News Archive 

30th August
This is the last Festival update for 2004.  The Festival received a report in the local paper, together with a picture of the Oslo Caledonian Pipe Band at the Pillarguri Statue.  Click on the newspaper link for the article.

27th August
We have started a Festival Diary as we are receiving daily reports from Ragnar Moe, and have also added a report from Chris Maile, our Clan Representative in Norway with photographs of his tribute at George Sinclair's Grave at Kvam on behalf of the Clan.

24th August 2004
This year's festival starts tomorrow with the traditional Whisky Tasting by Sinclair's Club Member, Chris Maile.  This year's Pillarguri Prizewinner is Shabana Rehman, and the Prizewinner's Dinner is on Thursday, 26th, the 392nd Anniversary of the Battle of Kringen.  The festival was previewed in today's

Click on the name to link to the article.

3rd August 2004
This year's festival - 26-29 August - will include performances by Bill & Mollie Sinclair. The Oslo Caledonian Pipes and Drums
will be present again this year, and is supported by The
Caledonian  Society of Norway, including the St. Andrews Society in Trondheim.

We support the Campaign to
Save the Scottish Regiments
Only 4 of the 6 current Scottish Infantry Regiments remain un-merged and now they are all to be merged into one or two "super" regiments and one Regiment is to go completely. When they are gone, they will be lost forever. These are the descendents of the soldiers who fought at Kringen.
They  fought for us...

1 February 2004
Pillarguri  2003 Photographs Finally Published

Sorry for the delay, but they are finally up.  Check the Festival Page.

21 August 2003
Pillarguri Days 2003
The festival in Otta starts tomorrow with the Prizewinner's Dinner at the Norlandia Otta Hotel.  This year's Prizewinner is a truly modern Norwegian Pillarguri, Olympic Gold Medallist, Kari Traa!

Link to Kari's website

July 2002 

Sami Artist Mari Boine, this year's Prizewinner
The Pillarguri Days outline programme for 23-25 August 2002 has been announced by the Committee.  This year's Prizewinner is the famous Sami Artist, Mari Boine.  In addition, Olympic Gold Medallist, Kari Traa, will perform a trampoline show with Sinclair's Club's Chris Maile.  See PGD Festival for further details.

We have a new Link to the New Prince Henry St Clair Preceptory of Noss Head Caithness, run by Ian Sinclair KOTpl, Archivist to the Clan Sinclair Study Centre.

May 2002

Members of the Committee attended Lord Berriedale's Birthday Celebrations in Caithness in May 2002, the occasion of a small Gathering of Clan Sinclair at the command of the Chief, The Rt Hon The Earl of Caithness PC.

August 2001

During the 2001 PGD The Rt Hon The Earl of Caithness PC, Chief of Clan Sinclair, and Arne Mælland, sculptor of the Pillarguri Statue and the Stone  Cutter in Otta's park, were made welcome as new members of Sinclair's Club.