Metro Cup Trophy

There is a local annual competition near Newark Airport called the Metro Cup. Every year top pipers have been invited by the Metro Branch of the EUSPBA to play a medley and recently an MSR plus H&J. Every February piping fans in this area have a great time listening to them. In 2001 pibroch was added, to be played in the afternoon with the light music at night. Every year CE Kron & Co. (and earlier Kilgour & Kron) makes a special one-off prize for the winner. We now customarily donate the prize for the winner of the pibroch. The prizes have included:

Medallist African blackwood pipe chanter with woolly mammoth ivory sole and bulb. Pictures Won by Alasdair Gillies ('04)
pc20031.jpg (560998 bytes)Special Medallist African blackwood pipe chanter with ivory sole and pink ivory bulb. Pink ivory trim on bottom. Ivory hemp stop. Pictures 2003rogers3.jpg (53712 bytes)Won by Michael Rogers ('03)

Special Medallist African blackwood pipe chanter with ivory sole and bulb with ivory band. Pink ivory trim on bottom and top. Pictures

 2002gandy.jpg (49424 bytes)Won by Bruce Gandy ('02)

pcbrfull.jpg (38534 bytes)Special natural color phenolic pipe chanter with ivory sole and bulb with ivory band. Pictures

weeffg.jpg (45607 bytes)Won by Alasdair Gillies ('01)
Special phenolic pipe chanter with ivory sole and bulb. Won by Bruce Gandy ('00)
Special African blackwood pipe chanter mounted with ivory bulb. Stand with "permanent" ivory sole attached and engraved ivory plaque. Pipe chanter removable from stand by unscrewing. Won by Jenny Hazzard ('99)
Metro cup cancelled in 1998
Special African blackwood pipe chanter with radical shape design clad in ivory at bulb, sole mounted with ivory, atop a stand with engraved ivory plaque. Pictures

Won by Bruce Gandy ('97)
Special mouthpiece with sleeved ivory bulb and silver mouth tube. Mouth tube made and donated by  Brian Yates, silversmith. Similar in construction to mouthpiece elsewhere on these pages. With stand. Won by Bruce Gandy ('96)
Special African blackwood blowpipe, sleeved and mounted with ivory top and bottom with stand and engraved ivory plaque. Won by Seamas Coyne ('95)
Special African blackwood pipe chanter, mounted with alternating bands of African blackwood and ivory with stand and engraved ivory plaque. Won by Michael Grey
Special full mounted ivory practice chanter with stand and engraved ivory plaque. Won by Scott MacAulay
Special silver and ivory mounted practice chanter with stand and engraved ivory plaque. Won by Mike Green