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Balloch Highland Games - CLASP Competition 2019

Balloch Highland Games will be held on Saturday 13^th July at Moss o’ Balloch Park, Balloch. Competitor passes will be posted to competitors prior to the competition. These passes need to be present at the gate to gain access to the games field. Please email dunn@thepipingcentre.co.uk if the postal address on the CLASP system is different to where you current reside.

All competitors should register from 9am at the secretaries tent. There is one CLASP platform and the starting time is 10am. The first event will be grade 3 Piobaireachd. Please note that, on the day, CLASP will be run by Balloch Highland Games and there will be no crit sheets, medals or overall winners of grades.

Piobaireachd Order of Play

Grade 3 – Piobaireachd
1. Hector Thomson
2. Megan Kenney

Grade 2 – Piobaireachd
1. Dagmar Pesta
2. Duncan Lamont
3. Iain Kirkwood
4. Dugald Macleod
5. Tom Broderick
6. Lachlan MacDonald
7. Stephen Whitton
8. William Wardrope

Grade 1 – Piobaireachd
1. Janette Greenwood
2. Bianca Kail
3. Gordon Hislop
4. Douglas Maxwell
5. Robert Wilson
6. James Murray
7. Con Houlihan
8. Stewart Gaudin
9. Gill Cairns

End of Piobaireachd Competitions

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 Afternoon CLASP Events

Light Music Order of Play

Grade 3
2/4 March Competition/ Strathspey & Reel Competition
1. Hector Thomson
2. Cameron O’Neill
3.  Megan Kenney
4. Lachlan MacDonald

Grade 2
2/4 March Competition/ Strathspey & Reel Competition
1. Douglas Maxwell
2. Dagmar Pesta
3. Iain Kirkwood
4. Duncan Lamont
5. Dugald MacLeod
6. Tom Broderick

Grade 1
2/4 March Competition/ Strathspey & Reel Competition
1. William Wardrope
2. Gordon Hislop
3. Con Houlihan
4. James Murray
5. Gill Cairns
6. Robert Wilson
7. Bianca Kail
8. Janette Greenwood
9. Stewart Gaudin

End of Light Music Competitions

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Luss Highland Games will be held on Saturday 6th July at Luss Games Field.
Here is a link for directions – http://www.lusshighlandgames.co.uk/index.php/news-information/directions-to-thegames

Message from Luss Secretary:
Pipers should be on the field for 10am and report to the piping secretary’s tent. Pipers should use the main gate to save queuing this year. No payment is required at entry to field. Pipers should give their name at the games field entrance, which, if they are entered, will be on the list.

Please note that on the day the competition will be run by Luss Highland Games and there will be no crit sheets, medals or overall winners of grades.

Order of Play for Light Music - Morning
(Starting time approx 10.30am but check with steward)

Grade 3 - 2/4 March Competition/ Strathspey & Reel Competition
1. Hector Thomson
2. Cameron O’Neill
3. Megan Kenney

Grade 2 - 2/4 March Competition/ Strathspey & Reel Competition
1. Iain Kirkwood
2. Stewart Allan
3. Dagmar Pesta
4. Dugald Macleod

Grade 1 - 2/4 March Competition/ Strathspey & Reel Competition
1. Bianca Kail
2. Stewart Gaudin
3. Janette Greenwood
4. James Murray
5. Robert Wilson

Order of Play for Piobaireachd - Afternoon

Grade 3 - Piobaireachd
1. Hector Thomson
2. Megan Kenney
3. Dorothy Moodie

Grade 2 – Piobaireachd
1. Stewart Allan
2. Dugald Macleod
3. Iain Kirkwood
4. Dagmar Pesta

Grade 1 - Piobaireachd
1. Janette Greenwood
2. Bianca Kail
3. Stewart Gaudin
4. Robert Wilson
5. James Murray

End of Piobaireachd Competitions 

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Please note that the entries will close tomorrow, Wednesday 26th June, for the Highland Games. The games which CLASP members can compete at include, Luss 6th July, Balloch 13th July, Rosneath 14th July and Inveraray Highland Games on Tuesday 16th July.

Attached is a link to view the recently updated CLASP league table for 2018/2019 season, which include the points awarded from the Army School of Piping competition on 8th June. Please note that you must be a CLASP member to view the league table.

League Table

 

Please note that there will be two performance rooms, with Light Music and Piobaireachd events running simultaneously. Grade 3 Piobaireachd will start at 9.30am and Grade 1 Light Music will also start at 9.30am. 

Venue address is The Army School of Bagpipe Music & Highland Drumming Inchdrewer House 299 Colinton Road
EH13 0LA Edinburgh.

For access to the Army School of Piping please take the main entrance at Redford Barracks, off Colinton Road, and a steward will direct you to the Army School.

Please also be aware that there will not be facilities to buy food or drinks. 

 Army School of Piping CLASP Competition

8th June 2019                  

Starting Time – 9.30am

Piobaireachd Events

Grade 3

1. Joe Moore (+Ground)
2. Hector Thomson (+Ground)
3. Dorothy Moodie (+Ground)
4. Bill Copland
5. Stephen McCusker (+Ground)
6. Jeremy Levif
7. Robert Thomson

Grade 2

1. Dugald MacLeod
2. Iain Kirkwood
3. Stewart Allan
4. Dagmar Pesta
5. Duncan Lamont
6. David Livingstone
7. Helen Thomson
8. David Mackenzie
9. Lachlan MacDonald

Grade 1

1. James Murray
2. Gordon Hislop
3. Douglas Maxwell
4. Bianca Kail
5. George Gordon
6. Graham Farr
7. Con Houlihan
8. Stewart Gaudin
9. Robert WilsonArmy School of Piping CLASP Competition

8th June 2019                  

Starting Time – 9.30am

Light Music Events

Grade 1

1. James Murray
2. David MacKenzie
3. Gordon Hislop
4. Robert Wilson
5. Con Houlihan
6. George Gordon
7. Stephen Whitton
8. Graham Farr
9. Bianca Kail
10. Stewart Gaudin

 Grade 3

1. Lachlan MacDonald
2. Hector Thomson
3. Bill Copland
4. Jeremy Levif
5. Carol Murphy
6. Garry Murphy
7. Joe Moore
8. Robert Thomson

Grade 2

1. David Livingstone
2. Iain Kirkwood
3. Stewart Allan
4. Douglas Maxwell
5. Dagmar Pesta
6. Dugald MacLeod
7. Duncan Lamont
8. Helen Thomson
9. James Waugh

Results & Prize Giving

 

Entries are now open for the 'World Solo Amateur Piping Competition' at Piping Live! This competition is open to adult amateur pipers worldwide, graded 3, 2 or 1. If you require a grading please visit the grading section of the website for more information.

The venue is St Aloysius College, Hill Street, Glasgow.

For non members, please note that the membership payment structure is as follows:

CLASP Membership payment windows:
1st November - 31st March - £40 (1 years membership)
1st April - 30th June - £30
1st - July - 31st October - £20

The closing date for entries will be 31st July, 2019.

Monday 12th August will start with Grade 3 amateur solo piping events. Tuesday, 13th August - Grade 2 and Wednesday 14th August Grade 1.

 

 

This year CLASP will hold events at four of Scotland's biggest Highland Games, Luss, Balloch, Rosneath and Inveraray. Entries are open to CLASP members who are graded 3, 2 or 1. For overseas pipers who are interested in competing in amateur solo piping events, please contact mdunn@thepipingcentre.co.uk & fjohnston@thepipingcentre.co.uk

 

 

 

 

 

Pictured: Dagmar Pesta, from Germany, on the boards at Inveraray Highland Games.

 

Members are now able to enter the upcoming Army School of Piping Competition, in Edinburgh, on 8th June 2019. Closing date for entries will be Wednesday 29th May, 2019.