Nicola Auchnie 'overwhelmed' after being named finest fiddler
Nicola Auchnie, of Turriff, took the title in the Glenfiddich Fiddle Championship after a performance at Blair Castle yesterday.
The 22-year-old said: "I'm overwhelmed to have won this year's fiddle competition - even just to compete with so many great young musicians makes it a fantastic day.
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Hide Ad"The Glenfiddich Fiddle Championship trophy is no doubt the most coveted of its kind and as we've seen is even known internationally, so it's a fantastic honour to have won this year."
Second place went to Maggie Adamson from Shetland, and third place went to Graham MacKenzie of Inverness.
The fiddle competition brought to a close a weekend of traditional music at Blair Castle, Perthshire, following the Glenfiddich Piping Championships yesterday. Angus MacColl, of Benderloch, Oban, took home the famous piping title.