The second day of the Northern Meeting took place on Friday, August 30, in Eden Court Theatre, Inverness. Friday’s competitions were the CLASP, Hornpipe & Jig, B Grade MSR, B Grade Hornpipe & Jig, U18 Piobaireachd, U15 Piobaireachd, U18 MSR and U15 MSR.
Nick Hudson won the Gold Clasp to accompany his Gold Medal he won at Inverness in 2022. The full results were:
Clasp
- Nick Hudson – The Daughter’s Lament
- Iain Speirs – Scarce of Fishing
- Finlay Johnston – Nameless – cherede darieva
- Callum Beaumont – Farewell to the Queen’s Ferry
- Alasdair Henderson – Lament for MacLeod of Colbeck
Judges: Iain MacFadyen, J MacGillivray and Patricia Henderson
B Grade MSR
- John Dew
- Bradley Parker
- Brodie Watson-Massey
- Jack Williamson
- Ruairidh Brown
Judges: Ian Duncan, Mike Cusack and Naill Matheson
Hornpipe & Jig
- Alasdair Henderson
- Cameron Drummond
- Bruce Gandy
- Stuart Liddell
- Connor Sinclair
Judges: John Wilson, Logan Tannock and Murray Henderson
B Grade Hornpipe & Jig
- Angus MacPhee
- John Dew
- Callum Wynd
- Zephan Knickel
- Keith Bowes
Judges: Angus MacDonald and Ronnie McShannon
U18 Piobaireachd
- 1st Fraser Hamilton, Paisley, Scotland
- 2nd Niklas Helmcke, Germany
- 3rd Malachi Johannsen, Modesto, California
- Thomas Fallon, Edinburgh
- Hector Finlayson, Kyle of Lochalsh, Scotland
Judges: Bruce Hitchings and Colin MacLellan
U18 MSR
- James Fraser
- Fraser Hamilton
- Maggie Mcconnachie
- Hector Finlayson
- Thomas Fallon
Judges: Alan Forbes and Jack Taylor
U15 Piobaireachd
- Kai Hay
- Rory Menzies
- Lorne McIntyre
- Rory Cairns
- Lachlan Rennie
Judges: Alan Forbes and Jack Taylor
U15 MSR
- Kai Hay
- Lachlan Rennie
- Hamish Stephens
- Rory Menzies
- Seonaidh Forrest
Judges: Bruce Hitchings and Colin MacLellan