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) |
 Special
Medallist African blackwood pipe chanter with ivory sole and pink
ivory bulb. Pink ivory trim on bottom. Ivory hemp stop. Pictures |
 Won
by Michael Rogers ('03) |
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 Won
by Bruce Gandy ('02) |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
Special
Medallist African blackwood pipe chanter with ivory sole and bulb with
ivory band. 
