BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//The Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association Northern Ireland Branch - ECPv6.15.14//NONSGML v1.0//EN
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:PUBLISH
X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://rspbani.org
X-WR-CALDESC:Events for The Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association Northern Ireland Branch
REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H
X-Robots-Tag:noindex
X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:UTC
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:+0000
TZOFFSETTO:+0000
TZNAME:UTC
DTSTART:20250101T000000
END:STANDARD
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260919T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260919T100000
DTSTAMP:20260908T051626
CREATED:20260826T174728Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260826T174728Z
UID:13576-1789812000-1789812000@rspbani.org
SUMMARY:Down Academy Solos 2026
DESCRIPTION:For any queries\, please e-mail: downacademypipes@gmail.com \n\nEntries + Fees \n\n\nAll entries to be made via completion of entry form below.\nEntries close: Monday 14 September.\nCost is £7 /€7 per competitor per grade with payment to be made via: Paypal to Downacademypipes@gmail.com (Please select friends or family when making payment) or by bank transfer (Down Academy Pipes and Drums Bank A/C No 70199761 Sort Code: 95-06-79).\nNo entry is confirmed until full payment has been made. Please associate the name of the competitor with the money transfer when making payment.\nThis solo competition is organised and operated by Down Academy Pipes & Drums and is run as per The Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association (RSPBA) and Irish Pipe Band Association (IPBA) solo competition rules and is being held a week before the All Ireland Solos.\nEntrants are being encouraged to use this event as a ‘dry run’ and preparation for the following week to allow them the best possible performance.\nCompetitors may also play up from the grade to which they qualify for if they so wish. Competitors interested in playing up a grade must however register again for the additional grade they want to play up into and must also pay a further registration fee for that competition grade. They must also take note of the playing requirements for the grade that they intend to play up into as this may differ to the grade which they qualify for.\n\n\n\n\n\nCompetition Grades \n\n\nP1 U12 Practice Chanter\nP2 U13 Practice Pipes\nP3 U14 Piping\nP4 U16 Piping\nP5 U18 Piping\nD1 U12 Practice Pad\nD2 U13 Unaccompanied Snare\nD3 U14 Drumming\nD4 U16 Drumming\nD5 U18 Drumming\n\n\n\n\n[P1 & D1]\nU12 Practice Chanter/Pad: Competitors who are under 12 years of age on the 1st November of the previous year. Evidence of age must be produced on request.\n\n\n\n\n[P2 & D2]\nU13 Practice Pipes*/Unaccompanied Snare: Competitors who are under 13 years of age on the 1st November of the previous year. Evidence of age must be produced on request.  *Novice Piping – chanter without drones sounding.\n\n\n\n\n[P3 & D3]\nU14 piping / U14 drumming: Competitors who are under 14 years of age on the 1st November of the previous year. Evidence of age must be produced on request.\n\n\n\n\n[P4 & D4]\nU16 piping / U16 drumming: Competitors who are under 16 years of age on the 1st November of the previous year. Evidence of age must be produced on request.\n\n\n\n\n[P5 & D5]\nU18 piping / U18 drumming: Competitors who are under 18 years of age on the 1st November of the previous year. Evidence of age must be produced on request.\n\n\n\n\nSyllabus + Playing Requirements\n\n\n\nP1 & D1: Four parts of Quick March\, in any time signature\nP2 & D2: Four parts of Quick March\, in any time signature\nP3 & D3: Four part march\, in any time signature\nP4: Four part 2/4 March\nD4: March\, Strathspey and Reel [each tune of at least 4 parts]\nP5 & D5: March\, Strathspey and Reel [each tune of at least 4 parts]\n\n\n\n• Piping audio recordings will once again be permitted for Juvenile drummers to play at our solo event. This will hopefully allow more drummers to come and get a dry run before the All Ireland Solos event. It will be the responsibility of the competitor to ensure their audio will play OK and we would suggest that any recordings should be in a ‘MP3’ format. Recordings can be forwarded in advance via email to downacademypipes@gmail.com or via WhatsApp to 07792 878932\n\n\n\n\nGeneral Rules\n\n\n\nCompetitors must register on arrival at the competition venue.\nTimes will not be allocated for players performances\, the start times of grades\, if shown\, are indicative only\, and subject to change.\nAny timings taken by inference may be subject to alteration and contestants are required to be flexible to accommodate changed circumstances.\nIt is each competitor’s responsibility to present themselves to the adjudicator in the room provided at the allocated performance slot.\nA competitor having cause to protest must lodge same with a deposit of £/€ 10.00 with the contest secretary before the presentation of prizes. The deposit will be returned if the protest is upheld.\nThe maximum amount of time available for tuning bagpipes is 3 minutes.\nPractice Pad & Unaccompanied Drumming performances must start with two 3 paced introductory rolls.\nThe wearing of uniform is encouraged\, though not strictly necessary\n\n\n\n\n\nLocal Rule\n\nDrummers may play to a recording of a piper to allow a performance. It will be the responsibility of the drummer to ensure that the recording is playable.\n\n\n\n\n\nPrizes\n\nPrizes for 1st\, 2nd and 3rd in each grade with participation certificates for all P1\, P2\, D1 and D2 grade entrants.\n\n\n  \nEntry Form \nPlease wait for the payment screen to load after clicking continue \n\nFill out my online form.\n\n  Fill out my Wufoo form! \nResults \nResults will be published after the solos on the main 2026 results page.
URL:https://rspbani.org/event/downacademysolos26/
LOCATION:Ballynahinch High School\, 103 Belfast Road\, Ballynahinch\, Co. Down\, BT24 8EH\, United Kingdom
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rspbani.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/2026_downacad_1600_web-1.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Down Academy":MAILTO:downacademypipes@gmail.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260926T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260926T180000
DTSTAMP:20260908T051626
CREATED:20260825T092551Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260825T160427Z
UID:13559-1790416800-1790445600@rspbani.org
SUMMARY:All Ireland & JAC Solo Championships 2026
DESCRIPTION:All Ireland + JAC Solos \nAll Ireland Solos Syllabus is available here\nJAC Solos Syllabus is available here\n\nEntry forms are below\nEntries close: Tuesday 8th September 2026 \nEmail secretary@rspbani.org with any queries or issues \nPiping Entry Form\nPlease wait for the payment screen to load after clicking continue\nView completed entries here\nFill out my online form.\n\n  Fill out my Wufoo form!  \nDrumming Entry Form\nPlease wait for the payment screen to load after clicking continue\nView completed entries here\nFill out my online form.\n\n  Fill out my Wufoo form!  \nResults \nResults will be published after the solos on the main 2026 results page.
URL:https://rspbani.org/allirelandjac-26/
LOCATION:Cookstown High School\, Coolnafranky Demesne\, Cookstown\, Co. Tyrone\, BT80 8PQ
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rspbani.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/WEB-2026_allireland_solos_1600.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="JAC":MAILTO:secretary@rspbani.org
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR