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Hawke's Bay piper Ian Lee competes in national championships in Hastings for last time 17 Mar, 2021 12:52 AM 6 minutes to read Ian Lee gets the pipes ready for one last championships fling this weekend in Napier and Hastings. Photo / Warren Buckland Doug Laing is a senior reporter for Hawke's Bay Todaydoug.laing@nzme.co.nzHawkesBayToday At age 80 and having competed in more than 25 national pipe band championships, Taradale piper Ian Lee will be making this week's big event in Hastings his last fling. His retirement from competition with the Hawke's Bay Caledonian Pipe Band was confirmed to Hawke's Bay Today just two days before the annual national championships are held in the Bay for the first time in 19 years.