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 Callum Beaumont, Nameless Cherede Darievea, £1,000
2 Alan Bevan, Fingerlock, £500
3 Ian K MacDonald, £300, My Dearest on Earth
4 Connor Sinclair, MacLeod of Colbeck, £250
5 Iain Speirs, Port Urlar, £100
Judges: I MacFadyen, J Taylor, J Wilson
‘A’ MSR
1 Cameron Bonar, £300
2 Connor Sinclair, £225
3 Ross Conner, £125
4 Bradley Parker, £100
5 Alistair Lee, £60
Judges: P Hunt, R MacShannon, R Worrall
‘A’ H&J
1 Stuart Liddell, £175
2 Cameron Bonar, £150
3 Ross Conner, £125
4 Alasdair Henderson, £100
5 Callum brown, £60
Judges: L Barclay, R Barnes, M Henderson
‘B’ H&J
1 Zephan Knichel, £100
2 Ruairidh Brown, £75
3 Liam Nicolson, £60
4 Joseph Biggs, £50
5 Anna Kummerlöw, £40
Judges: J Banks, I Duncan, P Henderson
2025 Northern Meeting Champion Piper: Callum Beaumont
U18 Piob: 1 Lachlan Rennie 2 Morla Bruce 3 Arthur MacKay 4 Rory Cairns
Judges: A Forbes, W Wotherspoon
U18 MSR: 1 Lachlan Rennie 2 Arthur MacKay 3 Rory Menzies 4 Grace Kelman
Judges: M Cusack, D MacPhee ; U18 Champion Piper: Lachlan Rennie
U15 Piob: 1 Seota Nakano 2 Mirren Silver 3 Rory Forbes 4 Larry Presslie
Judges: M Cusack, D MacPhee
U15 MSR: 1 Rory Forbes 2 Larry Presslie 3 Jack Folan 4 Seota Nakano
Judges: A Forbes, W Wotherspoon; U15 Champion Piper:
- N Mtg. Day 1 results here.
A superb digital book of pipe music….
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Well done Callum, absolutely great achievement with a heat before the final. I also heard Connor what a performance on a chilling great harmonic pipe. Well done to all the competitors and prize winners,how the judges can judge these competitions with the amount of players must be so hard. What a great two days of piping we all got to listen to. Chris was absolutely amazing in the former winners msr, his pipe was first class. So many great performances. The boom of Stuart liddels drones was exceptional. Can’t wait for next year. Listening to all the grades there is really not that much difference in skill. Is this a mental thing ? Great listening to the Junior piping there are some really talented players coming through.