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List of winners of the Gold Medal, Senior Piobaireachd and Former Winners' MSR at the Argyllshire Gathering

The Argyllshire Gathering is an annual Highland games held in August in Oban, Scotland.

Solo piping events edit

The solo piping events at the Argyllshire Gathering are some of the most prestigious in the solo calendar.

Winning the Gold Medal for pibroch at either the Argyllshire Gathering or Northern Meeting qualifies the winner to play in the Senior Pibroch competition, and an invitation to play at the Glenfiddich Championships.

Entry to the Former Winners March, Strathspey & Reel is restricted to past winners of the A-Grade March, Strathspey & Reel event.

Winners edit

Eight players in history have won both Gold Medals in the same year, these players are denoted with an asterisk (*).[1]

Year Gold Medal Former Winners March, Strathspey & Reel Senior Piobaireachd
1873 D.S. MacDonald[1] - -
1874 Ronald MacKenkie, Piper to MacDonald of Dunach[1] - -
1875 John MacBean, Piper to Lord Middleton[1] - -
1876 Malcolm MacPherson, (Calum Piobaire) Piper to Cluny[1] - -
1877 John MacBean, Piper to Lord Middleton[1] - -
1878 William MacLennan, Dundee Police[1] - -
1879 George MacDonald, South Morar[1] - -
1880 Robert MacKinnon[1] - -
1881 John MacColl, Bonawe[1] - -
1882 Angus MacDonald, Piper to MacDonell of South Morar[1] - -
1883 Angus MacRae, Piper to Mr H.E.Wood, Raasay[1] - -
1884 John MacDougall Gillies, Aberdeen[1] - -
1885 Pipe Major John Cameron, 2nd Queens Own Cameron Highlanders[1] - -
1886 Pipe Major Robert Meldrum, 2nd Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders[1] - -
1887 Pipe Major John MacKay, 4th Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders[1] - -
1888 Kenneth MacDonald[1] - -
1889 John MacPherson[1] - -
1890 Norman MacPherson[1] - -
1891 David C. Mather, Lochcarron[1] - -
1892 Archibald R. MacColl[1] - -
1893 William Robb[1] - -
1894 George J. Ross[1] - -
1895 John MacKenzie[1] - -
1896 Gavin Campbell MacDougall[1] - -
1897 John MacDonald of Inverness[1] - -
1898 Farquar MacRae[1] - -
1899 Murdo MacKenzie, Piper to Mr. A.E. Butter, Faskally[1] - -
1900 No competition[1] - -
1901 John Wallace[1] - -
1902 Corporal Piper William Ross, Seaforth Highlanders[1] - -
1903 Pipe Major Donald Mathieson, 3rd Highland Light Infantry[1] - -
1904 PC G. S. McLennan, 1st Battalion Gordon Highlanders[1] - -
1905 George S. Allan, 2nd Scottish Horse[1] - -
1906 James A Center, Edinburgh[1] - -
1907 Pipe Major Willie Ross, 2nd Scots Guards[1] - -
1908 Roderick Campbell, Inverness[1] - -
1909 William Gray, Govan Police[1] - -
1910 Pipe Sergeant William Lawrie, 8th Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders*[1] - -
1911 George Yardley, Cambuslang*[1] - -
1912 W. MacLean, Glasgow[1] - -
1913 Pipe Major James Taylor, Highland Light Infantry[1] - -
1914–18 Not held due to World War I - -
1919 Pipe Major J.O. Duff, Edinburgh[1] - -
1920 Pipe Major William Taylor, Edinburgh[1] - -
1921 Pipe Major J. Mathieson[1] - -
1922 Pipe Major Robert Reid, Glasgow[1] - -
1923 A.M. Calder, Edinburgh[1] - -
1924 Pipe Major Chisholm, Edinburgh[1] - -
1925 David Ross, Sutherland[1] - -
1926 John MacDonald, City of Glasgow Police*[1] - -
1927 J. Wilson, Edinburgh[1] - -
1928 Hugh Kennedy[1] - -
1929 Pipe Major J.D. MacDonald, 1st Scots Guards[1] - -
1930 Robert B. Nicol, Crathie* (Sovereign's Piper)[1] - -
1931 Robert U. Brown, Muir of Ord[1] - -
1932 PS J. Robertson, 2nd Scots Guards[1] - -
1933 Malcolm R. MacPherson, Invershin[1] - -
1934 Pipe Major C. Smith, 2nd Black Watch[1] - -
1935 LC Nicol MacCullum, 8th Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders[1] - -
1936 Donald Iain MacKenzie, Tongue[1] - -
1937 Donald F. Ross, Lochgilphead[1] - -
1938 Roderick MacDonald, City of Glasgow Police[1] - -
1939–45 Not held due to World War II - -
1946 Pipe Major P. Bain. Glasgow[1] - -
1947 Robert G. Hardie, Glasgow[1] - -
1948 Donald MacPherson, Glasgow[1] - -
1949 PS R. MacKay, CH[1] - -
1950 John D. Burgess, Edinburgh*[1] - -
1951 Pipe Major Donald MacLean, Lewis[1] - -
1952 Pipe Major R. McCallum, Inveraray[1] - -
1953 James MacColl, Shotts[1] - -
1954 Pipe Major Donald R. MacLeod, Seaforth Highlanders[1] - -
1955 William MacDonald, Inverness[1] - -
1956 Pipe Major D MacLennan, N. Berwick[1] - -
1957 RSM John MacLellan, Seaforth Highlanders[1] - -
1958 Iain MacFadyen, Glasgow[1] - -
1959 Kenneth MacDonald, Glasgow[1] - -
1960 John MacFadyen, Glasgow[1] - -
1961 Ronald Lawrie, City of Glasgow Police[1] - -
1962 Seumas MacNeill, Bearsden[1] - -
1963 Sergeant Angus MacDonald, Scots Guards[1] - -
1964 Hector MacFadyen, Pennyghael/Glasgow*[1] - -
1965 Neil MacEachern, Islay[1] - -
1966 Duncan MacFadyen, Johnstone[1] - -
1967 William MacDonald, Benbecula[1] - -
1968 Thomas Pearston, Glasgow[1] - -
1969 John MacDougall, Arbroath[1] - -
1970 Andrew Wright, Paisley*[1] - -
1971 Finlay MacNeill, Inverness[1] - -
1972 Hugh McCallum, Bridge of Allen[1] - -
1973 Angus J. MacLellan, City of Glasgow Police[1] - -
1974 Kenneth MacLean, Glasgow[1] - -
1975 Arthur G. Gillies, Kilchrenan[1] - -
1976 Malcolm MacRae, Kirriemuir[1] - -
1977 Ian Clowe, Dumfries[1] - -
1978 James McIntosh, Dundee[1] - -
1979 William Livingstone, Ontario, Canada[1] - -
1980 Murray Henderson, Eassie, Angus[1] - -
1981 Gavin Stoddart, Edinburgh[1] - -
1982 Pipe Major Evan MacRae, Fort William[1] - -
1983 John Wilson, Strathclyde Police[1] - -
1984 Michael Cusack, Texas, USA[1] - -
1985 Robert Wallace, Glasgow[1] - -
1986 Alfred Morrison, Bishopston[1] - -
1987 John Hanning, New Zealand[1] - -
1988 Roddy MacLeod, Cumbernauld[1] - -
1989 Corporal Alasdair Gillies, Queen's Own Highlanders[1] - -
1990 Sergeant Brian Donaldson, Scots Guards.[1] - -
1991 James MacGillivray, Ontario, Canada[1] Angus MacColl[2] -
1992 Colin MacLellan, Ontario, Canada[1] - -
1993 Corporal Gordon Walker, Royal Highland Fusiliers[1] - -
1994 Dr. Angus MacDonald, Skye[1] - -
1995 Willie McCallum, Clydebank[1] - -
1996 Angus MacColl, Oban[1] - -
1997 James Murray, Cupar[1] - -
1998 Niall Matheson, Inverness[1] Angus MacColl[2] -
1999 Major John Cairns, Ontario, Canada*[1] - -
2000 Michael Rogers, Maryland, USA[1] - -
2001 Jack Lee, British Columbia, Canada[1] - -
2002 Iain Speirs, Edinburgh[1] - -
2003 Bruce Gandy, Nova Scotia, Canada[1] Gordon Walker[3] Mike Cusack[3]
2004 Stuart Liddell, Inveraray[1] Gordon Walker[3] Angus MacColl[3]
2005 Euan McCrimmon, Edinburgh[1] Gordon Walker[3] Angus MacColl[3]
2006 Greg Wilson, New Zealand[1] Roddy MacLeod[3] Roddy MacLeod[3]
2007 Richard Hawke, New Zealand[1] Alasdair Gillies[3] Gordon Walker[3]
2008 Niall Stewart, Kyle of Lochalsh, Scotland[1] Willie McCallum[3] Roddy MacLeod[3]
2009 Alastair Dunn, Glasgow[1] James Murray[3] Angus MacColl[3]
2010 Faye Henderson, Kirriemuir, Scotland[1] Stuart Liddell[3] Angus MacDonald[3]
2011 Callum Beaumont, Bo'ness, Scotland[1] Chris Armstrong[3] Iain Speirs[3]
2012 Finlay Johnston, Glasgow[1] Gordon Walker[3] Stuart Liddell[3]
2013 Alan Bevan, British Columbia, Canada[1] Stuart Liddell[3] Jack Lee[3]
2014 Douglas Murray, Fife, Scotland*[1] Stuart Liddell[4] Bruce Gandy[5]
2015 John Angus Smith, London, England[1] Angus MacColl[2] Stuart Liddell[5]
2016 Ian K. MacDonald, Toronto, Canada*[1] - Stuart Liddell[5]
2017 Craig Sutherland, Crieff, Scotland[1] Jack Lee[6] Glenn Brown[5]
2018 Stuart Easton, Palmerston North, New Zealand[7] Angus MacColl[2] Stuart Liddell[5]
2019 Andrew Hayes, Ottawa, Canada[7] Gordon McCready [8] Stuart Liddell[8] 


2022

Jamie Forrester, - Phantom Piper of the Corrieyairick, Connor Sinclair Angus MacColl, - Unjust Incarceration

References edit

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  2. ^ a b c d "Argyllshire Gathering: Easton wins Gold Medal; Liddell gains fourth Senior; MacColl Former Winners; Urquhart takes Silver Medal".
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v "List of previous results | Oban Games".
  4. ^ "Ten of world's best pipers ready for Glenfiddich on Saturday".
  5. ^ a b c d e "Senior Piobaireachd Competition - former winners - The Oban Games". 4 July 2019. Archived from the original on 4 July 2019.
  6. ^ "Oban Day 1: Sutherland takes Gold; Brown, Sr.; MacDougall Silver".
  7. ^ a b "Winners of the Piping Competition". www.pipingcompetition.com.
  8. ^ a b "2019 Argyllshire Gathering: Liddell wins Senior Piob". 21 August 2019.
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