Large Entry for CLASP Online March Competition – Full Results and Pictures

We had another very good uptake for The CLASP ‘March’ online event. With the cancellation of many Highland Games, CLASP’s next event will be ‘A Virtual Highland Games’ May/June 2021. The prizes will be sponsored by R.G. Hardie & Co. Bagpipes. The CLASP Virtual Highland Games will mark the end of the 2020/2021 CLASP year. Entries are now open for this event via The CLASP website.  

Judges for the Maerch competition were: Finlay MacDonald, Jenny Hazzard, Colin McLellan, Ross Ainsley, Andrew Bova, Bruce Gandy, Bradley Parker and Steven Blake.

Overall Winners
Grade 3 – Alasdair Beaton
Grade 2 – Hans Grothusen (pictured top)
Grade 1 – Trevor DeMass

Grade 3 Piobaireachd
1^st Colin MacKenzie
2^nd Alasdair Beaton 
3^rd  Robert Cunningham          
4^th  Philip Duthie                       
5^th  Anthony Kelly                    
6^th  Tom DuBois                       

Grade 2 Piobaireachd
1^st John Nevans
2^nd Gordon Ross                 
3^rd  Gregory Joseph
4^th  Eddie Boland
5^th  Doug Hamilton                    
6^th  Ben Hall                       

Grade 1 Piobaireachd
1^st Charles David Mitchell
2^nd Trevor DeMass
3^rd  Stuart Letford
4^th  Balint Kiss
5^th  Scott Long
6^th  Evan Wraga

Due to a large entry in the Grade 3 2/4 March & Strathspey & Reel, these two events were split into two heats. The judges for the heats came together for each final.

Grade 3 – 2/4 March (Heat 1)
1^st Anthony Kelly 2^nd Colin MacKenzie 3^rd  Ross Martin 4^th  Iain McGeachie 5^th  Bernard Cohnen 6^th  Matteo Melison

Grade 3 – Strathspey & Reel (Heat 1)
1^st Ross Martin 2^nd Anthony Kelly 3^rd  Iain McGeachie 4^th  Colin MacKenzie 5^th  Alistair MacKay 6^th  Matteo Melison

Grade 3 – 2/4 March (Heat 2)
1^st  Alasdair Beaton 2^nd Philip Duthie 3^rd  Kim Greeley 4^th  Andrew Robertson 5^th  Joe Hardie 6^th  Katherine Annand

Grade 3 – Strathspey & Reel (Heat 2)
1^st Philip Duthie  2^nd Alastair Beaton 3^rd  Tom DuBois 4^th  Alan Wardrop 5^th  Kim Greeley 6^th  James Acheson

Grade 3 – 2/4 March (Final)
1^st Anthony Kelly
2^nd Colin MacKenzie
3^rd  Alasdair Beaton
4^th  Philip Duthie
5^th  Kim Greeley
6^th  Ross Martin

Grade 3 – Strathspey & Reel (Final)
1^st Ross Martin
2^nd Philip Duthie
3^rd  Alasdair Beaton
4^th  Anthony Kelly
5^th  Tom DuBois
6^th  Alan Wardrop

Grade 2 – 2/4 March
1^st Stuart Brown
2^nd Hans Grothusen
3^rd  Balint Kiss
4^th  David Richardson
5^th  Christopher Yeo
6^th  Maggie Jeschofnig

Grade 2 – Strathspey & Reel
1^st Stuart Brown
2^nd Hans Grothusen
3^rd  Balint Kiss
4^th  David Richardson
5^th  Christopher Yeo
6^th  Gordon Ross

Grade 1 – 2/4 March, Strathspey & Reel
1^st Benjamin Elliot
2^nd Steven MacQueen
3^rd  Robert Russell
4^th  Trevor DeMass
5^th  Charles-David Mitchell
6^th  Robert Wilson

Grade 3 – Jig
1^st Colin MacKenzie
2^nd Zachary Dwyer
3^rd  David Todd
4^th  Alasdair Beaton
5^th  Anthony Kelly
6^th  Alistair MacKay
(Judge added an ‘Honorable Mention’ to Danielle Warren)

Grade 2 – Jig
1^st John Nevans
2^nd Hans Grothusen    
3^rd Alexander MacKay    
4^th  Gregory Joseph    
5^th  Kurtis Bryden    
6^th  Christopher Yeo    

Grade 1 – Jig
1^st David MacKenzie
2^nd Steven MacQueen
3^rd  Martha Hall
4^th  Benjamin Elliot
5^th  Robert Russell
6^th  Trevor DeMass