Results for day 1 of the 2025 Argyllshire Gathering Piping Competition, which includes four of the major piobaireachd competitions in world piping, are as follows:
Gold Medal
1 Steven Leask, MacLean’s March
2 Brendan Eade, Prince’s Salute
3 Sean McKeown, Young Laird of Dungallon
4 Callum Brown, Ronald MacDonald of Morar
5 Chris Armstrong, Lament for the Departure of King James
Judges: A Forbes, M Henderson, W Wotherspoon
Silver Medal
1 Kyle Cameron, You’re Welcome Ewen Locheil
2 Jonathon Simpson, Lament for the Viscount of Dundee
3 Ross Miller, MacFarlane’s Gath.
4 Joe Biggs, MacFarlane’s Gath.
5 Anna Kummerlöw, Chisholm’s Salute
Judges: R Barnes, D MacPhee, R Wallace
Senior Piobaireachd
1 Stuart Liddell, Port Urlar
2 Nick Hudson, Farewell to the Queen’s Ferry
3 Angus MacColl, Red Speckled Bull
4 Jamie Forrester, Daughter’s Lament
5 Cameron Drummond, Edinburgh Piob.
Judges: I Duncan, P Henderson, J Taylor
MacGregor Memorial Piobaireachd
For pipers aged 22 and under – two heats, four from each going forward to a final of eight judged by all four judges.
1 Andrew Pattison, Lament for Captain MacDougall
2 Maggie McConnachie
3 Magnus Stone
4 Calum Dunbar, Lament for the Viscount of Dundee
Other finalists: Gregor Grierson, Liam Nicolson, Christopher McCartan, Eala Niamh McElhinney.
Judges: E Anderson, D Fraser, B Hitchings, R MacShannon
Former Winners’ MSR
1 Finlay Johnston
2 Ben Duncan
3 William McCallum
4 Stuart Liddell
5 Alasdair Henderson
Judges: P Hunt, A MacDonald, J Wilson
