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This CLASP competition was held over two days, Friday 31st October and 1st November. CLASP stewards greeted the competitors via the Zoom platform. Adult amateur pipers from all over the world joined the Zoom meeting at their allocated time and a live video recording was captured by each competitor. Thanks to our judges: Douglas Murray, Sarah Muir, John Dew, Steven Leask and Logan Tannock for judging this competition. Also, a special mention to the volunteer stewards: Stephen McCusker, Anna Binder, Gill Cairns and Gordon Cairns. Crit sheets will be sent out over the next few days.

CLASP membership is now open for 2026. To become a CLASP member please visit www.theclasp.co.uk

Overall Winners:
Grade 1 – Brady Webb
Grade 2 – Jacob Bowers
Grade 3 – Ronaldo MacKenzie
Grade 4 – Maureen Moore

Here are the full results:

Grade 4 – Piobairechd – Judge Douglas Murray 

1st Riccardo Brunelli
2nd Todd Schroeder
3rd Lou Lanaro
4th Eve De Jong
5th John Cairns
6th Maureen Moore

Grade 4 – 2/4 March – Judge Sarah Muir (all light music)

1st Todd Schroeder
2nd Shelley McGuire
3rd Benjamin Timberlake
4th Kathleen Madden
5th Maureen Moore
6th Kate Gordon

Grade 4 – Strathspey & Reel – Judge Sarah Muir

1st Kathleen Madden
2nd Lou Lanaro
3rd Shelley McGuire
4th Todd Shroeder
5th Maureen Moore
6th Jennifer Curran

Grade 4 – Jig – Judge Sarah Muir

1st Jennifer Curran
2nd Maureen Moore
3rd Kate Gordon
4th Jennifer Wilson
5th Richard Johnson
6th Steve Langford

Grade 4 Overall Winner: Maureen Moore

Grade 3 – Piobaireachd – Judge Logan Tannock

1st    Raúl Peinado Fuentes
2nd   Kim Greeley
3rd    Sheila Stewart
4th    Sven Vollberg
5th    Anna Binder
6th    Ronaldo MacKenzie

Grade 3 – 2/4 March – Judge John Dew (all light music)

1st Arthur Bass
2nd Ronaldo MacKenzie
3rd Ben Hunter
4th Anna Binder
5th Charles Dunbar
6th Sheila Stewart

Grade 3 – Strathspey & Reel – Judge John Dew

1st Arthur Bass
2nd Raul Peinado
3rd Charles Dunbar
4th Anna Binder
5th Ronaldo MacKenzie
6th Alan Wardrop

Grade 3 – Jig – Judge John Dew

1st Charles Dunbar
2nd Ronaldo MacKenizie
3rd Cameron Davison
4th Ben Hunter
5th Claus Reiss
6th Arthur Bass

Grade 3 Overall Winner: Ronaldo MacKenzie

Grade 2 – Piobaireachd – Judge Steven Leask

1st Anthony Kelly
2nd Mariko Arimoto
3rd Ernest Cho
4th Rob Rogers
5th Alasdair Beaton
6th Kevin McSwiggan

Grade 2 –  2/4 March – Judge Ben Duncan  (all light music)

1st Bobby Curtin
2nd Jacob Bowers
3rd Aaron Bergen
4th Lou Reid
5th Ernest Cho
6th Anthony Kelly

Grade 2 –  Strathspey & Reel – Judge Ben Duncan 

1st Jacob Bowers
2nd Lou Reid
3rd Ernest Cho
4th Rob Rogers
5th Mariko Arimoto
6th Aaron Bergen

Grade 2 – Jig – Judge Ben Duncan  

1st Jacob Bowers
2nd Bobby Curtain
3rd Kevin McSwiggen
4th Mariko Arimoto
5th Alistair Robinson
6th Aaron Bergen

Grade 2 Overall Winner: Jacob Bowers

Grade 1 – Piobaireachd – Douglas Murray

1st Brady Webb
2nd John Nevans
3rd Charles David Mitchell
4th Owain Woodman Carr
5th Jamie Gallagher
6th Adam Aitchison

Grade 1 – 2/4 March – Judge Sarah Muir (all light music)

1st Brady Webb
2nd Charles-David Mitchell
3rd Douglas Small
4th Conall McNamara
5th Craig Turnbull
6th Duncan Craig McIntosh

Grade 1 – Strathspey & Reel – Judge Sarah Muir 

1st Brady Webb
2nd Douglas Small
3rd Charles-David Mitchell
4th Owain Woodman Carr
5th Ray Flanagan
6th Duncan Craig McIntosh

Grade 1 – Jig – Judge Sarah Muir 

1st Brady Webb
2nd Douglas Small
3rd Duncan Craig McIntosh
4th Charles-David Mitchell
5th Conall McNamara
6th Craig Turnbull

Grade 1 Overall Winner: Brady Webb

The CLASP – Adult Practice Chanter Competition - September 2025 Results

This competition is a pre-recorded video submission competition for adults.

For events in the practice chanter category, all tune submissions are own choice.  For the 2/4 March event and Strathspey & Reel event, a minimum of two parts of each tune should be played. 2 parts of a 4 parted tune can be submitted. For example, a competitor might choose to play the first two parts of Maggie Cameron (which is a 4 parted Strathspey).

The Overall Chanter Champion was Kris Wellman.   Kris wins an ES Session Chanter https://www.essessionchanter.co.uk/stainless

Full Results:

The overall Champion is determined by a points system and the person with the highest points will receive an ES Session Chanter

Competition venue is The National Piping Centre, Otago Street. Start times are listed on the order of play for all events.

Grades 3 & 4 will run on Monday 11th August
Grade 3&4 Piob The Worlds Competition-Order of Play
Grade 3&4 LM The Worlds Competition-Order of Play

Grade 2 will run on Tuesday 12th August
Grade 2 Piob The Worlds Competition-Order of Play(1)
Grade 2 LM The Worlds Competition-Order of Play

Grade 1 will run on Wednesday 13th August
Grade 1 Piob The Worlds CLASP Competition-Order of Play
Grade 1 LM The Worlds Competition-Order of Play

Please click on the link below to view the full results from the CLASP in-person competition, which ran at The National Piping Centre on June 21st 2025.

https://bagpipe.news/2025/06/26/results-from-clasp-in-person-competition-june-2025/

Please click on the link below to see full  results of this competition:

https://bagpipe.news/2025/04/04/results-from-the-clasp-practice-chanter-competition/

Please click on the link below to see full results from this CLASP in-person competition.

https://bagpipe.news/2025/03/02/results-from-clasp-in-person-competition-march-2025/

Click on the link below to see full results and pictures from this competition.

https://bagpipe.news/2025/02/26/the-clasp-february-live-online-results-2025/

Please click on the link below to download the draw for the upcoming in-person competition at Otago Street, Glasgow. Please note that both performance rooms start at 9.30am sharp.

Otago Street Draw