Results for day 1 of the 2023 Argyllshire Gathering Piping Competition, which includes four of the major piobaireachd competitions in world piping, are as follows:
Gold Medal
1 Alasdair Henderson, Menzies Salute, £550
2 Sarah Muir, Sobieski’s Salute, £400
3 Darach Urquhart, Sobieski’s Salute, £250
4 Calum Watson, Rout of the Lowland Captain, £200
5 Cameron Drummond, Rout of the Lowland Captain, £150
Judges: R Barnes, W Livingstone, J Wilson
Silver Medal
1 Jamie Elder, Nameless, tune 42, £350
2 Calum Brown, Nameless, tune 42, £300
3 Ben Mulhearn, Nameless, One of the Cragich, £150
4 Angus MacPhee, Lament for Finlay, £100
5 Brodie Watson Massey, Lament for Finlay, £60
Judges: M Henderson, R MacShannon, R Worrall
Senior Piobaireachd
1 Angus MacColl, Lament for the Earl of Antrim, £1,000
2 Callum Beaumont, Lament for MacLeod of Colbeck, £500
3 Stuart Easton, In Praise of Morag, £300
4 Connor Sinclair, Unjust Incarceration, £200
5 Jamie Forrester, Abercairney’s Salute, £150
Judges: J Taylor, M McRae, R Wallace
MacGregor Memorial Piobaireachd
1 Alistair Bevan, £110
2 Calum Bevan, £85
3 Gregor MacDonald, £60
4 Gillian Blaney, £50
Judges for the final: D Fraser, M Grey, P Henderson, B Hitchings
Finalists in this competition held over two heats: A Bevan, L Kennedy, G Blaney, L Nicholson, C Bevan, G MacDonald, K Johnstone, C Bonar
Former Winners’ MSR
1 Alex Gandy, £550
2 Jack Lee, £400
3 Sarah Muir, £250
4 Angus D MacColl, £200
5 Craig Sutherland, £150
Judges: I Duncan, J MacGillivray, W Morrison
