The biennial Pipe Bands Australia national awards recognising merit and achievement are being announced this week. Nominations for the awards in three categories – Promotion and Advancement, Education and Training, Performance – were considered by panels drawn from within national council who selected the two recipients for each award. The panel noted that several nominees...

An inaugural recipient of Pipe Bands Australia's award for merit and achievement in performance, Rob Roy MacGregor, has passed away. Rob’s achievement in pipe band performance of pipe bands helped chart the way in several countries the Pacific Rim within Army and community bands.