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News from the Argyllshire Gathering Piping Competition

PIPING
Competition

27 & 28 August 2025, Oban

COMPETITION 
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27 & 28 August 2025, Oban

Catch up with all the News about the Piping Competition here. Click an article to read it in full.

The Argyllshire Gathering Piping Competition takes place every August in Oban, Argyll. Established in 1871, the prestigious long-standing competition is a world class event.

Over two days of piping excellence, hundreds of pipers from across the globe compete in this, the world's foremost solo piping competition.

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150th Anniversary Composing Competition

March 30, 2020
The Argyllshire Gathering have launched a new composing competition for a tune to commemorate their 150th Anniversary in 2021, offering a £1,000 prize for the winner.
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2020 Gold Medal competitors announced

March 20, 2020
Competitors for the Highland Society of London’s Gold Medal at the 2020 Argyllshire Gathering Piping Competition have been announced.
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COVID 19

March 20, 2020
Information from The Argyllshire Gathering on the impact of the Covid 19 crisis.
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2020 Silver Medal competitors announced

March 19, 2020
The competitors for the 2020 Argyllshire Gathering Silver Medal have been announced.
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2020 Piping Competition - entries now open

January 8, 2020
Pipers can now complete their entries online for the 2020 Argyllshire Gathering Piping Competition.
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The Argyllshire Gathering Piping Competition 2020

January 8, 2020
The 2020 Argyllshire Gathering Piping Competition takes place on Wednesday 26 and Thursday 27 August 2020 in Oban, Argyll.
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2019 Gold Medal Competition

September 1, 2019
The 2019 Highland Society of London's Gold Medal Piobaireachd competition was won by Andrew Hayes from Nepean, Canada.
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2019 Senior Piobaireachd Competition

August 30, 2019
Stuart Liddel from Inveraray, Scotland, won the Senior Piobaireachd Competition at the Argyllshire Gathering's 2019 solo piping competition.
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2019 Silver Medal Competition

August 30, 2019
Ben McClamrock from Washington DC in the USA is the 2019 Argyllshire Gathering Silver Medal Piobaireachd competition winner.
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2019 MacGregor Memorial winners

August 29, 2019
Ruairidh Brown from Dunblane, Scotland, took first place in the 2019 Highland Society of London's MacGregor Memorial Competition.
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History of The MacGregor Memorial Competition

March 1, 2019
Angus Nicol relates the background to the MacGregor Memorial Piobaireachd Competition for young pipers.
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The Argyllshire Gathering

Founded in 1871, the Argyllshire Gathering's members work to promote Argyll both locally and in the wider world. Find out more at theargyllshiregathering.comR

The Piping Competition forms just one aspect of the work of the Argyllshire Gathering.

The Gathering's Trust supports piping and especially younger pipers across Argyll; the Argyllshire Gathering Oban Games are one of Scotland's leading Highland Games and a highlight of Oban's year.

Find out more about The Gathering's work at the links below.

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Supporting piping across Argyll
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OBAN GAMESR
A true Highland Games spectacular

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