5. Ben Tait
6. Connor Macrae
7. Alex Telfar
8. Douglas Fraser
9. Alwyn MacCallum

Everest Piobaireachd To be held in the lecture hall. Judges : John Hanning & Iain Hines

1. Kevin Sinclair 11.00am
2. Stuart Easton 11.20am
3. Marion Horsburgh 11.40am
4. George Mason 12. 00am
5. Nigel Foster 12. 20am
6. Iain Robertson 12. 40am
7. Lunch Break from 1.00pm-1.45pm

Brown Cup Competition to be held in the Police College bar. Judges: John Hanning & Iain Hines.

1. Craig Fraser 1. 45pm
2. George Mason 2. 05 pm
3. Marion Horsburgh 2. 20pm
4. Kevin Sinclair 2. 40pm
5. Stuart Easton 3. 00pm
6. Nigel Foster 3 .20pm
7. Iain Robertson 3. 40pm

Prize Giving : 4.00pm. AGM 4.05pm. Fellowship in the bar 4.30pm.

I’m presently compiling a list of web resources available to pipers looking for resources on the NZ 2009 list tunes. I’ll post all of the links soon, but in the meantime the following silver medal tunes are available on Roddy McLeod’s site. Click here to access:

• Alasdair Dearg Macdonell of Glengarry, Lament for.
• Flame of Wrath for Patrick Coagach, A.
• Little Spree, The.
• Massacre of Glencoe, The.

I’m told that, in addition to playing in Chch next Friday, they are also playing in Whangarei on Monday. I love this band live, although they were put into the very worst possible venue when I saw them in Wellington last year. The Whangarei and Christchurch venues are good so maybe it’s just the Wellington promoters?

Check out battlefieldband.co.uk for tour dates and info.

Stuart Easton won the Targe for Piobaireachd, playing Scarce of Fishing with Brendon Eade second playing the Unjust Incarceration. Brendon won the Colin Craig Claidhmor (MSR, Hornpipe & Jig) with Stuart Easton second. A fantastic day at the Celtic Inn I’m told (I had to be at a work team building event - bugger).

Brendon Eade

The judges were Martin Frewen and Richard Hawke, which means that they will be competitors next year.

Every competitor had to play a New Zealand composed tune in the light music, which added a nice touch.

Commencing at 3pm they will be held on Sunday 8th June, 22nd June and 6th July. Aimed at beginners and up to Silver Medal standard the tunes to be covered are:

1. Glengarry’s Lament
2. Lament for Alasdair Dearg Macdonell of Glengarry - PS Bk 14
3. The Little Spree - PS Bk 7
4. Cabar Feidh Gu Brath - MC
5. The Massacre of Glencoe - PS Bk 6
6. A Flame of Wrath for Patrick Coagach - PS Bk 5
7. The Munro¹s Salute - PS Bk 1

The classes are free for paid up members of Comunn Na Piobaireachd and $10 per class for non members.

Those wishing to attend need to register their interest by 1st June with Marion Horsburgh on (04) 971-3991

Well worth a listen any time, but this week’s Pipeline features Greg Wilson. It also has performances of Munro’s Salute and Sir Ewen Cameron of Lochiel’s Salute from Breton piper Patrick Molard, some rip snorting playing from Stuart Liddell and other fantastic music. IMHO one of the more interesting programmes. Click here to listen.