CLASP ‘Live Online’ 2023 Results

This February 11 competition was the first CLASP ‘Live Online’ event for 2023 and there was a particular interest as an invite to compete at the inaugural amateur invitational at The Sun Belt in Florida in November 2023 was up for grabs for the overall winner of Grade 1. 

Eric Stein, who runs the Sun Belt Professional, has expanded his event to include an amateur invitational and Eric is kindly sponsoring flights and accommodation for the Grade 1 Overall winner of this CLASP competition and he is offering a further invite to the overall Grade 1 winner of the 6th May ‘Live Online’ CLASP.

By Margaret Houlihan

This is a fantastic opportunity and prize and the National Piping Centre and CLASP would like to extend their thanks and appreciation to Eric.

The Centre has also sponsored all first place winners and overall winners with a free online pass to the Glenfiddich Piping Championships in 2023. The overall winners also receive a keepsake engraved Medal. 

Thank you to the judges, Alex Gandy, Matt MacIsacc, Simon McKerrell, Craig Muirhead and Dr Jack Taylor. Also, thank you to the stewards who volunteered their time on the day: Collette O’ Connor, Stephen McCusker, Caitlin Houlihan, Tim Houlihan, Sally Mason, Anna Binder and Ailis Sutherland.

Grade 4 Overall – Sophie Stringer (Australia)
Grade 3 Overall – John Todd (Scotland)
Grade 2 Overall – Joseph Morrison (USA)
Grade 1 Overall – Charles David Mitchell (Canada). Charles is pictured at the top of this article. He wins a trip to compete at The Sun Belt Amateur Invitational in Florida 2023.


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Results from The CLASP ‘Live Online’ Competition – 11th February 2023

Grade 4 Full Piobaireachd (Judge: Dr Jack Taylor) – 1 Vickie Gray (Winner of a 2023 Glenfiddich livestream pass) 2 Gavin Davis 3 Julian Payne 4 Sue Kennedy 5 Adam Ruck

Grade 4 Piob Ground and Var.1 (Judge: Dr Jack Taylor) – 1 Sophie Stringer (Winner of a 2023 Glenfiddich livestream pass) 2 Sue Kennedy 3 Peter Allen 4 Brian Gilley 5 Gavin Davis 6 Murray Harper

Grade 3 Piobaireachd (Judge: Alex Gandy) – 1 Sally Mason (Winner of a 2023 Glenfiddich livestream pass) 2 Anna Binder 3 James Acheson 4 John Todd 5 Jay Hackney 6 Alan Wardrop

Grade 2 Piobaireachd (Judge: Dr Jack Taylor) – 1 Sean Burgess (Winner of a 2023 Glenfiddich livestream pass) 2 Joseph Morrison 3 Laura MacEwen 4 Mariko Arimoto 5 Rob Rogers 6 Anthony Kelly

Grade 1 Piobaireachd (Judge: Simon McKerrell) – 1 Colin Innes (Winner of a 2023 Glenfiddich livestream pass) 2 Iain Kirkwood
3 Marc Warnock 4 Elijah Woodward 5 Eddie Boland 6 Charles David Mitchell

Grade 4 2/4 March (Judge: Craig Muirhead) – 1 Daniel Boreland (Winner of a 2023 Glenfiddich livestream pass) 2 Sophie Stringer 3 Vickie Gray 4 Brian Gilley 5 Adam Ruck 6 Steve Langford 

Grade 4 Strathspey & Reel (Judge: Craig Muirhead) – 1 Sophie Stringer (Winner of a 2023 Glenfiddich livestream pass) 2 Daniel Boreland 3 Brian Gilley 4 Vickie Gray 5 Riccardo Brunelli 6 Gavin Davis 

Grade 4 Jig (Judge: Craig Muirhead) – 1 Riccardo Brunelli (Winner of a 2023 Glenfiddich livestream pass) 2 Vickie Gray 3 Gavin Davis 4 Murray Harper 5 Steve Langford

Grade 3 2/4 March (Judge: Craig Muirhead) – 1 John Todd (Winner of a 2023 Glenfiddich livestream pass) 2 Colin Bathgate
3 Pierrick Monnier 4 Ken Maclean 5 Grant Walker 6 Philip Burchardt

Grade 3 Strathspey & Reel (Judge: Craig Muirhead) – 1 John Todd  (Winner of a livestream pass to watch the Glenfiddich 2023) 2 Colin Bathgate 3 Philip Burchardt 4 Ken Maclean 5 Anna Binder 6 Sally Mason 

Grade 3 Jig (Judge: Craig Muirhead) – 1 Laura McEwan (Winner of a 2023 Glenfiddich livestream pass) 2 James Acheson 3 Grant Walker 4 Anna Binder 5 Philip Burchardt 6 Ken Maclean

Grade 2 2/4 March (Judge Matt MacIsaac) – 1 Joseph Morrison (Winner of a 2023 Glenfiddich livestream pass) 2 Hans Grothusen 3 Brent Lowrie 4 Mariko Arimoto 5 Rob Rogers 6 Alasdair Beaton 

Grade 2 Strathspey & Reel (Judge: Matt MacIsaac) – 1 Joseph Morrison (Winner of a 2023 Glenfiddich livestream pass) 2 Mariko Arimoto 3 Hans Grothusen 4 Brent Lowrie 5 Alasdair Beaton 6 Rob Rogers 

Grade 2 Jig (Judge: Matt MacIsaac) – 1 Joseph Morrison (Winner of a 2023 Glenfiddich livestream pass) 2 Mariko Arimoto 3  Hans Grothusen 4 Rob Rogers 5 Alasdair Beaton 6 Lachlan MacDonald 

Grade 1 2/4 March (Judge: Alex Gandy) – 1 Charles David Mitchell (Winner of a 2023 Glenfiddich livestream pass) 2 Colin Innes 3 Marc Warnock 4 Theo Pratt 5 Cameron Appleton-Seymour 6 Ben Hall

Grade 1 Strathspey & Reel (Judge: Alex Gandy) – 1 Charles David Mitchell (Winner of a 2023 Glenfiddich livestream pass) 2  Marc Warnock 3  Colin Innes 4  Gord Wallace 5  Patrick MacDonald 6  Theo Pratt

Grade 1 Jig (Judge: Alex Gandy) – 1 Theo Pratt (Winner of a livestream pass to watch the Glenfiddich 2023) 2 Charles David Mitchell 3 Gillian Blaney 4  Marc Warnock 5  Colin Innes 6  Gord Wallace

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