During the Piping Live Festival the CLASP ran grade 3, 2 & 1 amateur solo piping competitions. The venue for the competition was the RSAMD. The overall winner of the Grade 1 was Joshua MacFarlane from Toronto. Joshua received an all expenses paid trip to compete at the Metro Cup in New York which was kindly donated by the organisers Eric and Maureen Stein.
Here are the results from the weeks competition.
Grade 1 - Piobaireachd
1st Tyrone Heade (Seattle)
2nd Joshua MacFarlane
3rd Scott Allan
Grade 1 - MSR
1st Joshua MacFarlane
2nd John Frater
3rd David McLaughlan
Grade 1 - Hornpipe & Jig
1st Joshua MacFarlane
2nd John Frater
3rd David McLaughlan
Overall Winner of the grade 1 - Joshua MacFarlane
Grade 2 - Piobaireachd
1st Jacob Lindler
2nd Andrew Park
3rd Alexander Titus
Grade 2 - 2/4 March
1st Joe Campbell
2nd Alexander Titus
3rd Jacob Lindler
Strathspey & Reel
1st Alexander Titus
2nd Joe Campbell
3rd Kieron Cooney
6/8 March
1st Joe Campbell
2nd Jacob Lindler
3rd Peter Weidig
Overall Winner Grade 2 - Joe Campbell
Grade 3 - Piobaireachd
1st Joe Campbell
2nd David Gatcum
3rd Peter Weidig
Grade 3 - Piobaireachd Ground
1st Danny Rab
2nd Peter Weidig
3rd Thomas Dubois
Grade 3 - 2/4 March
1st Janette Greenwood
2nd John Campbell
3rd Jim Lee
Grade 3 - Strathspey & Reel
1st Janette Greenwood
2nd Jim Lee
3rd Matthias Kuehn
Grade 3 - Jig
1st Michael McGowan
2nd John Campbell
3rd Janette Greenwood
Overall Winners Janette Greenwood & John Campbell


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