The National Piping Centre’s 25th annual junior solo piping competition took place online yesterday. There was a record entry of 132 competitors who played 350 individual performances.
Under 12 Chanter
Slow Air – 1. Seonaidh Forrest; 2. Calum Morrison; 3. Morla Bruce; 4. Joseph Townsley; 5. Cairn MacKay; 6. Lachlan Campbell.
March – 1. Seonaidh Forrest; 2. Liam Keating; 3. Cairn MacKay; 4. Joseph Townsley; 5. Calum Morrison; 6. Morla Bruce.
Overall – Seonaidh Forrest.
Under 15 Chanter
Slow Air – 1. Jack Macarthur; 2. Sam Westerman; 3. Hugh Anderson; 4. Harris Robertson; 5. Callum MacDougall; 6. Nicholas Melvin.
March – 1. Leon Lee; 2. Jack MacArthur; 3. Harris Robertson; 4. Hugh Anderson; 5. Callum McDougall; 6. Sam Westerman.
Overall – Jack MacArthur.
Under 12
2/4 March – 1. Rory Menzies; 2. Grace Kelman; 3. Robbie Lithgow; 4. Abby Long; 5. Hamish Stephens; 6. Fergus Beattie.
Strathspey & Reel – 1. Robbie Lithgow; 2. Grace Kelman; 3. Rory Menzies; 4. Fergus Beattie; 5. Hamish Stephens; 6. Abby Long.
Piobaireachd Ground – 1. Abby Long; 2. Rory Menzies; 3. Grace Kelman; 4. Robbie Lithgow; 5. Fergus Beattie; 6. Owen McCreadie.
Overall – Rory Menzies.
Under 15
2/4 March – 1. Hector Finlayson; 2. Connor Eckert; 3. Gregor Grierson; 4. Ryan McCreadie; 5. Luke Nisbet; 6. Fraser Hamilton.
Strathspey & Reel – 1. Cameron Bonar; 2. Fraser Hamilton; 3. Gregor Grierson; 4. Euan Lindsay; 5. Cameron MacPhail; 6. Logie Johnston.
Jig – 1. Gregor Grierson; 2. Connor Eckert; 3. Fraser Hamilton; 4. Cameron Bonar; 5. Hector Finlayson; 6. Euan Lindsay.
Piobaireachd Ground – 1. Brooklyn Morris; 2. Finlay Rowe; 3. Thomas Fallon; 4. Millie MacLellan; 5. Lewis Stewart; 6. Fergus Goldie.
Full Piobaireachd – 1. Lewis Maxwell; 2. Cameron Bonar; 3. Gregor Grierson; 4. Fraser Hamilton; 5. Connor Eckert; 6. Hector Finlayson.
Overall – Gregor Grierson.
Under 18 2/4 March – 1. Jack McGowan; 2. Cameron May; 3. Jake Robertson; 4. Hugo McPherson; 5. Bobby Allen; 6. Andrew Nelson.
Strathspey & Reel – 1. Cameron May; 2. Kyle Cameron; 3. Bobby Allen; 4. Gregor MacDonald; 5. Eala McElhinney; 6. Griffin Jackson.
Jig – 1. Jack McGowan; 2. Gregor MacDonald; 3. Cameron May; 4. Bobby Allen; 5. Finlay Peden; 6. Griffin Jackson.
Piobaireachd – 1. Cameron May; 2. Bobby Allen; 3. Gregor MacDonald; 4. Archie MacLean; 5. Callum Lowther; 6. Dugald MacKechnie.
Overall – Cameron May.
Freestyle – 1. Catriona Norman; 2. Ryan McCreadie; 3. Magnus Stone; 4. Flora Stone; 5. Eala Niamh McElhinney; 6. Aly William.
Thank you to sponsors: Wallace Bagpipes, Roddy MacLeod MBE, R. G. Hardie & Co Bagpipes, McCallum Bagpipes Ltd., John Dew – Composition, John Mulhearn Music, Ross Ainslie Music, G1Reeds.com, MG Reeds Pipe Dreams Ezeedrone Reeds, The Piobaireachd Society, Canning Reedmakers, Stuart Samson MBE, Maverick Chanter, dh Design & Typesetting, Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Donald MacPhee Reeds and Craig Muirhead.