The competition held in Pitlochry High School on Saturday 21 January attracted a record number of 163 entries.Three piping and three drumming judges worked hard throughout the day to listen to an increasingly high standard of playing.

Pipe Major Andy Renwick and Band President Erhard Penker presented the prizes for 18 different classes, with Pipe Major Angus Clarke announcing the winners. Ian Rodney (in the holiday absence of chairman Alister Walker) thanked the competitors, judges, stewards and all concerned, especially the organiser Gillie McNab who was presented with a bouquet of flowers by piper Sandy Horne.

Prizewinners from the “Vale” (the Robert Wiseman Dairies Vale of Atholl Pipe Band) included: Adam Stewart, Bobby Wardle, Jack Stewart, Shelley Ferguson, Callum Downie, Gavin Stewart, Kirsty Horne, Craig Wilson, Craig Sutherland, Steven