| | Family Ceilidh Dance Tickets Now on Sale |
| Added: 26 Apr 2012 |
Last year’s family ceilidh dance was hugely popular and we are delighted to be hosting another one this year.
The Queen’s Hall on Friday the 24th August at 7.30pm is the place to be.
By popular demand the Ballochmyle Ceilidh Band will once again be providing the music to dance the night away to.
Tickets are now on sale on the website so click the link and order them now....... don’t leave it too late, last year’s dance sold out. |
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 | Solo Piping Entry Forms to go Live |
| Added: 19 Apr 2012 |
The entry forms for this year’s solo piping competitions will go live on the website on Monday 23rd April at 12 noon (UK time). At this time a link will appear on the competitor pages to take you to the entry forms.
Closing date for entries is the 1st July 2012 and no late entries can be accepted for any reason.
Please remember to submit your tune selections on your entry form if you are competing in Grade A,B or C.
Grade A need to submit 5 tunes for each event you are entering, Grade B 4 tunes for each event and Grade C 3 tunes for each event.
If you are entering the juvenile events you are not required to submit tunes. |
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 | Cowal Highland Gathering recognised in National Award |
| Added: 17 Apr 2012 |
At the recent National Outdoor Events Association (NOEA) annual awards dinner Cowal Highland Gathering was announced as the runner up in the NOEA Scotland Award. The NOEA say ’this award aims to give recognition to those events which have achieved the highest levels of excellence or have made a major contribution to the professionalism of the event industry in Scotland’
Cowal Gathering Event Manager, Malcolm Barclay, said ’we are absolutely delighted to have been recognised in such a prestigous award. Although we would have loved to have won, there is no shame in being runner up to an event of the calibre of the Royal Highland Show and to be runner up is still a major achievement, particularly when you consider some of the other huge events held in Scotland in the last 12 months. This announcement is a huge boost to our small team of staff and volunteers that bring the event together each year. I want to thank all of our volunteers, event partners, Argyll and Bute Council, our sponsors, competitors and visitors for their continued support.
Tom Clements, Chairman of NOEA Scotland, commented ’this year’s standard was tremendous and it is a great shame that we couldn’t have two winners, but Cowal Highland Gathering must be congratulated in being the runners up and indeed for producing a wonderful event, enjoyed by many as well as having a profound impact on the local Dunoon economy.
The Cowal Highland Gathering takes place annually in August in Dunoon, Argyll and Bute and is supported by Argyll and Bute Council.
Donald MacVicar, Argyll and Bute Council’s head of community and culture said ’this is great news, and a huge achievement for what is by some distance the biggest event in Argyll and Bute’s calendar.’
’The Cowal Highland Gathering is almost 120 years old, and is now in the diaries of many of the world’s top highland games competitors. Over each of the last few years the event has boasted some 3,500 competitors from as far afield as Canada, Australia and South Africa, and Dunoon and the surrounding area regularly welcomes 15,000 - 20,000 visitors for the three day show.’
’it is a vital contributor to the Cowal economy, as well as one of the country’s best loved and most spectacular highland gatherings. We are delighted that it challenged an event of the calibre of the Royal Highland Show for this coveted award, and we look forward to the Cowal Highland Gathering continuing to go from strength to strength in the future.’ |
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 | Dancing Entries Going Live |
| Added: 15 Mar 2012 |
Entry forms for all dancing events at this year’s Cowal Highland Gathering will be available on this website from Tuesday 20th March at 12 noon (uk time).
At this time a link will appear on the competitors pages of the site taking you to the entry forms.
Please read the information on these pages carefully because some of the event numbers have changed.
Competitor numbers will be allocated by a random, automated draw done after the closing date and not using the "first to enter last to dance" principle.
Entries will close on the 1st July 2012 and no late entries will be accepted for any reason. |
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 | Dancing Competition Entries |
| Added: 06 Mar 2012 |
The Entry forms for the dancing competitions at this year’s Cowal Gathering will be available on the website around the middle of March.
The exact date will be confirmed on the site very shortly.
Watch here for more information very soon. |
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 | Tickets soon to be released |
| Added: 10 Feb 2012 |
I am pleased to confirm that seating and admission tickets for this year’s Cowal Gathering will go on sale on Thursday 16th February at 12 noon (uk time).
As in previous years payments will be processed via Paypal for the security of your payment details, however, you do not need to have a Paypal account to pay in this way. Just have your debit/credit card to hand and follow the instructions. |
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 | New website launched |
| Added: 05 Feb 2012 |
| New look website launches for the 2012 season |
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 | Cowal Gathering Shortlist Award |
| Added: 07 Nov 2011 |
| Cowal Gathering has made the last 2 in the prestigious NOEA Scotland Award. Winner to be announced in March at the NOEA awards ceremony. |
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