Rory Bellingan
Pipe Major (Grade 4)
Date of Birth
- 27 July 1963
Initial Tutor
- Peter Holgreaves (January 1977)
Other Tutors
- Andy Sawyer
- John Farmer
- Les Waskis
African Skye Membership
- Founder Member
- ASPB
- January 1998 to December 2000 : Grade 2 (Pipe Major)
- January 2001 to December 2003 : Grade 3 (Pipe Major)
- January 2004 to December 2006 : Grade 2 (Pipe Major)
- January 2007 to December 2008 : Grade 2
- ASPB 'B'
- January 2004 to December 2008 : Grade 4 (Tutor)
- January 2009 to December 2013 : Grade 3 (Pipe Major)
- January 2014 to Present : Grade 4 (Pipe Major)
- ASPB 'C'
- January 2013 to December 2013 : Grade 4 (Tutor)
Other Pipe Bands Membership
- January 1977 to December 1981 : Jeppe High School for Boys Pipe Band
- January 1981 to September 1997 : Witwatersrand Rifles Pipe Band
- October 1982 to June 1984 : South African Medical Services Pipe Band
- January 1987 to December 2008 : Jeppe High School for Boys Pipe Band (Tutor)
World Pipe Band Championships
- 12 August 1995 : Scotstoun, Glasgow, Scotland : Grade 1 : Witwatersrand Rifles Pipe Band (Pipe Major)
- The first ever performance by a South African pipe band at the World Pipe Band Championships
Tattoos
- 1981 July : Durban Military Tattoo : Kings Park : Witwatersrand Rifles Pipe Band
- 1983 July : Durban Military Tattoo : Kings Park : Witwatersrand Rifles Pipe Band
- 1984 July : Durban Military Tattoo : Kings Park : Witwatersrand Rifles Pipe Band
- 1985 July : Durban Military Tattoo : Kings Park : Witwatersrand Rifles Pipe Band
- 1986 July : Durban Military Tattoo : Kings Park : Witwatersrand Rifles Pipe Band
- 1987 July : Durban Military Tattoo : Kings Park : Witwatersrand Rifles Pipe Band
- 1988 July : Durban Military Tattoo : Kings Park : Witwatersrand Rifles Pipe Band (Pipe Major)
- 1989 October : Durban Military Tattoo : First National Bank Arena : Witwatersrand Rifles Pipe Band (Pipe Major)
- 1990 October : Durban Military Tattoo : First National Bank Arena : Witwatersrand Rifles Pipe Band (Pipe Major)
- 1991 December : Durban Military Tattoo : First National Bank Arena : Witwatersrand Rifles Pipe Band (Pipe Major)
- 1992 November : Transvaal Scottish 90th Anniversary Tattoo : Standard Bank Arena, Johannesburg : Witwatersrand Rifles Pipe Band (Pipe Major)
- 1992 December : Mmabatho Military Tattoo : Bophuthatswana : Witwatersrand Rifles Pipe Band (Pipe Major)
- 1993 July : Durban Military Tattoo : Kingsmead Stadium : Witwatersrand Rifles Pipe Band (Pipe Major)
- 1993 October : Germiston Tattoo : Herman Immelman Stadium : Witwatersrand Rifles Pipe Band (Pipe Major)
- 1995 July : Durban Military Tattoo : Kingsmead Stadium : Witwatersrand Rifles Pipe Band (Pipe Major)
- 1995 August : Edinburgh Military Tattoo : Scotland : Witwatersrand Rifles Pipe Band (Pipe Major)
- 1999 July : Royal Tournament : Earl's Court, London, England : Transvaal Scottish Pipes & Drums (Guest Player)
- 2004 December : Cape Town Military Tattoo : Cape Town Castle : African Skye Pipe Band (Pipe Major)
- 2005 August : Edinburgh Military Tattoo : Scotland : South African Irish Pipes & Drums (Guest Player)
- 2008 September : South African Tattoo : Montecasino, Johannesburg (Producer)
- 2009 September : South African Tattoo : Montecasino, Johannesburg (Producer)
- 2011 September : South African Tattoo : Montecasino, Johannesburg (Producer)
- 2012 September : South African Tattoo : Montecasino, Johannesburg (Producer)
- 2013 September : South African Tattoo : Montecasino, Johannesburg (Producer)
- 2016 July : Basel Tattoo : Switzerland : African Skye Pipe Band (Pipe Major)
- 2016 September : Johannesburg Military Tattoo : Apartheid Museum : African Skye Pipe Band (Pipe Major)
- 2018 July : Basel Tattoo : Switzerland : African Skye Pipe Band
- 2018 October : South African Tattoo : Times Square, Pretoria (Producer)
Committees
- The Pipe Bands' Association of Southern Africa - Adjudicators' Panel
- The Pipe Bands' Association of Southern Africa - Executive Committee
- The Scottish Piping Society of Southern Africa - Executive Committee
Family Members
- Aidan Bellingan : Son : Piper
- Angus Bellingan : Brother : Pipe Major
- Craig Bellingan : Brother : Tenor Drummer, Bass Drummer, Drum Major
- Douglas Steytler : Uncle (Deceased) : Piper
- Emma Bellingan : Daughter : Piper
- Ethan Bellingan : Nephew : Piper
Pupils
- Adrian Haddow
- Aidan Bellingan
- Aidan Wells
- Ailsa St Clair-Hall (nee Arbuckle)
- Alan Hardaker
- Alasdair Watt
- Amy Sawyer
- Andrew Brits
- Angus Bellingan
- Bradley Bevan
- Caitlin Campbell
- Christopher Coubrough
- Clyde Han
- Craig Whitley
- Damien Pitman
- Donald Joubert
- Donovan Koekemoer
- Dylan Maraz
- Emily Craven
- Emma Bellingan
- Ethan Bellingan
- Gareth Watt
- Garth Naude
- Gary Winslow
- Graeme McRae-Samuel
- Graham Fitzsimmons
- Graham Hide
- Graham Whitley
- Hugh Brown
- Iain Morgan
- Jade Gillanders
- James Green
- James Howard
- Jonathan Visser
- Kirstyn Walker
- Lulu Mugulo
- Matthew Keyzer
- Maxine Rothbart
- Muire Lindsay
- Peter Gibbs
- Peter Joubert (Greenhill)
- Phillip Law
- Richard Prall
- Richard Ramsden
- Robert Lindsay
- Rohan Morgan
- Stuart Austin
- Timothy Sawyer
- Toni Muguio
- Travis Tokarczyk
- Vivien Nortman