Northern Meeting Piping Competition due to be held in August is cancelled due to coronavirus Covid-19 restrictions
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Organisers have announced the cancellation of this year's Northern Meeting Piping Competition.
Regarded as the world’s most prestigious annual solo piping event, attracts competitiors from all over the world, this year's event had been due to take place at the Eden Court Theatre in August.
The cancellation means it is the first time the competition will not be staged since the Second World War.
The competition welcomes competitors from as far afield as Canada, the USA, New Zealand, Australia and Europe.
Convener Alan Forbes said: "It is with much regret that the Northern Meeting Piping Committee has decided to cancel this year's competition in view of the coronavirus pandemic.
"Although the competition is still some months away we feel that it is unrealistic to expect conditions to change sufficiently to give us confidence that running it in the normal way would be considered safe, and we do not wish to prolong the uncertainty around it for longer.
"Let's hope that some measure of normality will have returned by next year and we hope to welcome all of our competitors, judges and sponsors and supporters back to Inverness then."
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