The competition took place in the National Piping Centre, Otago Street, on Saturday 14th January, writes Margaret Houlihan Dunn.
Pictured above are prize winners and competitors. Pictured below are the grade winners, from l to r: Grant Walker, Eddie Boland, Jamie Gallagher (Photographs courtesy J Slavin)
Overall Winners: Grade 1 Eddie Boland; Grade 2 Jamie Gallagher; Grade 3 Grant Walker
GRADE 1
Piobaireachd: 1 Eddie Boland 2 Con Houlihan 3 Graham Farr
March: 1 Marc Warnock 2.Eddie Boland 3 Graham Farr 4 Con Houlihan 5 Iain Kirkwood 6 Stephen Whitton
Strathspey and Reel: 1 Marc Warnock 2 Eddie Boland 3 Graham Farr 4 Stephen Whitton 5 Con Houlihan 6 Iain Kirkwood
Jig: 1 Marc Warnock 2 Eddie Boland 3 Graham Farr 4 Con Houlihan 5 Stephen Whitton 6 Iain Kirkwood
GRADE 2
Piobaireachd: 1 Laura McEwan 2 Stephen Whitton 3 Alasdair Beaton 4 Donald Morrison
March: 1 Jamie Gallagher 2 Donald Morrison 3 Alasdair Beaton
Strathspey and Reel: 1 Jamie Gallagher 2 Donald Morrison 3 Alasdair Beaton
Jig: 1 Jamie Gallagher 2 Donald Morrison 3 Alasdair Beaton
GRADE 3
Piobaireachd: 1 John Todd 2 Rebecca Morris 3 Kathryn McEwan 4 James Acheson 5 Gavin Davis 6 Sally Mason
March: 1 Colin Bathgate 2 Sally Mason 3 Grant Walker 4 Kathryn McEwan 5 James Acheson 6 Leslie Barrett
Strathspey and Reel: 1 Grant Walker 2 Sally Mason 3 Colin Bathgate 4 James Acheson 5 Leslie Barrett 6 John Todd
Jig: 1 Grant Walker 2 Colin Bathgate 3 Sally Mason 4 James Acheson 5 Rebecca Morris 6 Leslie Barrett
Judges: C Drummond and S Muir.