In 2010 we launched three band awards to be presented annually: a Band Member of the Year, the Gail Wilkinson Award for the Most Improved Young Piper, and the Niall Fairgrieve Award for the Most Improved Young Drummer. The winners of these awards have been:
Band Member of the Year
2010 – Alastair Bruce
2011 – Jim Brown
2012 – Liz McDougall
2013 – Fraser Wilkinson
2014 – David Leckie
2015 – Hugh Gordon
2016 – Hannah Green
2017 – David Paterson
2018 – Graham Wells
2019 – Emma Hogarth
2020 – Fraser Wilkinson
2021 – Fraser Wilkinson
2022 – Claire Miller
2023 – Lucy Robertson
The Gail Wilkinson Award
2010 – Marion Sweetland
2011 – Katie Holton
2012 – Ben Muir
2013 – Euan Naysmith
2014 – Gregor Naysmith
2015 – Grant Campbell
2016 – Emily Nisbet
2017 – Alexander Hogg
2018 – No award
2019 – Callum Donohoe
2020 – No award
2021 – Alasdair Easton
2022 – Ruaridh Mainstone
2023 – Adam Wells
The Niall Fairgrieve Award
2010 – David Edgar
2011 – Calum Wilkinson
2012 – Hannah Green
2013 – Claire Thomson
2014 – Clara Wilberforce
2015 – Ciaran Gibson
2016 – Euan Robertson
2017 – Catriona Dee
2018 – Lucy Robertson
2019 – No award
2020 – No award
2021 – No award
2022 – Award shared: Tara Murray and Jamie Towler
2023 – Joseph Murray