Highlight of the second day at Inverness is the Gold Clasp competition, which, with the Senior Piobaireachd at the Argyllshire Gathering, is the most prestigious ceòl mòr prize in world piping.
Gold Clasp
1 Stuart Liddell, Colin Roy MacKenzie’s Lament, £1,000
2 Angus D MacColl, Sutherland’s Gathering
3 Calum Beaumont, Daughter’s Lament
4 Connor Sinclair, Scarce of Fishing
5 Jamie Forrester,
Judges: A Forbes, M Henderson, A MacDonald
‘A’ MSR
1 Sarah Muir
2 Cameron Bonar
3 Connor Sinclair
4 Liam Kernaghan
5 Steven Leask
Judges: B Donaldson, B Hitchings, J Wilson
Hornpipe & Jig
1 Stuart Liddell
2 Brodie Watson-Massey
3 Cameron May
4 Sandy Cameron
5 Angus D MacColl
Judges: R Barnes, M Grey, P Henderson,
‘B’ H&J
1 Ruairidh Brown
2 Jonathon Simpson
3 Callum Wynd
4 Ross Miller
5 Alastair Brown
Judges: E Anderson, I MacFadyen
2025 Northern Meeting Champion Piper: Stuart Liddell
U18 Piob: 1 Maggie McConnochie 2 Lachlan Rennie 3 Rory Cairns 4 Niklas Helmke
Judges: R Livingstone, W Wotherspoon
U18 MSR: 1 Christopher Drummond 2 Maggie McConnachie 3 Lachlan Rennie 4 Douglas Baird
Judges: P Hunt, R MacShannon; U18 Champion Piper: Maggie McConnachie
U15 Piob: 1 Jack Folan 2 Archie Leonard 3 Alasdair Bullock 4 Callan Erskine
Judges: P Hunt, R MacShannon
U15 MSR: 1 James Silcock 2 Archie Leonard 3 Alisdair Bullock 4 Mirren Silver
Judges: R Livingstone, W Wotherspoon; U15 Champion Piper: Archie Leonard
- N Mtg. Day 1 results here.
John MacLellan won the Senior Piobaireachd and Former Winners MSR at Oban and the Clasp and MSR in the same year at Inverness.
Thanks James for your response. Looking up that was 1958 John MacLellan won all 4 and from what I read nobody has achieved it since.
Yes Jack would love to find that out also. The grand slam of piping. Stuart Liddell will go down in history as one of the greatest pipers ever. Achievements in band and solos is amazing. Top guy and deserves all his success.
Well done to all the prize winners and all the performers. Really enjoyed the Former Winners MSR and the Clasp today.
It’s always a joy to listen to the world’s best pipers at such a lovely venue as the Eden Court. Every event seems to run efficiently and you’re never left waiting long for the next performance.
Such a privilege to sit and listen to great sounds and finger work from hard working pipers.
Bruce Erskine
Has any piper in history won all 3- the Clasp, Senior Piobaireachd at Oban, and the Worlds (let alone as a pipe major of a grade one band)? If there is another, I can’t think of one.
Truly a phenomenal year for Stuart!