The 2022 Northern Meeting Piping competitions will commence at 8.30 a.m. on Thursday 1st September with the first competitor playing in the Gold Medal in Eden Court’s Empire Theatre. The order of events over the 2 days of competitions is as follows:
| The Northern Meeting Piping Competition 2022 | |
| Thursday 1st September | |
| GOLD MEDAL | Empire Theatre from 8.30 am |
| Judges: Jim McGillivray, Ronnie McShannon, Bruce Hitchings | Also Livestreamed* |
| SILVER MEDAL | MacLean Room from 9.00 am |
| Judges: Bill Wotherspoon, Patricia Henderson, Euan Anderson | |
| ‘A’ GRADE MARCH, STRATHSPEY & REEL | One Touch Theatre from 9.00 am |
| Judges: Iain MacFadyen, Ian McLellan, Peter Hunt | |
| FORMER WINNERS MARCH, STRATHSPEY & REEL | Empire Theatre from 6.00 pm |
| Judges: Ian Duncan, Stuart Samson, Michael Grey | Also Livestreamed* |
| Friday 2nd September | |
| CLASP | Empire Theatre from 8.30 am |
| Judges: Murray Henderson, Jack Taylor, Bill Witherspoon | |
| HORNPIPE & JIG | One Touch Theatre from 9.30 am |
| Judges: Iain MacFadyen, Michael Grey, Ronnie McShannon | |
| ‘B’ GRADE MARCH, STRATHSPEY & REEL | La Scala Cinema from 9.30 am |
| Judges: Jim McGillivray, Lewis Barclay, Patrick Grant | |
| ‘B’ GRADE HORNPIPE & JIG | Playhouse Cinema from 9.30 am |
| Judges: Patricia Henderson, Ian McLellan | |
| * piping.northern-meeting.org/competition-live-stream | |
| Junior Piping Competition 2022 | |
| Friday 2nd September | |
| UNDER 18 PIOBAIREACHD | MacLean Room from 8.30 am |
| Judges: Stuart Samson, Bruce Hitchings | |
| UNDER 15 PIOBAIREACHD | The Chapel from 8.30 am |
| Judges: Ian Duncan, Peter Hunt | |
| UNDER 18 MARCH, STRATHSPEY & REEL | MacLean Room from 2.00 pm |
| Judges: Ian Duncan, Peter Hunt | |
| UNDER 15 MARCH, STRATHSPEY & REEL | The Chapel from 2.00 pm |
| Judges: Stuart Samson, Bruce Hitchings | |
| NOTE: Exact timings cannot be given for the competitions and the Committee reserves the right to change times or locations if necessary, to ensure the continuity of the programme. | |
| Presentation of Prizes | |
| Prizes will be presented by The Provost of Inverness in the One Touch Theatre after the conclusions of the competitions. Those wishing to attend the awards ceremony are kindly requested to be seated no later than 10 minutes before the awards ceremony start time. This will be announced approximately 30 minutes in advance. Whilst it is likely that plenty of seats will be available, in the event that the One Touch capacity is exceeded, the Theatre Door Staff may have to limit the numbers attending. | |
