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Grade 1 CLASP – ‘World Amateur Solo Piping Competition’

Thursday 11th August – 10am Start
Venue: St. Aloysius Convent Chapel

Order of Play

Grade 1 Piobaireachd
1. Stewart Gaudin
2. Karen MacLean
3. Gordon Hislop
4. Gill Cairns
5. David Gatcum
6. Andrea Zingg
7. Stuart Peters
8. Ian Graham

Grade 1 Light Music – 2/4 March, Strathspey & Reel/Hornpipe & Jig
1. Matthew Cornetto
2. Gordon Hislop
3. Gill Cairns
4. Stuart Peters
5. Ian Graham
6. Stewart Gaudin
7. Romana Brunner
8. David Gatcum (MSR)
9. Karen MacLean

Results and Prize Giving at Street Café – Outside the National Piping Centre at 4.30pm approximately

Grade 2 CLASP – ‘World Amateur Solo Piping Competition’

Wednesday 10th August – 9.30am Start
Venue: St. Aloysius Convent Chapel

Order of Play

Grade 2 Piobaireachd
1. John Campbell
2. Evan Wraga
3. James Carnegie
4. Janette Greenwood
5. George Gordon
6. Colin Taylor
7. Tom Broderick
8. Aaron Yeung
9. Helen Thomson
10. Michael Molloy
11. Romana Brunner
12. Con Houlihan

Grade 2 Light Music – 2/4 March and Strathspey & Reel/Jig
1. Tom Broderick
2. Andrea Zingg
3. John Campbell
4. Michael Molloy
5. Stewart Allan (M/SR)
6. Helen Thomson
7. Con Houlihan
8. George Gordon
9. James Carnegie
10. Colin Taylor
11. Stephen Ross
Results & Prize Giving

Grade 3 CLASP – ‘World Amateur Solo Piping Competition’

Tuesday 9th August – 10am Start

Venue: St. Aloysius Convent Chapel

Order of Play

Grade 3 Piobaireachd
1. George McCall (G&F)
2. Stephen Ross
3. Robert Thomson (G&F)
4. Andrew Richardson (G&F)
5. Joris Panis (G&F)
6. Stewart Allan (G&F)
7. Kin Man Sui (G&F)
8. William Copland (G&F)
9. Ian Kirkwood (G&F)
10. Colin Campbell

Grade 3 Light Music – 2/4 March and Strathspey & Reel/ Jig

1. George McCall
2. Aaron Yeung
3. Robert Thomson
4. Joris Panis
5. William Copland
6. Andrew Richardson
7. Kin Man Sui
8. Colin Campbell (M/SR)
9. Ian Kirkwood
10. Jim Fogelman (M/SR)
11. Karina Huber

Results and Prize Giving

Entries for the London CLASP are now open and will close on 23rd of September.
Please enter online here.

Venue and travel information.

The National Piping Centre is pleased to announce that Wallace Bagpipes will be the main CLASP sponsor for the 2016-17 season of events.

‘We are extremely honored to support and work with The CLASP." said Craig Munro of Wallace Bagpipes. "It's a fantastic organization which helps raise the standard and profile of adult amateurs worldwide. We feel this will not only help strengthen our position in the market place but also see it as an opportunity to give something back to a section of the worldwide piping community often overlooked in our industry with the majority of the current focus being on juveniles or professional events. At Wallace Bagpipes it’s about the right opportunity, not every opportunity!’

CLASP organiser Margaret Dunn said "We're delighted with the sponsorship! It will allow the CLASP to grow and also gives competitors the opportunity to win some high quality products from Wallace Bagpipes."

Find out how to join and more about CLASP events, including this year's October 14th/15th workshop, here.

Open to any enthusiastic amateur Bagpipers!

Due to the success of the April CLASP workshop weekend we are excited to announce that we will be holding another weekend in October, at The National Piping Centre, which will further work on the tunes that you have chosen to play for competition.

The dates are Friday 14th and Saturday 15th of October.

So far our guest instructors will include Willie McCallum and Dr. Jack Taylor, with more to be announced. Both Piobaireachd Set tunes, and light music will be worked on
in small groups. This will allow students to gain as much individual attention as needed with their selected competition/performance tunes.

We hope you can join us!

>> REGISTER NOW!

Entries for the Northern Meetings CLASP are now open and will close on 25th of August.
Please enter online here.

CLASP are delighted to team up again with the Chatsworth Country Fair and the RSPBA (London & South of England Branch). The CLASP competition will be run on Saturday 3rd September 2016. The overall winner for each CLASP grade will receive a 3 day Seasonal School tuition voucher worth £160, which is kindly sponsored by The National Piping Centre. There are also National Piping Shop vouchers for all prize winners.

• CCF 2016 CLASP Entry Form
• CCF 2016 CLASP Details

Join the Piping Live! Big Band!
Please register today to take part in a Piping Live! parade on Monday 8th August from Blythswood Square to George Square, to support Asthma UK. It will start at 11.30am and finish up at 12noon in George Square where the Piping Live! Big Band Chieftain from Asthma UK. All levels of player are welcome, and we will provide 4 short sets of tunes which are suitable for all players - so sign up today! Whether you are in a band of not, come and join the Piping Live! big band.
Find out more and register here!

Grade 3 overall winner - Colin Taylor
Grade 2 overall winner - Gill Cairns
Grade 1 overall winner - Gordon Hislop

The clasps will be presented to the winners on Thursday 11th August around 4.30pm in the Street Cafe, outside the National Piping Centre.

Congratulations to all!