By Margaret Houlihan
This was the first online CLASP competition for this year and took place on January 31st and February 1st, 2025. The next CLASP Live Online competition is May 2nd and 3rd, and more details can be found here.
A listing of in-person and online CLASP competitions for 2025 can be found on the CLASP website here. Adult Practice Chanter video submission competition runs in March and entry details can found here.
Thanks to CLASP Live Online judges Kylie MacHattie, Bruce Gandy, Brian Switalla, Decker Forrest and Sarah Muir. Special thanks to CLASP volunteers, who help to make this event run so smoothly; Sophie Stringer, Stephen McCusker, Derek Doyle, Gill Cairns, Janette Greenwood, James Acheson, Anna Binder, Sven Vollberg and Gordon Cairns.
Overall Winners:
Grade 1 – Brady Webb
Grade 2 – Jared Ong
Grade 3 – Aaron Langwiesner
Grade 4 – Maureen Moore
Grade 1
Grade 1 – Piobaireachd (Judge – Bruce Gandy)
1st Charles-david Mitchell
2nd Brady Webb
3rd John Nevans
4th Donald Morrison
5th Glen-Mary Christopher
6th James Carnegie
Grade 1 – 2/4 March (Judge – Bruce Gandy)
1st Brady Webb
2nd Charles-david Mitchell
3rd Callum Kirk
4th John Nevans
5th Con Houlihan
6th Douglas Small
Grade 1 – Strathspey & Reel (Judge – Bruce Gandy)
1st Brady Webb
2nd Charles-david Mitchell
3rd Callum Kirk
4th Connall McNamara
5th Douglas Small
6th Andrea Jones
Grade 1 – 6/8 March (Judge – Bruce Gandy)
1st Brady Webb
2nd Charles-david Mitchell
3rd Connall McNamara
4th Craig Turnbull
5th John Nevans
6th Andrea Jones
Grade 2
Grade 2 – Piobaireachd (Judge – Decker Forrest)
1st Jacob Bowers (Black Donald’s March)
2nd Anthony Kelly (The Battle of Waternish)
3rd Adam Aitchison (Catherine’s Lament)
4th Jared Ong (MacCrimmon’s Sweetheart)
5th Aaron Bergen (Corrienessan’s Salute)
6th Rob Rogers (Lord Lovat’s Lament)
Grade 2 – 2/4 March (Judge – Brian Switalla)
1st Jared Ong
2nd Aaron Bergen
3rd Jocob Bowers
4th Mariko Arimoto
5th Donald Morrison
6th James Carnegie
Grade 2 – Strathspey & Reel (Judge – Brian Switalla)
1st Jared Ong
2nd Jocob Bowers
3rd Aaron Bergen
4th Mariko Arimoto
5th Donald Morrison
6th James Carnegie
Grade 2 – 6/8 March (Judge – Brian Switalla)
1st Jared Ong
2nd Jocob Bowers
3rd Aaron Bergen
4th Donald Morrison
5th Mariko Arimoto
6th James Carnegie
Grade 3
Grade 3 – Piobaireachd (Judge – Sarah Muir)
1st Sophie Stringer
2nd Aaron Langwiesner
3rd Anthony MacLaughlan
4th Joe Hardy
5th Raúl Peinado Fuentes
6th Maureen Moore
Grade 3 – 2/4 March Event (Judge – Kylie MacHattie)
1st Sophie Stringer
2nd Alistair Robinson
3rd Aaron Langwiesner
4th Billy Beck
5th Anna Binder
6th Anthony Maclachlan
Grade 3 – Strathspey & Reel Event (Judge – Kylie MacHattie)
1st Alistair Robinson
2nd Aaron Langwiesner
3rd Billy Beck
4th Sophie Stringer
5th Anthony Maclachlan
6th Anna Binder
Grade 3 – 6/8 March Event (Judge – Kylie MacHattie)
1st Aaron Langwiesner
2nd Anthony Maclachlan
3rd Sophie Stringer
4th Raúl Peinado Fuentes
5th Anna Binder
6th Alistair Robinson
Grade 4
Grade 4 – Piobaireachd (Ground & Next Variation) Judge – Decker Forrest
1st Todd Schroeder (The Field of Gold)
2nd Maureen Moore (Little Prince You Are My Choice)
3rd Lou Lanaro (Salute to Queeen Elizabeth the 2nd)
4th Riccardo Brunelli (Caber Fèidh gu Bràth)
5th John MacCallum (Caber Fèidh gu Bràth)
6th Steve Langford (Glengarry’s Lament)
Grade 4 – 2/4 March Event (Judge – Brian Switalla)
1st Maureen Moore
2nd Shelena Marsh
3rd Jennifer Curran
4th Todd Schroeder
5th Gavin Davis
6th Murray Harper
Grade 4 – Strathspey & Reel Event (Judge – Brian Switalla)
1st Maureen Moore
2nd Todd Schroeder
3rd Gavin Davis
4th Murray Harper
5th Lou Lanaro
6th Riccardo Brunelli
Grade 4 – Jig Event (Judge – Brian Switalla)
1st Maureen Moore
2nd Jenifer Curran
3rd Todd Schroeder
4th Gavin Davis
5th Murray Harper
6th Lou Lanaro
The next CLASP competition is this Saturday, March 1, an in-person event at NPC.