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The adjudicators are Tom Johnstone and Roddy Livingstone. The competition will commence around 09.45 hrs.but those of you with Bridge Car Passes should ensure you have entered the Chatsworth Showground before 09.00 hrs.

The draw and order of play for the above are as follows:

Grade 3

Robert Cunningham
Lachlan McDonald – Light Music events only
Nathan Rody
Duncan Lamont
Philip Duthie

Juvenile 17 and under

Abigail Kerr

Juvenile 14 and under

Morgan Gray

Grade 2

James Carnegie
Lachlan McDonald – Piobairhead only
Tom Broderick
Colin Taylor

Grade 1

Bradley Boxall
Robert Frater
Steven Bell

Kind regards

Walter MacGregor

Chairman
The Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association
London & South of England BranchChatsworth

The Scottish Piping Society of London will hold their annual solo piping competition at Kensington Conference Centre, London, on Saturday 4th November 2017.

To enter, please log into the 'Members' area of the CLASP website.

Dear CLASP members,

On the day of the CLASP grading meeting, the committee discussed the weighting of Piobaireachd points at CLASP competitions. This issue was raised by a CLASP member and we felt it was a valid concern that a Jig competition, with more competitors in it, could weight heavier with the same grade Piobaireachd competition if/when numbers of competitors are less. I am sure, even if you do not compete in the Piobaireachd section, you will agree that Piobaireachd is a very demanding discipline that should weight heavier than one light music event, bearing in mind there are usually three light music events which all carry points.

To address this situation, we have decided that if the number of competitors in a Piobaireachd event is less than the number of competitors in one of the Light Music events, of the same grade, we will take the highest number of competitors in the Light Music section and use parallel points for the Piobaireachd section. This may only make a small difference in the allocation of points, but we feel it is a step in the right direction to correcting the issue raised.

For example: If 10 pipers competed in the Grade 2, 2/4 March event (this event having the highest number of Light Music entries) and 8 pipers competed in the Grade 2 Piobaireachd event, previously the points would have been allocated that the winner of the 2/4 March would receive 10 Points (one point for every competitor defeated, plus 1) and the winner of the Piobaireachd would have received 8 points. With the new rule in place, the first prize winner of the grade 2, 2/4 March would still receive 10 points, but the winner of the Piobaireachd would also receive 10 points and therefore brings the Piobaireachd weighting up to the highest number of points available in a Light Music event. In the case of a combined March, Strathspey and Reel event, in Grade 1, the points for this event is always doubled because it is a combined event and therefore the Piobaireachd points will align in value with the MSR points.

Overall Winner of the Grade 1 World Solo Amateur Piping Competition- Gregor McCulloch

Piobaireachd
1st Stewart Gaudin
2nd Con Houlihan
3rd Gregor McCulloch

2/4 March Strathspey and Reel
1st Gregor McCulloch
2nd Ross Walker
3rd Stewart Gaudin

Hornpipe and Jig
1st Gregor McCulloch
2nd Ross Walker
3rd Robert Wilson

Overall Winner David McRobb.

Grade 2 - Piobaireachd
1st David McRobb
2nd Evan Wraga
3rd George Gordon

Grade 2 - 2/4 March
1st David McRobb
2nd Stewart Allan
3rd George Gordon

Grade 2 - Strathspey and Reel
1st David McRobb
2nd Stephen Ross
3rd Stewart Allan

Grade 2 - Jig
1st David McRobb
2nd Evan Wraga
3rd Alison Andrews

Grade 1 will run tomorrow from 9am at St Aloysius Convent Chapel and the judge is Dr. Jack Taylor.

Picture from L-R - Brian Switalla (Judge) and John Bertino (Grade 3 overall winner).

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
2nd Lachlan McDonald
3rd Eileen Howe

Grade 3 - Strathspey & Reel
1st John Bertino
2nd Alfred Graf
3rd Lachlan McDonald

Grade 3 - Jig
1st John Bertino
2nd Lachlan McDonald
3rd Alfred Graf

The Grade 2 CLASP event is on tomorrow,9th August, at St Aloysius Convent Chapel, 62 Hill Street. Starting time 9am and the judge is Willie McCallum. Admission is free.

Please note that the entries are opened for the Northern Meetings CLASP Competition in Inverness, on Friday 1st September 2017.

The judge for the day is Alex Gandy and James Beaton will be there from the National Piping Centre to ensure the smooth running of the event.