The CLASP ‘Order of Play’ for Luss Highland Games, 2023

Please click/download the link below to access the Order of Play for Saturday 1st July 2023.
CLASP - Luss Highland Games 2023

Message from the Games-
'I can confirm that all CLASP pipers can gain entry to the games field at no charge to themselves plus one other if they choose to bring someone along. The car park however will be charged.  I will leave a copy of your list of competitors at the larger entrance gate to the games field and they should report there for entry! I will be looking to start the Piobaireachd competition at 10.30am, so any entrants should be here in time to gain entry and report to me at the piping stands so I can note they're arrival. The light music will not be starting until the afternoon, normally after the open light music and any open juveniles that may turn up, usually around 1.30pm depending on the turnout etc. '

There will be Piobaireachd and Light Music events for Grade 1, 2 and 3. However, pipers grade 4 can compete in grade 3 events.
Please note that the last day for registration is Sunday 18th June.

Please note that the tune requirements will be as follows:
Grade 1:
Piobaireachd (Submit 3 tunes of choice, play 1)
2/4 March (Submit 2 tunes of choice, play ) Minimum 4 parts
Strathspey & Reel (Submit 2 tunes of choice, play 1) Minimum 4 parts

Grade 2:
Piobaireachd (Submit 2 tunes of choice, play 1)
2/4 March (Submit 2 tunes of choice, play ) Minimum 4 parts
Strathspey & Reel (Own choice) Minimum 4 parts

Grade 3/4
Piobaireachd (Own choice)
2/4 March (Own choice) Minimum 4 parts
Strathspey & Reel (Own choice) Minimum 4 parts

CLASP Draw – 3rd June Competition at NPC Cowcaddens

Piobaireachd Order of Play - Start Time 10am
Judge – Graham Drummond -  Performance Room - Robertson Room
Start Time – 10am

Grade 1 - Piobaireachd
Colin Innes
Leslie Barrett
Stewart Allan
Ben Hall
Theo Pratt
Marc Warnock

Grade 2 - Piobaireachd
Laura McEwan
Ernest Cho
Donald Morrison
Dorothy Moodie

Break for Lunch

Grade 3 - Piobaireachd
Sally Mason
John Todd
Adam Aitchison
Robert Thomson
Kathryn McEwan
Joe Moore
James Acheson
Stephen McCusker

Results & Prize Giving


Light Music Order of Play - Start Time 9.30am Sharp
Judge - Emmett Conway  - Performance Room - Collinson Room

Grade 3 - 2/4 March Event/ Strathspey & Reel Event followed by Jig Event
Grant Walker
James Acheson
John Todd
Conor Malcolm (M/ S & R only)
Amanda Brennan
Sally Mason
Adam Aitchison
Laura McEwan
Kathryn McEwan
Joe Moore
Robert Thomson
Leslie Barrett

Break for Lunch

Grade 1 - 2/4 March Event/ Strathspey & Reel Event followed by Jig Event  Jamie Gallagher
Stewart Allan (M/ S & R only)
Marc Warnock
Colin Innes
Keiran Walker
Ben Hall
Theo Pratt
Iain Kirkwood

Grade 2- 2/4 March Event/ Strathspey & Reel Event followed by Jig Event
Ernest Cho
Donald Morrison

Results & Prize Giving

CLASP Announces its 2023 Plans

Video announcement from CLASP organiser, Margaret Houlihan Dunn.
CLASP has launched another 'Live Online' competition series and also a series of in-person competitions, including some Highland Games for 2023. Dates confirmed so far can be found on the Home Page of The CLASP website under 'Event Info'.
 
The Sun Belt expands to an invitational amateur Competition
The first two 'Live Online' CLASP competitions for 2023 will run on 11th February & 6th May 2023 and the Grade 1 overall winner of each of these competitions will win a flight and accommodation to compete at an new invitational amateur competition in Florida in November 2023. The competition will run alongside the newly launched Sun Belt Invitational competition in Florida, which is run by Eric Stein.
The CLASP also plans to continue offering its members access to educational talks called, 'The CLASP in Conversation with ......'  series. Using a Zoom group setting, expert pipers and experts in other relevant fields are invited to deliver talks for CLASP members only.
The next CLASP competition is an in-person competition on January 14th 2023 at The National Piping Centre, Otago Street, Glasgow.

November 12th ‘Live Online’ Results

Results from The CLASP - 12th November ‘Live Online’ 2022 Competition:

Judges for this competition were Cameron Drummond, Matt Wilson and Ross Miller and the volunteer stewards were Gill Cairns, Collette O Connor, Sally Mason, Stephen Ross, Dan Nevans, Ailis Sutherland, Derek Doyle and Stephen McCusker.

Grade 1 Overall Winner - Charles-David Mitchell
Grade 2 Overall Winner - Hans Grothusen
Grade 3 Overall Winner - John Todd (Piobaireachd Preference)
Grade 4 Overall Winner - Sheila Stewart

Grade 1 – Piobaireachd – Judged by Cameron Drummond

  1. Colin MacKenzie
    2. Charles-David Mitchell
    3. Con Houlihan
    4. Colin Innes
    5. Ben Hall
    6.  Andrea Jones

Grade 1 Light Music – Judged by Matt Wilson

2/4 March Event

  1. Ben Hall
    2. Charles David Mitchell
    3. Colin Innes
    4. Patrick Macdonald
    5. Craig Turnbull
    6. Mic Trenor

Strathspey & Reel Event

  1. Ben Hall
  2. Charles David Mitchell
  3. Colin Innes
  4. Craig Turnbull
  5. Eddie Boland
  6. Conway Buckle

6/8 March Event

  1. Charles David Mitchell
  2. Colin Innes
  3. Ben Hall
  4. Eddie Boland
  5. Patrick Macdonald
  6. Mic Trenor

Grade 2 – Piobaireachd - Judged by Ross Miller

  1. Ryan Morrison
    2. Sean Burgess
    3. Donald Morrison
    4.  Laura McEwan
    5.  Alasdair Beaton
    6.  Mariko Arimoto


    Grade 2 Light Music - Judged by Cameron Drummond

2/4 March Event

  1. Hans Grothusen
    2. Alasdair Beaton
    3. John Nevans
    4.  Christopher MacKnight
    5.   Donald Morrison
    6.  Kim Greeley

Strathspey and Reel

  1. Hans Grothusen
    2. Sean Burgess
    3. Ryan Morrison
    4.    Mariko Arimoto
    5.    Stuart Brown
    6.    Alasdair Beaton

6/8 March

  1. Ryan Morrison
  2. Hans Grothusen
  3. Stuart Brown
  4. Sean Burgess
  5. Mariko Arimoto
  6. Anthony Kelly

Grade 3 – Piobaireachd - Judged by Matt Wilson

  1. Sally Mason
    2. John Todd
    3. George MacIver
    4. Raul Peinado Fuentes
    5. Pierrick Monnier
    6. Ken Maclean

 

Grade 3 Light Music - Judged by Ross Miller

2/4 March

  1. Raúl Peinado Fuentes
  2. Grant Walker
  3. John Todd
  4. Pierrick Monnier
  5. Laura McEwan
  6. Ken Maclean

Grade 3 - Strathspey and Reel

  1. Raúl Peinado Fuentes
  2. Grant Walker
  3. John Todd
  4. Laura McEwan
  5. Pierrick Monnier
  6. Philipp Burchardt

Grade 3 - 6/8 March

  1. John Todd
    2. Ken Maclean
    3. Raúl Peinado Fuentes
    4. Grant Walker
    5. Kathryn McEwan
    6. Pierrick Monnier

Grade 4 - Piobaireachd Ground + Singling - Judged by Ross Miller

  1. Vickie Gray
    2. Brian Gilley
    3. Sheila Stewart
    4.  Alexander Kinkade
    5.  Gavin Davis
    6.  Maureen Moore

Grade 4 - Full Piobaireachd - Judged by Ross Miller

  1. Sue Kennedy
  2. Vickie Gray
  3. Julian Payne
  4. Gavin Davis
  5. Maureen Moore
  6. Lou Lanaro

    Grade 4 – Light Music - Judged by Matt Wilson

2/4 March:

  1. Sheila Stewart
  2. James Skinner
  3. Alexander Kinkade
  4. Monty Messenger
  5. Vickie Gray
  6. Lou Lanaro

Strathspey & Reel:

  1. Sheila Stewart
  2. Alexander Kinkade
  3. James Skinner
  4. Sue Kennedy
  5. Monty Messenger
  6. Vickie Gray

Jig:

  1. Sheila Stewart
    2. Alexander Kinkade
    3. Monty Messenger
    4. James Skinner
    5. Lou Lanaro
    6. Peter Hummel

 

 

 

 

Grade 1 – Order of Play – The World Amateur Solo Piping Competition @Piping Live! 2022

The World Amateur Solo Piping Competition @Piping Live! 2022

Date: Thursday 11th August
Start Time: 9.30am
Venue: St Aloysius College, 45 Hill Street, Glasgow, G3 6RJ
Judge: Willie Morrison

Grade 1 - Order of Play
Grade 1 - Piobaireachd (Start time 9.30am)
  • John Nevans
  • Stewart Allan
  • Sandie Greenwood
  • KAREN MACLEAN
  • Con Houlihan
  • Iain Kirkwood
  • Leslie Barrett
  • Stephen Ross
  • Craig Turnbull
  • Daniel Johnstone
  • Ben Hall
    Short Break for Lunch

    Grade 1 - MSR followed by Hornpipe & Jig (Start time: after lunch)
  • Sandie Greenwood
  • Martha Hall
  • Marc Warnock
  • Iain Kirkwood
  • Con Houlihan
  • Craig Turnbull
  • Stewart Allan (MSR only)
  • Neil Nicholson
  • KAREN MACLEAN
  • Daniel Johnstone
  • Ben Hall
  • Robert Russell

*Prize Giving for Grade 1 will take place in the Street Cafe (Outside the National Piping Centre) at approximately 4.30pm. The presentation of the clasp will also take place at this time for the 2021/2022 overall league winners for grades 1, 2, 3 & 4.

Draw for 18th June 2022 – In-Person NPC Cowcaddens

Please note that the venue is The National Piping Centre, Cowcaddens. There are two competitions rooms running at the same time. Room 1 - Collinson room starts at 10am and Room 2 -Robertson Room starts at 11.30am.

Order of Play

Room 1 - Collinson Room - Judge - Simon McKerrell
Starting time: 10am

Grade 1 - Piobaireachd

  • Craig Turnbull
  • Daniel Johnstone
  • James Waugh
  • Stewart Allan

Grade 2 - Piobaireachd

  • Donald Morrison
  • Dorothy Moodie
  • Dagmar Pesta
  • Ben Hall
  • Christopher Yeo
  • Lachlan MacDonald
  • HECTOR THOMSON


    Lunch Break 

    Grade 3 - 2/4 March/ Strathspey & Reel/ Jig

    • John Todd
    • Robert Thomson
    • James Acheson
    • Gavin Davis
    • Laura McEwan
    • Grant Walker
    • Sophie Stringer (M/SR only)
    • Amanda Brennan
    • Kathryn McEwan (M/SR only)
    • Donald Morrison

    Room 2 - Robertson Room - Judge Alastair Dunn
    Starting Time- 11.30am

    Grade 1 - 2/4 March/ Strathspey & Reel/ 6/8 March

    • Daniel Johnstone
    • Rebecca Anne Paterson
    • Craig Turnbull
    • Janette Greenwood
    • Stewart Allan
    • James Waugh
    • Iain Kirkwood
    • Stephen Whitton

    Lunch

    Grade 2 - 2/4 March/ Strathspey & Reel/ 6/8 March

  • HECTOR THOMSON
  • Dagmar Pesta
  • Ben Hall
  • Christopher Yeo
  • John Nevans
  • Lachlan MacDonald

    Grade 3 - Piobaireachd 

    • Robert Thomson
    • James Acheson
    • Laura McEwan
    • Kathryn McEwan
    • Gavin Davis
    • John Todd

Prize Giving 

26th March In-Person CLASP Competition Order of Play

The CLASP and The National Piping Centre are very much looking forward to welcoming CLASP competitors back in to our Otago Street building on Saturday 26th March 2022!

Both Piobaireachd and Light Music events start at 9am sharp!

Please click to download the two links below (In blue) which contain the order of play for the Light Music events and a separate order of play for the Piobaireachd events. Please note that there will be two performance rooms running at the same time for the Piobaireachd events and Light Music events.
26th March-InPerson-Light Music Draw

26th March-InPerson-Piobaireachd Draw

*Covid-19 Government Guidance is that you must continue to wear a face covering (unless exempt) in most indoor public spaces and on public transport.

To help keep yourself and others safe:

  • If you don’t have symptoms take lateral flow tests twice a week, and if visiting someone vulnerable or going to a crowded place.
  • If you have symptoms - self isolate and book a PCR test
  • Wash your hands regularly, and cover your nose and mouth if coughing or sneezing

Here is a link to the Scottish government website: https://www.gov.scot/coronavirus-covid-19/

2023 Set Tunes

List 1 (for Grade 1/2 Members)

1. In Praise of Kintyre, by Hugh MacCallum (Glenfiddich Collection)
2. Nameless (Hiharin dro o dro) (Kilberry Book)
3. Andrew MacNeill of Colonsay
4. Lament for Duncan MacFadyen by Donald MacLeod
5. The Battle of the Strome - (Bk5)
6. Melbank's Salute - (Bk 14)

List 2 (for Grade 2/3 Members)

1. AS MacNeill of Oransay (Donald MacLeod)
2. MacNeil is Lord There (Bk 11)
3. Lament for The Old Sword (Bk 3 & Kilberry Book)
4. You’re welcome, Ewen (Kilberry Book)
5. MacLeod's Short Tune (Bk6)
6. Little Prince you are my Choice (Bk13)