Dank start gave way to dry conditions. Overall champion was Ben Duncan (pictured above).
Very healthy entries throughout the grades: 18 in the P/A Piobaireachd, 25 in the B and 25 in the C. Piping Convenor Brian Spalding said there were more than 100 players across all contests. This was a very well run games. Cover for the pipers and judges, and very efficient stewarding.
P/A Piob
1 Stuart Liddell, Lord Lovat’s Lament
2 Angus D MacColl, Lament for Patrick Og
3 Sandy Cameron, Stewart’s White Banner
4 Darach Urquhart, Young Laird of Dungallon
5 Sarah Muir, Lament for Donald Duaghal MacKay
6 Ben Duncan, Lament for Ronald MacDonald of Morar
P/A March
1 Ben Duncan
2 Connor Sinclair
3 Cameron May
4 Stuart Liddell
5 Craig Muirhead
6 Brodie Watson-Massey
P/A S&R
1 Ben Duncan
2 Connor Sinclair
3 John Dew
4 Cameron May
5 Angus D MacColl
6 Brodie Watson-Massey
B Piob
1 Calum Carn, MacFarlane’s Gathering
2 Ross Conner, Young Laird of Dungallon
3 Kyle Cameron
4 Callum Wynd
5 Alistair Brown
6 Mike Fitzhenry
C Piob
1 John McElmurry, Stewart’s White Banner
2 David Stulpner, Too Long in this Condition
3 Mark MacKenzie, Lament for the Viscount of Dundee
4 Scott MacLean, Sobieski’s Salute
5 Andrew Pattison, Lament for Captain MacDougall
6 Walter Glendinning, End of the Great Bridge
Judge Robert Wallace writes: Very much a mixed bag of performances, however the prizewinners all deserved their awards. John McElmurry was confident and accurate with his tune; the pipe melodic and steady. The Thumb variation was not consistently phrased, but that aside he was a very worthy winner. David Stulpner from Australia was equally assured, but the high A was a shade sharp and he did not bring the best out of the top hand passages. Mark MacKenzie played the best tune I have heard from him for a while. Only an occasional snatching at the siubhal and crunluath cadences counted against him. Andrew Pattison is not timing Captain MacDougall Variation 1 in a way designed to maximise its musicality. Suggestions on the sheet Andrew. Scott MacLean had a good attempt at Sobieski but needs to manage the grip turns in a smoother fashion. Walter Glendinning could improve his D throw and move the tape up on his high G. Plaudits to Hector Munro who went off in the Blind Piper when playing well.
C March: 1 Chris McCarten 2 Kyle Shead 3 Lewis Maxwell 4 Rebecca Capon 5 Iain Simpson 6 Hector Finlayson
C S&R: 1 Kyle Shead 2 Scott Garden 3 Andrew Pattison 4 John McElmurry 5 Chris McCarten 6 Gregor MacDonald
Junior Open Piob: 1 Lily Robertson 2 Lachlan Rennie 3 Morla Bruce 4 Alistair Bullock 5 Arran Brown 6 Euan McCracken
Junior Open March: 1 Alistair Bullock 2 James Silcock 3 Jack Folen 4 Arran Brown 5 Lachlan Rennie 6 Morla Bruce
Junior Open S&R: 1 Arran Brown 2 James Silcock 3 Alistair Bullock 4 Euan McCracken 5 Jack Folen 6 Lily Robertson
Other Junior results:
Judges: E Anderson, A Forbes, M Henderson, P Henderson, M Gardner, I Hurst, T Johnstone, R MacShannon, L Tannock, J Taylor, R Wallace, J Wilson, W Wotherspoon.
CLASP amateur events – all judged by Dr Andrew Bova.
G1 Piob 1 Charles David Mitchell 2 Craig Turnbull 3 John Nevans 4 Con Houlihan
G1 March: 1 CD Mitchell 2 C Turnbull 3 J Nevans
G1 S&R: 1 CD Mitchell 2 C Turnbull 3 J Nevans
G2 Piob: 1 Adam Aitchison 2 Kathryn McEwan 3 Hector Thomson
G2 March: 1 A Aitchison 2 H Thomson 3 K McEwan
G2 S&R: 1 A Aitchison 2 H Thomson 3 K McEwan
G3 Piob: 1 Sue Kennedy 2 Philip Duthie
G3 March: 1 P Duthie 2 Jamie Thomas 3 Sophie Stringer 4 S Kennedy
G3 S&R: 1 J Thomas 2 S Stringer 3 P Duthie 4 S Kennedy
