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Entries for the Worlds CLASP are now open and will close on 3rd of August.
Please enter online here.

We have a new venue for this years' World Solo Amateur Piping Competition.
The Convent Chapel, which is part of St Aloysius College, 45 Hill St, Glasgow, G3 6RJ

Here is a map, which shows you an on foot route from the National Piping Centre to the Convent Chapel, which is an 8 minute walk.

Start 9.30am
Judge Tom Speirs
Performance Room 1

Grade 1 Piobaireachd

1. John Frater
2. Robert Frater
3. Douglas Maxwell
4. Andrew Park
5. Gordon Hislop
6. Robert Low
7. Ian Graham
8. David Gatcum
9. Stewart Gaudin

Grade 3 Piobaireachd

1. Bianca Kail (G&F)
2. Robert Thomson (G&F)
3. Colin Taylor (G & F)
4. Lino Peluso (G&F)
5. Alfred Graf (G&F)
6. George McCall (G&F)
7. Stewart Allan (F)
8. Andrew Richardson (G&F)

Grade 2 Piobaireachd

1. Tom Broderick
2. Dagmar Pesta
3. James Carnegie
4. George Gordon
5. Helen Thomson
6. Andrea Zingg
7. Gregor McCulloch
8. Gill Cairns

Start 9.30am
Judge Matt Wilson
Performance Room 2

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

1. George McCall
2. Colin Taylor
3. Bianca Kail
4. Robert Thomson
5. Lino Peluso
6. Alfred Graf
7. Andrew Richardson

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

1. James Carnegie
2. Tom Broderick
3. Dagmar Pesta
4. Gill Cairns
5. Stewart Allan
6. Andrea Zingg
7. Douglas Maxwell
8. George Gordon
9. Helen Thomson

Grade 1 Light Music – 2/4 March, Strathspey & Reel/Jig

Gregor McCulloch

Robert Low

Stewart Gaudin

Gordon Hislop (JIG ONLY)

Andrew Park

John Frater

Robert Frater

Ian Graham

David Gatcum

This year, CLASP has added one more Highland Games to its list of outdoor competitions.

Luss Highland Games - Saturday 2nd July
Rosneath Highland Games - Sunday 17th July
Inveraray Highland Games - Tuesday 19th July

The final indoor CLASP competition of the CLASP year will take place at the Army School of Bagpipe Music on Saturday 18th June, 2016.
Closing date for entries is June 9th.

Venue Address:

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

9th April 2016 - National Piping Centre CLASP Competition

Grade 3 Piobaireachd
Start 9.30am Robertson Room
Judge - Andrew Bova

1. Colin Taylor (G&F)
2. James Hanlon (F)
3. Colin Brown (F)
4. Stewart Allan (F)
5. Bianca Kail (G&F)
6. Karina Huber (G&F)
7. Robert Thomson (F & G)
8. Steven Whitton (F)
9. Andrew Richardson (F)
10. Neil Mitchell (G&F)
11. Alfred Graf (G&F)
12. Ryo Hasuda (F)

Grade 2 Piobaireachd
Start 9.30am Collinson Room
Judge - Jonathan Greenlees

1. Jeanette Greenwood
2. Andrea Zingg
3. James Carnegie
4. Dagmar Pesta
5. Romana Brunner
6. Con Houlihan
7. George Gordon
8. Gregor McCulloch

Grade 1 Piobaireachd to follow Grade 2 Piobaireachd
Judge - Jonathan Greenlees

1. Andrew Hutton
2. Stewart Gaudin
3. John Frater
4. Ian Graham
5. Gordon Hislop

Lunch Break

Afternoon Commencing 1.30pm

Grade 3 Light Music – 6/8 March, 2/4 March and Strathspey & Reel
Start 1.30pm Collinson Room
Judge Jonathan Greenlees

1. Ryo Hasuda
2. Andrew Richardson
3. Karina Huber
4. Alfred Graf
5. James Hanlon
6. Bianca Kail
7. Colin Taylor
8. Ulrike Jöbstl
9. Robert Thomson

Grade 2 Light Music – 6/8 March, 2/4 March and Strathspey & Reel
To follow Grade 3 Light Music

1. Colin Brown
2. James Carnegie
3. Stewart Allan
4. Neil Mitchell
5. Con Houlihan
6. Dagmar Pesta
7. Andrea Zingg
8. George Gordon

Grade 1 Light Music – 6/8 March, 2/4 March and Strathspey & Reel
Start 1.30pm Robertson Room
Judge - Andrew Bova

1. Jeanette Greenwood
2. Romana Brunner
3. Gordon Hislop
4. John Frater
5. Andrew Hutton
6. Richard Aitken
7. Liam McCann
8. Ian Graham
9. Stewart Gaudin
10. Steven Whitton
11. Gregor McCulloch

Please look below at both Draws (Royal Scottish Pipers and Scots Guards Club).
These venues are quite close to each other so we are using both buildings for our competition on 16th January. (15 minute walk/9 minute drive). We will of course move things about for anyone that might be between grades to insure no one is rushing from one venue to another. Good luck to all!

Venue - Royal Scottish Pipers, 127 Rose Street, Edinburgh EH2 3DT
Starting Time – 10am

Grade 1 Piobaireachd

1. Stewart Gaudin
2. Douglas Maxwell
3. Andrew Park
4. Ian Graham
5. Gordon Hislop
6. Sandie Greenwood
7. David McLauchlan

Lunch Break

Grade 1 – 2/4 March, Stathspey & Reel, and Jig

1. Stewart Gaudin
2. Ian Graham
3. Andrew Park
4. Janette Greenwood
5. Liam McCann (2/4 March only)
6. Gordon Hislop
7. Sandie Greenwood
8. Gregor McCulloch
9. Stephen Whitton
10. David McLauchlan

Grade 1 Competitors should make their way to the Scots Guards Club for the Prize Giving.

Venue – Scots Guards Club, 2 Clifton Terrace, Edinburgh EH12 5DR
Starting Time 10am

Grade 3 Piobaireachd

1. Andrew Richardson
2. Stephen Whitton (Full only)
3. Joris Panis (F & G)
4. George McCall (Full only)
5. Robert Thomson (F & G)
6. Stewart Allan (Full Only)
7. Colin Brown (Full Only)
8. Alfred Graf (F & G)
9. Colin Taylor (F & G)

Grade 2 Piobaireachd

1. Andrea Zingg
2. Helen Thomson
3. George Gordon
4. Janette Greenwood
5. Gregor McCulloch
6. Gill Cairns
7. Dagmar Pesta

Lunch Break

Grade 2 - 2/4 March, Stathspey & Reel, and Jig

1. Douglas Maxwell
2. Dagmar Pesta
3. Stewart Allan
4. Gill Cairns
5. Jack Lockhart
6. Colin Brown
7. George Gordon
8. Helen Thomson
9. Andrea Zingg

Grade 3 - 2/4 March, Stathspey & Reel, and Jig

1. Andrew Richardson
2. Robert Thomson
3. Alfred Graf
4. Joris Panis
5. Ryo Hasuda
6. George McCall (M/SR)

Results and Prize Giving in the Scots Guards Club

Entries for the Glasgow CLASP are now open and will close on 31st of March.
Please enter online here.

Entries for the Scots Guards Club CLASP are now open and will close on 6th of January.
Please enter online here.