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CLASP Results

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There was a good turn out for the first CLASP in-person competition of 2024 held in Glasgow on Saturday 13th January, writes Margaret Houlihan. Above is a picture of the Overall Winners, in Grade 1 John Frater (centre), in Grade 2 Donald Morrison (right), and in Grade 3 Adam Aitchison. The judges were Sandy Cameron (light music) and Eireann Iannetta-MacKay. Grade 1 Piobaireachd: 1 Con Houlihan  2 Eddie Boland 3 Graham Farr…

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CLASP 11th November 2023 –  ‘Live Online’ Results

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The Grade 1 Overall winner of this competition receives an invitation to compete in a new CLASP online competition called ‘The World Amateur Solo Piping Champion of Champions’, 2024. This competition launched to celebrate 20 years of CLASP and aims to showcase the best 10 amateur solo pipers in the world using an online platform where audience members can attend. By Margaret Houlihan The competition will run in April 2024…

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CLASP May 6th ‘Live Online’ Competition Results

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This was another well attended ‘live online’ CLASP competition. For Grade 1 CLASP competitors there was one final chance to win an invite to compete at the inaugural amateur invitational competition at the Sun Belt in Florida in November 2023. By Margaret Houlihan Eric Stein, who runs the Sun Belt Professional Invitational Competition in Florida, has expanded this event to include an amateur invitational and Eric is kindly sponsoring flights…

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CLASP Glasgow Results

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It was a busy day yesterday, Saturday March 25, at the National Piping Centre, Cowcaddens, Glasgow, with a large number of entrants. Judges were Andrew Bova and Roderick MacLeod.  Grade 1 Overall Winner was Marc Warnock (Northern Ireland), Grade 2, Donald Morrison (Scotland), and Grade 3, James Acheson (Scotland).  By Margaret Houlihan Grade 1 – Piobaireachd1 Colin Innes 2 Ben Hall 3 Graham Farr 4 Eddie Boland 5 Marc Warnock…

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CLASP ‘Live Online’ 2023 Results

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This February 11 competition was the first CLASP ‘Live Online’ event for 2023 and there was a particular interest as an invite to compete at the inaugural amateur invitational at The Sun Belt in Florida in November 2023 was up for grabs for the overall winner of Grade 1.  Eric Stein, who runs the Sun Belt Professional, has expanded his event to include an amateur invitational and Eric is kindly…

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