CLASP ‘In Person’ Competition entries open till January 3rd

This CLASP competition takes place on Saturday 11th January 2025, in-person at The National Piping Centre, Otago Street, Glasgow. The closing date for entry to this competition is Friday 3rd January 2025 at midnight (UK Time). Entry can be made through the CLASP website link at the foot of this page.

Events will be offered to adult amateur pipers graded 1, 2, 3/4 and both Light Music and Piobaireachd events will be offered for all grades. Please note that Grade 4 pipers can opt to play up in Grade 3 events  (no points will be allocated for this). The order of play will be published one week prior to the competition date on The CLASP website.

Events

Piobaireachd – Grades 1, 2, 3/4
2/4 March Event – Grades 1, 2, 3/4
Strathspey & Reel Event – Grades 1, 2, 3/4
Jig Event for Grade 1, 2, 3/4

Tune Requirements

The tune requirements for each grade/event is as follows: 

Grade 3

1. Piobaireachd – Submit 1 Tune (Own choice or submit One tune from Set List 2). See Set Tune page for information on which competitions are exempt from the Set Tune list.
2. 2/4 March (Own Choice)
3. Strathspey and Reel (Own Choice)
4. Jig or 6/8 March (Own Choice) This is an event which may not always be available to compete in and varies from competition to competition .

Grade 2

1. Piobaireachd – Submit 2 Tunes (Two own choice tunes or One tune to be submitted from Set List 1 and One tune to be submitted from Set List 2). See Set Tune page for information on which competitions are exempt from Set Tune list.
2. 2/4 March (Submit 2 Tunes)
3. Strathspey and Reel (Own Choice)
4. Jig or 6/8 March or Hornpipe (Own Choice) This is an event which may not always be available to compete in and varies from competition to competition .

Grade 1

1. Piobaireachd – Submit 3 Tunes (Three own choice tunes or Two tunes to be submitted from Set List 1 and One tune own choice). See Set Tune page for information on which competitions are exempt from Set Tune list.
2. 2/4 March (Submit 2 Tunes) – Please note, this event can also be run as a 2/4 March, Strathspey and Reel Event.
3. Strathspey and Reel (Submit 2 Tunes) Please note, this event can also be run as a 2/4 March, Strathspey and Reel Event.
4. Jig or 6/8 March or Hornpipe & Jig (Own Choice) This is an event which may not always be available to compete in and varies from competition to competition.

Set Tune List for 2025/26

Please note that Piobaireachd set tune list below for 2025/26 will be used for this CLASP competition. Here is a link to the set list for 2025/26 on the CLASP website https://theclasp.co.uk/set-tunes/#setlist2025

List 1

1. The Battle of Waternish (Amach) – Piob. Society Book 2/Kilberry Book
2. The Glen is Mine (Standard) Kilberry Book/ PS 6
3. Grain in Hides and Corn in Sacks (Amach) Kilberry Book
4. Catherine’s Lament (Standard) – Piob Society Book 2/Kilberry Book
5. Ceol Na Mara* (J MacKenzie) (Breabach) – The Piobaireachd Society 20th Century Compositions (See tune notes bellow)
6. The Sound of the Sea (D MacLeod) (Fosgailte) -Donald MacLeod’s Collection of Piobaireachd

List 2

1. Salute to Donald (Standard) – Piob. Society book 8/Kilberry Book
2. The Duke of Atholl’s Salute (Fosgailte) – Piob. Society book 14
3. Lady Anapool’s Lament (Amach) Piob. Society book 9
4. The Marquis of Argyll’s Salute (Breabach) – Piob. Society book 10
5. Salute to the 51st Highland Division (Niall Mathieson composer) (Amach) Link to the tune
6. Skye, Mount Vernon, Washington* (Bruce Gandy composer) (Breabach) Link to the Ground

*Tune Notes:
1. There is a note error in Ceol na Mara Taorluath Variation. This mistake is covered in the errata sheet.
2. The tune, ‘Skye, Mount Vernon, Washington’ which was composed by Bruce Gandy is not published currently. However, Bruce will provide music for this tune.