Scottish Pipers’ Association Professional Solo Piping Competition takes place on Saturday coming, April 6, at the National Piping Centre, McPhater Street in Glasgow city centre.The competitions start at 8.30am and entry for spectators is £5.00.
The event list, timetable and the draw for each competition is listed below.
Number
Competition Event
1
Open P/A Piobaireachd
2
Former Winners M, S & R
3
Open Marches
4
Open Strathspeys and Reels
5
6/8 March (played during tuning time for Open P/A Piob)
6
B Piobaireachd
7
C Piobaireachd
8
C Marches
9
C Strathspeys and Reels
TIMETABLE
OF EVENTS
08:00
Main doors open to the NPC McPhater Street. Registration opens.
0830
Auditorium C Piobaireachd
Collinson Room Open M and S&R
Robertson Room C Grade M and S&R
Timings for the following events are approximate and are dependent on the finish time of the preceding competition. The SPA reserve the right to make changes to the start times / locations of events 1 and 6 to assist with the smooth running of the event. It is the responsibility of each piper to make sure they are aware when each competition will commence.
13.00
Collinson Room
Open Piobaireachd
13:00
Robertson Room
B Piobaireachd
16:00
Auditorium
Former Winners
Timers will be used to assist with the smooth running of the competition. Please abide by the times for your event.
Open Piobaireachd and 6/8 March
6/8 March to be played during tuning time
5 Minutes
B Grade Piobaireachd
C Grade Piobaireachd
4 Minutes
All light music competitions
Minimal tuning between March and S&R in Open and C Grades
3 Minutes
Competition 1 – P/A/Open Piobaireachd
Competitors to submit 4 tunes
Competition 5 – 6/8 Grade March Own Choice to be played during P/A/Open Piobaireachd tuning up
Draw
Competitor No.
Name
1
3
Ben Duncan
2
53
William McCallum
3
66
William Geddes
4
57
Sandy Cameron
5
61
Gordon McCready
6
49
Simon Marshall
7
64
Eireann Iannetta-Mackay
8
17
Cameron May
9
60
John Mulhearn
10
38
Angus MacPhee
Competition 2 – Former Winners March, Strathspey and Reel
Submit four of each and play two of each
Draw
Competitor No.
Name
1
47
Callum Wynd
2
Winner of Open S&R
3
61
Gordon McCready
4
34
John Dew
5
60
John Mulhearn
6
66
William Geddes
7
49
Simon Marshall
8
41
Ben Duncan
9
46
Andrew Hall
10
Winner of Open Marches
11
53
William McCallum
Competition 3 – March: Open & B Graded Competitors Competition 4 – Strathspey & Reel: Open & B Graded Competitors There will be trophies presented for B Grade Winners
Competitors to submit 4 of each
Draw
Competitor No. & Grade
1
50 B Grade
Christopher McLeish
2
54
Bradley Parker
3
27
Brodie Watson-Massey
4
04
Ashley McMichael
5
52 B Grade
Ben Mulhearn
6
22 B Grade
Bobby Allen
7
19 B Grade
Luke Kennedy
8
38 B Grade
Angus MacPhee
9
05 B Grade
Kyle Cameron
10
17 B Grade
Cameron May
11
32 B Grade
Finlay Frame
12
03 B Grade
Daniel Johnstone
13
42 B Grade
John McDonald
14
20 B Grade
Andrew Smith
15
55
Craig Muirhead
16
11 B Grade
Alistair Brown
17
47 B Grade
Callum Wynd
18
25 B Grade
Hector Munro
19
33 B Grade
Kris Coyle
20
57
Sandy Cameron
21
01 B Grade
Alastair Murray
22
15 B Grade
Ross Conner
23
45
Michael Fitzhenry
24
09 B Grade
Jonathon Simpson
25
30 B Grade
Edward Gaul
26
07 B Grade
Anna Kummerlöw
Competition 6 – B Grade Piobaireachd
Competitors to submit 3 Tunes
Draw
Competitor No.
Name
1
16
John McDonald
2
13
Finlay Frame
3
9
Andrew Smith
4
8
Luke Kennedy
5
10
Bobby Allen
6
2
Ashley McMichael
7
7
Alex Gehrig
8
19
CALLUM WYND
9
1
Alastair Murray
10
18
Andrew Hall
11
12
Edward Gaul
12
3
Kyle Cameron
13
22
Bradley Parker
14
6
Alistair Brown
15
15
John Dew
16
63
Dan Nevans
17
65
Cameron MacLeod
18
21
Ben Mulhearn
19
14
Kris Coyle
20
11
Brodie Watson-Massey
21
62
Neil Smith
22
5
Jonathon Simpson
23
20
Christopher McLeish
24
17
Michael Fitzhenry
25
4
Anna Kummerlöw
Competition 7 – C Grade Piobaireachd
Draw
Competitor No.
Name
1
35
Andrew Graham
2
29
Scott Mckay
3
16
James Frazer
4
37
Catriona Norman
5
23
Iain Simpson
6
58
Melissa Jeffrey
7
25
Hector Munro
8
43
Hazel Whyte
9
03
Daniel Johnstone
10
40
Andrew Bell
11
21
Lewis Maxwell
12
39
Andrew Pattison
13
59
Robbie MacIsaac
14
18
Owen Muir
15
51
Peter F Skae
16
26
Cameron O’Neill
17
56
Stewart Dickson
18
15
Ross Conner
19
13
Norman Gillies
20
10
Gavin Greene
21
28
Kyle Shead
22
31
Calum Dunbar
23
14
Scott Mccaskill
24
08
Karen McCrindle Warren
25
02
Gill Cairns
26
06
Walter Glendinning
27
44
Bob Low
28
55
Craig Muirhead
29
36
John McElmurry
Competition 8 – C Grade March Competition9 – C Grade Strathspey & Reel