Player Profiles
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Andrew
MacPherson
Brad King
Dianna Daley
Robbie Cheetham
Peter Hughes
David Charlton
Campbell
McLeod
Renee
Thompson
Ian
Cochrane
Ewan
MacPherson
Peter
Knopp
Andrew
MacPherson
Age: 48
Occupation: Contracts
Manager
Instrument: Bagpipes
Rank: Pipe
Major
Email: macca@kooee.com.au
Years Piping: 30
Bands played for: Cardiff
RSL
-----------------------------RACT Pipes and Drums
-----------------------------The Miners
Solo Status:
Most Memorable Band Moment:
Favourite Drink: Port
Most Embarrassing Band Moment:
Favourite Band: Shotts
Favourite Tune: The
Conundrum
Favourite Food: Rump
Favourite Colour: Blue
Nickname: Sarg
What I like most about playing for the Miners: The
challenge and
friendship
How
would you improve the pipe band scene: Consistency
across the
states in grading bands
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Brad
King
Age: 31
Occupation: Estimator
Instrument: Side Drum
Rank: Drum Sergeant
Email: bradtking@yahoo.com
Years Drumming: 13 years
Bands played for: Bellingen River District Pipe
Band - 1989 to 1995, Miners -
2003
to present
Solo Status: Intermediate
Most Memorable Band Moment: The last two years.
Favourite Drink: Tooheys Old
Most Embarrassing Band Moment: Slipping over in the
main street of Morriset with no
jocks on underneath my kilt (you can guess what people saw).
Favourite Band: SFU
Favourite Tune: Emancipation
Favourite Food: Bacon and eggs
Favourite Colour: Blue
Nickname: Stirlo
What I like most about playing for the Miners: Competing
in a band that is always striving for better results. Having beers with the
guys after anything we do!
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Dianna
Daley
Age: 29
Occupation: Primary Teacher
Instrument: Pipes
Rank: General mushroom!
Email: dianna_daley@hotmail.com
Years Piping: 9 years
Bands played for: Armidale Pipe
Band - 1998 to 2003, Miners -
2003
to present
Solo Status: Sub Intermediate
Most Memorable Band Moment: Iv'e forgotten
Favourite Drink: Vodka and pink lemonade
Most Embarrassing Band Moment: Maclean 2004 when
I spent at least two hours extracting pieces of onion from my nose after a messy
end to a big night of drinking.
Favourite Band:
Favourite Tune: Hell Bound Train, Pumpkins Fancy
Favourite Food: Lollies
Favourite Colour: Blue
Nickname: Di
What I like most about playing for the Miners: The
fact that I am constantly improving my piping. Hanging with guys in the band
and
the
regular
drinking sessions.
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Campbell
McLeod
Age: 35
Occupation: Disability
Support Worker
Instrument: The Great
Highland Bagpipe
Rank: Ive heard that
my playing sometimes is
Email: bagpipe74@optusnet.com.au
Years Piping: 28
years
Bands played for: Shellharbour
(1977-1982) Blacktown (1982-1994) Toronto & District (1996-1998) QLD Police
(2001) UMFAPB(2004-
Solo Status: Solo,
what is a solo????
Most Memorable Band Moment: Playing
Mull of Kyntyre with Sir Paul McCartney
Favourite Drink: Either
Rum, beer, scotch, wine, jack daniels, tequila, killkenny, gin, vodka, cooking
sherry
Most Embarrassing Band Moment: Cant
remember any one stand out but I'm sure you wouldn't have wanted to be there
Favourite Band: Pink
Floyd
Favourite Tune: Old
classic MSR's but Hell Bound Train is exceptional
Favourite Food: You
put it there I'll eat it
Favourite Colour: I'm
colour blind they all look the same to me
Nickname: Anything
except late for dinner
What I like most about playing for the Miners: I
really like the waistcoats, oh, and the 3 1/2 hours each way to band practice
How would you improve the pipe band scene: More
competitions
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Robbie
Cheetham
Age: 53
Occupation: Coal
Miner (Washery Tech)
Instrument: Bag pipes
Rank: Shit kicker
Email: cheetham@coscom.net
Years Piping:
Bands played for: City
Of Maitland Pipe amd Drums.Newcastle PCYC, Lake Mcquarie PCYC ,The old Cessnock
band,
Solo Status: Drinking
to much
Most Memorable Band Moment: The
Bands first NSW Championship. Plus a few away trips. Especially The
Tour overseas
Favourite Band:
Favourite Drink: Plenty
of Red wine
Most Embarrassing Band Moment: Standing
behind John the school teacher in Scotland waiting to go on parade
when he shit himself.
Favourite Tune: None
to name, but like good jigs and hornpipes
Favourite Food: Don,t
care
Favourite Colour: No
real favourites
Nickname: Cheeto
What I like most about playing for the Miners: Cause
there good.
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Peter
Hughes
Age: 66
Occupation: Practising
drummer
Instrument: Tenor
and Bass drums
Rank: No!
I shower daily
Email: peterghughes@iprimus.com.au
Years
Drumming: approx. 48
Bands played for: Lakemba
Caledonian 3yrs
-----------------------------Sydney Thistle 13yrs
-----------------------------St Marys Band Club 25yrs
-----------------------------NSW Police 4yrs
-----------------------------Mineworkers approx 3yrs
-----------------------------on loan to St Marys again! (for 2005)
Solo Status: Last
time competed was 1967 and NSW open bass and tenor winner
Most Memorable Band Moment: Marching
along side the late Alex Duthart of Shotts and Dykehead Pipe Band
in 1980 and playing with the band at their practice hall.
Favourite Drink: These
days it is Diet Coke but once it was Glenmorangie
Most Embarrassing Band Moment:
Favourite Band:
Favourite Tune: Too
many to name
Favourite Food: Too
many to name
Favourite Colour: Red
Nickname: None
in bands that I am privy to!
What I like most about playing for the Miners: A
relaxed, friendly group of people that value friendships and enjoy
what they do.
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David
Charlton
Age: 58
Occupation: ex
Ran, ex Power Plant Operator, now retired
Instrument: Pipes
Rank: Some
times
Email: davmar@acay.com.au
Years
Piping: 49 & 3 months, but not counting
Bands played for: Lithgow,
Ettalong, Gosford, Miners
Solo Status: 3rd
at Dubbo NSW Championship (1957??)
Most Memorable Band Moment: First
O/S tour with Miners
Favourite Band:
Favourite Drink: Most
Most Embarrassing Band Moment: Too
many
Favourite Tune: Too
many to name
Favourite Food: Pizza
Favourite Colour: Blue
Nickname: Charlie
What I like most about playing for the Miners: A
good mob who like a good time and from whom I have learnt heaps
which hopefully will continue to improve my piping.
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Renee
Thompson
Age: 20
Occupation: Sales,
in a music shop
Instrument: Side
Drum
Rank: In
northern ireland we say 'mingin' lol :oP
Email: nayozzy@hotmail.com
Years Drumming: 10
Bands played for: City
of Gosford, The Miners, Cullybackey, Finvoy
Solo Status: All
Ireland lady champion. but theres more to come from me! lol
Most Memorable Band Moment: Hearing
Finvoy been called out as world champions 2004, and doing a clean
sweep in all majors
Favourite Band: St
Laurence O'toole
Favourite Drink: Tennants
Most Embarrassing Band Moment: Friday
night before the worlds outside the hotel with the rest of the band. The
pipe sergent came up behind me and pulled my shorts down. Standing in nothing
but a g-string for all of glasgow to see!
Favourite Tune: Haven't
got one..sorry!
Favourite Food: Pizza
Favourite Colour: Yellow
Nickname: Short
arse
What
you like most about playing for the Miners: I'll
let you know when i find out! lol
How would you improve the pipe band
scene: Have a beer tent at EVERY competition. lol
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Ian
Cochrane
Age: 50
Occupation: Machine
Shop Supervisor
Instrument: Pipes
Rank: chief
organiser and money spender
Email: ian.cochrane@hedweld.com.au
Years Piping: 33
Bands played for: Hills
District 1972 - 1974, Upper Hunter 1975 - have I ever left...., Newcastle
City RSL 1982 - 1995, Miners 1995 - whenever
Solo Status: who
cares
Most Memorable Band Moment: Playing
lament at wreath laying ceremonies in Europe on 1st band trip
Favourite Band: Beatles
-? you mean pipe band - They're all good
Favourite Drink: beer,
scotch, rum, wine, brose, kahlua, port ,bourbon
Most Embarrassing Band Moment: smuggling
two bottles of wine out of a dinner under my laid and dropping
them in the middle of the dance floor, which was empty.
Favourite Tune: any
good hornpipe or jig.
Favourite Food: pasta,
pizza, steak, vegies, fish and chips etc
Favourite Colour: red
Nickname: cocko
What
you like most about playing for the Miners: Good
bunch of guys and girls. The band that competes is mostly the same
band that plays at everything else. A general committment from
everybody for band improvement
How would you improve the pipe band scene: A
few more contests in NSW would be good.
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Ewan
MacPherson
Age: 40ish ???
Occupation: Longwall
Electrician
Instrument: The
Great Highland Bagpipe
Rank: Major's
Cousin!
Email: elmac@winsoft.net.au
Years Piping: 33
Bands played for: Newmarket
Legion (Canada), Burlington
Legion (Canada), Erskine (Canada),Peel Police (Canada), RACT, Cardiff, The Mighty
Miners!
Solo Status: Huh?
Most Memorable Band Moment: Playing
with the band for the first time at
Castle Hill in 2005 in the pissing down rain! It just felt "right"!
Favourite Band: Field
Marshal
Favourite Drink: There's
not enough space
Most Embarrassing Band Moment: I'm
still working on it!
Favourite Tune: Lord
Alexander Kennedy
Favourite Food: Kangaroo-seriously!
Favourite Colour: Orange
Nickname: I
haven't had one bestowed on me yet!!
What
you like most about playing for the Miners: The
way everybody gets
along.There are no 'Prima Donnas' in the band. It's like one big
family!
How would you improve the pipe band scene: Shift
it closer to
Mudgee!!
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Peter
Knopp
Age: 26
Occupation: Student
Instrument: Side
Drum
Rank: Foreign
drumming dude
Email: knopppeter@web.de
Years Drumming: 15
Bands played for: Palatinatian
Drum Corps, Dudeldorf Lion Pipes & Drums,
Palatine Caledonian Music Ensemble,
The Miners
Solo Status: Sub-Intermediate
Most Memorable Band Moment: Heaps
of them and hopefully heaps more to
come!
Favourite Band: Victoria
Police Pipe Band
Favourite Drink: Hot
Chocolate
Most Embarrassing Band Moment: Crashing
through a fold-up chair whilst
camping in Maclean
Favourite Tune: Masons
Apron
Favourite Food: Chocolate
Favourite Colour: Blue
Nickname: Peter
Knob
What
you like most about playing for the Miners:Good
Band, nice team,
funny blokes
How would you improve the pipe band scene: More
kick-ass tutors
that give lessons for free
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