Draw for Amateur CLASP Competitions at the Northern Meeting

Friday 1st September 2017 – Starting Time – 9.30am  Venue – Eden Court Theatre, Inverness, Room – Jim Love Studio Order of Play: Grade 3 – Piobaireachd Dugald Macleod (Full & Ground) Robert Thomson (Full & Ground) Dorothy Moodie (Full & Ground) Grade 2 – Piobaireachd Ewen Brindle Stewart Allan Robert Wilson George Gordon David McRobb Iain Kirkwood Allan Harper Grade 1 – Piobaireachd Ian Graham Janette Greenwood Harry Walters Stephen Ross…

CLASP Grade 3 World Amateur Solos

Margaret Dunn reports: Here are our results for CLASP grade 3, World Solo Amateur Piping Competition at Piping Live!.  Held today, 8th August, at St Aloysius Convent. The winner, John Bertino, is pictured with adjudicator Brian Switalla. Grade 3 Piobaireachd  1st  John Bertino 2nd Alfred Graf 3rd Stephen Whitton Grade 3 Piobaireachd (Ground) 1st John Bertino 2nd Alfred Graf 3rd Andrew Richardson Grade 3 – 2/4 March 1st John Bertino…

CLASP Results from the Army School of Piping Competition

Margaret Dunn reports: Here are results from today’s CLASP competition at the Army School. The picture shows, from L- R: Connor Sinclair (judge), Gregor McCulloch, Ross Walker, Ewen Brindle and Wilson Brown (judge).  Overall Winner Grade 3 – Ewen Brindle Overall Winner Grade 2 – Ross Walker Overall Winner Grade 1 – Gregor McCulloch Grade 3 Piobaireachd Ground 1st Robert Wilson 2nd David McRobb 3rd Andrew Richardson Full Piobaireachd 1st Ewen…

CLASP Draw for Scots Guards Club & RSPS

Here is the full draw for the Scots Guards Club and Royal Scottish Pipers CLASP Competition which will take place on Saturday 28th January in Edinburgh. For full information go to The CLASP website.  Scots Guards Club – Starting time 10am Grade 3 – Piobaireachd Stewart Allan (Ground and Full) Robert Thomson (Ground and Full) Andrew Richardson (Ground and Full) Alfred Graf (Ground and Full) David McRobb (Full only) Robert Wilson…

Piping Live/ Silver Chanter/ Worlds

Piping Live! Glasgow International Piping Festival got off to a stormy start yesterday but the weather didn’t affect the performance or the enthusiasm of the New Zealand Police Pipe Band, who travelled 11,000 miles to compete at the Worlds on Saturday and to play at the festival. They are pictured above with new P/M, Northern Ireland’s Emmet Conway. Over the next four days the band will perform at various points throughout the…