Celebrating 150 Years of the Argyllshire Gathering

2021 was a landmark year for the Argyllshire Gathering, celebrating 150 years since its inauguration; 42 years of charitable activity through its Piping Trust and the inaugural year of its new charity the Argyllshire Gathering Trust Ltd.

While all other major Piping competitions across the world were cancelled as a result of the covid pandemic - on the 26th August 2021 the Argyllshire Gathering put on a remarkable display of piping. The Argyll Invitational Senior Piping Competition featured seven world leading pipers with Argyll connections playing and competing before a socially distanced audience in the unique setting of the Argyllshire Gathering Halls in Oban.

Thankyou to everyone who supported the Argyllshire Gathering Trust to put on this world class piping competition, we look forward to seeing you again this year on 26th August 2022.

Thankyou to the Pipers:
Jamie Forrester, Isle of Mull
Alasdair Henderson, Dunoon
Finlay Johnstone, Isle of Tiree
Stuart Liddell, Inveraray
William MacCallum, Campbeltown
Angus D MacColl, Benderloch
Sara Muir, Campbeltown

Thank you to all the Piping sponsors:
Highland Society of London, The William Grant Foundation, The Piobaireachd Society, The Schroder Foundation, Ian N. Tegner, Helen Whittow, Conundrum Consulting Ltd

John Campbell of Kilberry, Royal Celtic Society, RSPC, Angus Maclaine Yr of Lochbuie, The Kilfinan Trust, R.G Hardie & Co, Francesca Von Hapsburg, Jim & Patience Corbett, Deirdre & Robert Hornyold Strickland, The Mellor Family, The Nickerson Family, David Stewart of Achara, Charmaine Mallincrodt

Thankyou to our Fear an Tighe, Robert Wallace for keeping us well entertained with great knowledge and insight to the bagpiping and the community

Thankyou to our Media Partner, the Piping Press

Thankyou to the Adjudicators
Piobaireachd: Colin MacLellan, Ian MacFadyen, Dr Angus Macdonald
March, Strathspey & Reel: Ian Duncan, John Wilson, Barry Donaldson
The Medley: Ian Duncan, Dr Angus Macdonald, Barry Donaldson

The video was created by Tyson Scott (@_tysonscott)