The in-person contest for amateur pipers was held at the Piping Centre on March 1. Pictured above are the overall winners (l-r) Adam Aitchison (G2), Lou Reid (G3) and John Nevans (G1).
G1 Piob: 1 John Nevans 2 Donald Morrison 3 Craig Turnbull 4 Stewart Allan 5 Graham Farr; G2 Piob: 1 Adam Aitchison 2 Douglas Small 3 Alistair Robinson 4 Kathryn McEwan 5 Laura McEwan 6 Sally Mason; G3 Piob: 1 Sophie Stringer 2 Anthony MacLauchlan 3 Robert Thomson
G1 2/4: 1 Douglas Small 2 Callum Kirk 3 John Nevans 4 Graham Farr 5 Ian Kirkwood 6 Stephen Whitton; G1 S&R: 1 Douglas Small 2 Callum Kirk 3 Stewart Allan 4 John Nevans 5 Stephen Whitton 6 Graham Farr; G1 Jig: 1 Douglas Small 2 John Nevans 3 Callum Kirk 4 Craig Turnbull 5 Stewart Allan 6 Stephan Whitton
G2 2/4: 1 Laura McEwan 2 Tony Docherty 3 Jack Lang 4 Christopher Yeo 5 Donald Morrison 6 Kathryn McEwan: G2 S&R: 1 Adam Aitchison 2 Jack Lang 3 James Acheson 4 Christopher Yeo 5 Donald Morrison 6 Tony Docherty; G2 Jig: 1 Donald Morrison 2 Christopher Yeo 3 Tony Docherty 4 Jack Lang 5 Laura McEwan 6 Adam Aitchison
G3 2/4: 1 Lou Reid 2 Alistair Robinson 3 Sophie Stringer 4 Stephen Birch 5 Jamie Thomas 6 Anthony MacLachlan; G3 S&R: 1 Lou Reid 2 Alistair Robinson 3 Jamie Thomas 4 Stephen Birch 5 Sophie Stringer 6 Billy Beck; G3 Jig: 1 Lou Reid 2 Jamie Thomas 3 Alistair Robinson 4 Billy Beck 5 Anthony MacLachlan 6 Sophie Stringer
Judges were Wilson Brown and Craig Munro. Organiser Margaret Houlihan extended special thanks to stewards Janette Greenwood and Stephen McCusker.
Online Contest
On Feb 1st, pipers from all over the world joined the CLASP zoom meeting (at a suitable time zone) and were able to compete against pipers from all around the globe, writes Margaret Houlihan. Overall: G1 Brady Webb, G2 Jared Ong, G3 Aaron Langwiesner, G4 Maureen Moore
G1 Piob: 1 Charles-david Mitchell 2 Brady Webb 3 John Nevans 4 Donald Morrison 5 Glen-Mary Christopher 6 James Carnegie; G1 2/4: 1 Brady Webb 2 Charles-david Mitchell 3 Callum Kirk 4 John Nevans 5 Con Houlihan 6 Douglas Small; G1 S&R: 1 Brady Webb 2 Charles-david Mitchell 3 Callum Kirk 4 Connall McNamara 5 Douglas Small 6 Andrea Jones; G1 6/8 1 Brady Webb 2 Charles-david Mitchell 3 Connall McNamara 4 Craig Turnbull 5 John Nevans 6 Andrea Jones
G2 Piob: 1 Jacob Bowers (Black Donald’s March) 2 Anthony Kelly (Battle of Waternish) 3 Adam Aitchison (Catherine’s Lament) 4 Jared Ong (MacCrimmon’s Sweetheart) 5 Aaron Bergen (Corrienessan’s Sal.) 6 Rob Rogers (Lord Lovat’s Lament); G2 2/4: 1 Jared Ong 2 Aaron Bergen 3 Jocob Bowers 4 Mariko Arimoto 5 Donald Morrison 6 James Carnegie; G2 S&R: 1 Jared Ong 2 Jocob Bowers 3 Aaron Bergen 4 Mariko Arimoto 5 Donald Morrison 6 James Carnegie; G2 6/8: 1 Jared Ong 2 Jocob Bowers 3 Aaron Bergen 4 Donald Morrison 5 Mariko Arimoto 6 James Carnegie
G3 Piob: 1 Sophie Stringer 2 Aaron Langwiesner 3 Anthony MacLaughlan 4 Joe Hardy 5 Raúl Peinado Fuentes 6 Maureen Moore; G3 2/4: 1 Sophie Stringer 2 Alistair Robinson 3 Aaron Langwiesner 4 Billy Beck 5 Anna Binder 6 Anthony Maclachlan; G3 S&R: 1 Alistair Robinson 2 Aaron Langwiesner 3 Billy Beck 4 Sophie Stringer 5 Anthony Maclachlan 6 Anna Binder; G3 6/8: 1 Aaron Langwiesner 2 Anthony Maclachlan 3 Sophie Stringer 4 Raúl Peinado Fuentes 5 Anna Binder 6 Alistair Robinson
G4 Piob Grnd. & Next Var.: 1 Todd Schroeder (Field of Gold) 2 Maureen Moore (Little Prince You Are My Choice) 3 Lou Lanaro (Sal. to Queen Elizabeth II) 4 Riccardo Brunelli (Caber Fèidh gu Bràth) 5 John MacCallum (Caber Fèidh gu Bràth) 6 Steve Langford (Glengarry’s Lament); G4 2/4: 1 Maureen Moore 2 Shelena Marsh 3 Jennifer Curran 4 Todd Schroeder 5 Gavin Davis 6 Murray Harper; G4 S&R: 1 Maureen Moore 2 Todd Schroeder 3 Gavin Davis 4 Murray Harper 5 Lou Lanaro 6 Riccardo Brunelli; G4 Jig: 1 Maureen Moore 2 Jenifer Curran 3 Todd Schroeder 4 Gavin Davis 5 Murray Harper 6 Lou Lanaro
Thanks to judges: Kylie MacHattie, Bruce Gandy, Brian Switalla, Decker Forrest and Sarah Muir. Special thanks to CLASP volunteers, who help to make this event run so smoothly, Sophie Stringer, Stephen McCusker, Derek Doyle, Gill Cairns, Janette Greenwood, James Acheson, Anna Binder, Sven Vollberg and Gordon Cairns. An adult practice chanter competition runs in March and the next ‘Live Online’ will run on May 2/3.
