Results from the Grade 3 and 4 World Solo Amateur Piping Competition at PipingLive! 2026

By Margaret Houlihan

The CLASP Grade 3 and 4 events were held at The National Piping Centre, Otago Street on Monday, August 10. Judges for the day were William Morrison and Craig Muirhead.

The Grade 3 Overall Winner was Amanada Brennan from Ireland and Grade 4 Overall Winner was Sami Abdullah Al-Sriri from Oman.

The Grade 2 CLASP events take place today, Tuesday 11th August, and Grade 1 takes place on Wednesday, August 12th. 

Grade 3 – Piobaireachd  (Judge: William Morrison)      

1^st Cheng Bohan
2^nd Joe Moore
3^rd Ken Allan
4^th Luke Marinelli
5^th Michael Erwin
6^th Richard Johnson

Grade 4 – Piobaireachd (Judge: William Morrison)

1^st Qais Ali Al Ghafri
2^nd Stephen Birth
3^rd Sami Abdullah Al- Sriri
4^th Abdul Samia Abadan
5^th Heather Wood
6^th Cathy Tse

Grade 3 – 2/4 March (Judge: Craig Muirhead)

1^st Amanda Brennan
2^nd Michael O’ Donnell
3^rd Paul Sweeney
4^th Anthony Chan
5^th Joseph Kein
6^th Luke Marinelli

Grade 3 – Strathspey & Reel (Judge: Craig Muirhead)
1^st Joseph Kein
2^nd Bronwyn Heywood
3^rd Anthony Chan
4^th Amanda Brennan
5^th Michael Erwin
6^th Michael O Donnell

Grade 3 – Jig (Judge: Craig Muirhead)             

1^st Amanda Brennan
2^nd Bronwyn Heywood
3^rd Joseph Kein
4^th Michael Erwin
5^th Colleen Ryan
6^th Cath Campbell

Grade 4 – 2/4 March   (Judge: Craig Muirhead)

1^st Sami Abdullah Al-Sriri
2^nd Isabella Jackson
3^rd Abdul Samia Abadan
4^th Quois Ali Al Ghafri
5^th Cathy Tse
6^th Stephen Birch

Grade 4 – Strathspey & Reel (Judge: Craig Muirhead)

1^st Abdul Samia Abadan
2^nd Quois Ali Al Ghafri
3^rd Sami Abdullah Al-Sriri
4^th Cathy Tse
5^th Stephen Birch
6^th John Middleton

Grade 4 – Jig (Judge: Craig Muirhead)

1^st Sami Abdullah Al-Sriri                                  
2^nd Abdul Samia Abadan
3^rd Quais Ali Al Ghafri
4^th Stephen Birth
5^th Richard Johnson
6^th Heather Wood