The Archie Kenneth Quaich 2024 was held in the rooms of the Royal Scottish Pipers Society last Saturday, 24th February. The winner was Arran King who is pictured above.
The competition is promoted by the Piobaireachd Society. A large entry of 38 was reduced to 25 by ballot. Twenty-one played. Result:
1 Arran King, MacFarlane’s Gathering
2 Edmund Boland, Andrew MacNeil of Colonsay
3 Owain Woodman Carr, Little Spree
4 Graham Farr, Catherine’s Lament
5 John Forbes, Lament for the Viscount of Dundee
The judges were Ronald McShannon and Finlay Johnston; Alan Forbes, Chairman of the Piobaireachd Society’s Music Committee, presented the prizes.
CLASP ONLINE
Margaret Houlihan reports: February 3rd saw the first CLASP ‘Live Online’ event for 2024.
Grade 4 Overall – Todd Schroeder; Grade 3 Overall Winner – Adam Aitcheson; Grade 2 Overall Winner – John Nevans; Grade 1 Overall Winner – Gillian Blaney
Grade 1 – Piobaireachd: 1. Gillian Blaney – Rout of Glenfruin 2. Eddie Boland – Ceol na Mara 3. Andrea Jones – Marquis of Argyle’s Salute 4. Charles David Mitchell – Melbank’s Salute 5. John Nevans – Massacre of Glencoe 6. Mic Trenor – Flame of Wrath for Squinting Patrick
Grade 2 – Piobaireachd: 1. Sean Burgess 2. Ernest Cho 3. Laura McEwan 4. Mariko Arimoto 5. Donald Morrison 6. Douglas Small
Grade 3- Piobaireachd: 1 Joe Hardy 2 Raúl Peinado Fuentes 3 Adam Aitcheson 4 Sophie Stringer 5 Ken Allen 6 Vickie Gray
Grade 4 – Piobaireachd (Ground & Next Variation): 1 Lou Lanaro 2.Jennifer Curran 3. Gavin Davis 4. Todd Schroeder 5. Riccardo Brunelli 6. Steve Langford
G1 March: 1. Gillian Blaney 2. Charles-David Mitchell 3. Douglas Small 4. Jamie Gallagher 5. Sean Burgess 6. Eddie Boland
G1 S&R: 1. Gillian Blaney 2. Charles-David Mitchell 3.Douglas Small 4. Eddie Boland 5. Sean Burgess 6. Jamie Gallagher
G1 6/8: 1. Gillian Blaney 2. Charles-David Mitchell 3. Jamie Gallagher 4. Sean Burgess 5. Douglas Small 6. Eddie Boland
G2 March: 1 Colin Bathgate 2 John Nevans 3 Ernest Cho 4 John Todd 5 James Acheson 6 Philipp Burchant
G2 S&R 1 Tony Doherty 2 John Nevans 3 James Acheson 4 Donald Morrison 5 Colin Bathgate 6 Philipp Burchant
G2 6/8: 1 John Nevans 2 Ernest Cho 3 Donald Morrison 4 Tony Doherty 5 John Todd 6 Colin Bathgate
G3 March: 1. Aaron Langweisner 2. Anthony Maclachlan 3. Adam Aitcheson 4. Sophie Stringer 5.Laura MacEwan 6. Sheila Stewart
G3 S&R: 1. Aaron Langweisner 2. Anthony Maclachlan 3. Adam Aitcheson 4. Kathryn MacEwan 5. Sophie Stringer 6. Ivan Agarkov
G3 6/8: 1. Kathryn MacEwan 2. Raúl Peinado Fuentes 3. Adam Aitcheson 4. Joe Hackney 5. Sheila Stewart 6. Anthony MacLaughlin
G4 March: 1. Steve Langford 2. Diane Kubarek 3. Todd Schroeder 4. Jennifer Curran 5. Maureen Moore 6. Gavin Davis
G4 S&R: 1. Steve Langford 2. Diane Kubarek 3. Todd Schroeder 4. Riccardo Brunelli 5. Gavin Davis 6. Murray Harper
G4 Jig: 1. Murray Harper 2. Riccardo Brunnelli 3. Todd Schroeder 4. Gavin Davis 5. Lou Lanaro 6. Steve Langford
Judges: Jack Taylor, Alen Tully, Roddy Livingstone and Glenna MayKay Johnstone. Thank you to the stewards Anna Binder, Gill Cairns, Ivan Agarkov, Thomas Warriner, Sheila Stewart, Mariko Arimoto, Eddie Boland andJanette Greenwood.
Aren’t players supposed to be amateur in order to compete in the Archie Kenneth?
Did the lad who won not compete in the games and win prizes last year?
Yes. Only amateurs can enter the Archie Kenneth.
You news blog is very informative, but is quite UK-centric. Recently, U.S. completed a major piping event called “Metro Cup”, but it wasn’t reported anywhere by your blog.
We have carried the results and reports from the Metro Cup in the past Mr Young; indeed we recently carried the 2024 draws for the piping, both amateur and professional. We did not receive any results or pictures or reports from the organisers for this year’s event. RW
Thank you Mr. Wallace for explaining the process.