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Online Solo Piping Competition


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The Rose Fletcher Memorial Competition 2023
Competitors had until May 6th to submit their entries. This allowed our judge, Cameron Edgar, a week to assess their performances. On Saturday May 13th we sent every competitor their comment sheets from the judge and the competition went public. The results are published below. Click on any of the entries to view each performance. Competitors had the option to remain private if preferred which is why some of the links below are dormant.

We are very grateful to Cameron for assessing all these performances and also to McCallum Bagpipes who once again have sponsored this competition. They have donated a large number of prizes which will be distributed among the competitors during the following week. On Saturday May 20th we will publish the full prize-giving list here.
Results
JUNIOR PRACTICE CHANTER (under 19)
Event 1: 2-part March (No entries)


Event 2: 2-part Slow Air (No entries)


JUNIOR BAGPIPE (under 19)
Event 3: 4 parts in March tempo (No entries)


Event 4: 2-part Slow Air
1st. Isla Armstrong (11): Hector the Hero


INTERMEDIATE (any age)
Event 5: 4 parts in March tempo
1st. Alexander Smith: Leaving Port Askaig
2nd. Scott McClone: P/M J. D. Burgess MBE
3rd. Dai Blewitt: The Brown Haired Maiden, Mairi's Wedding
4th. Scott MacKay: Glen Caladh Castle
5th. Tony Craig: Kilworth Hills
6th. Andy Young: The Heights of Darghai, The Battle of the Somme

Event 6: 2-part Slow Air
1st. Scott McClone: P/M Terry
2nd. Alexander Smith: Mist Covered Mountains
3rd. Tony Craig: Salute to the Royal Fendersmith
4th. Andy Young: The 42's Farewell to Waterloo
5th. Peter Koechig: The Young Maiden
ADVANCED
Event 7: March/Strathspey/Reel
1st. Peter Crowe: Arthur Bignold of Lochrosque, Susan Macleod, Lt Col D.J.S. Murray
2nd. David Rischmiller: Murdo MacLeod, MacBeth's Strathspey, The Sheepwife
3rd. Jim Gray: Arthur Bignold of Lochrosque, The Shepherd's Crook, John Morrison of Assynt House
4th. Andrea Jones: Colonel MacLean of Ardgour, Dornie Ferry, Willie Cumming's Rant
5th. Silas Jones: The Braes of Castle Grant, Maggie Cameron, The Sound of Sleat
6th. Thomas Kunz: P/M Willie Gray's Farewell to the Glasgow Police, Maggie Cameron, Colonel MacLeod
7th. Anne-Kathrin Albert (private): The Taking of Beaumont-Hamel, Duncan Johnstone's Strathspey, Lexie MacAskill

Event 8: Slow Air/Hornpipe/Jig
1st. Jim Gray: Eastern Townships, Lucy Cassidy, Rory MacLeod
2nd. Peter Crowe: Farewell to Govan, Ladies Hornpipe, Kenny Gillies, Portnalong, Skye
3rd. David Rischmiller: Samantha's Lullaby, Dr McInness' Fancy, The Old Wife of the Mill Dust
4th. Andrea Jones: Barbara & Dan, John & Connie's 40th, P/M Joe Wilson
5th. Silas Jones: Mist Covered Mountains, Sandy's New Chanter, Banjo Breakdown
6th. Thomas Kunz: Morag of Dunvegan, Raigmore, Glasgow City Police Pipers
7th. Anne-Kathrin Albert (private): Salute to the Royal Fendership, Sandy's New Chanter, Old Hag at the Kiln

PIOBAIREACHD
Event 9: (Ground only)
1st. David Rischmiller: Lament for Donald Duaghal MacKay
2nd. Jim Gray: The King's Taxes
3rd. Peter Crowe: The Little Spree
4th. Andrea Jones: Lament for Captain MacDougall
5th. Daniel Boreland: Glengarry's Lament
6th. Silas Jones: Corrienessan's Salute
7th. Chris Eyre: Lament for Donald of Laggan
8th. Scott McClone: MacCrimmon Will Never Return
9th. Scott MacKay: Glengarry's Lament
10th. Anne-Kathrin Albert (private): Tulloch Ard
11th. Tony Craig: I Got a Kiss of the King's Hand
12th. Andy Young: His Father's Lament for Donald MacKenzie


BEST DRESSED PIPER
Joint 1st. David Rischmiller & Jim Gray
3rd. Scott McClone

Results of the Prize Draw

Scott MacKay: Blue standard practice chanter (Delrin), Hearing Protection
Andrea Jones: Black long practice chanter (Delrin), McCallum Pipe Carrier
Silas Jones: Black long practice chanter (Delrin, nickel silver & imitation ivory mounts)
Jim Gray: Pipe bag cover with zip and non-slip patch, Socks: 6-8 Charcoal, (BDP) Craig Muirhead Collection
Anne-Kathrin Albert: MG drone reeds, Hearing Protection, Socks: 6-9 Mid-Green
Isla Armstrong: Pipe Cords, Giraffe neckware
Andy Young: Performance (A 142 page guide by Bruce Gandy on how to prepare for competition and professional performance), The Fred Morrison Collection
Tony Craig: Green long practice chanter (Delrin)
David Rischmiller: The 2nd Fred Morrison Collection, (BDP) The Outlands Collection by Fred Morrison
Dai Blewitt: Gordon Duncan's Tunes
Scott McClone: Gordon Duncan's Tunes - Book 2, (BDP) 'Arranged' by Craig Muirhead
Alexander Smith: John Dew book 'Pipe Tunes'
Peter Kochig: Terry Tully Collection - Book 3, Baseball Cap
Thomas Kunz: Preposterous (A memoir by Bill Livingstone. 256 pages, a great read)
Peter Crowe Peter won the Pipe Cords but had already said that whatever he won was to be given to 'the young piper in the Junior Section', ie. Isla Armstrong. Thank you, Peter!


Out of 17 competitors, 15 got something they wanted.
6 got their 1st choice.
5 got their 2nd choice,
2 got their 3rd choice,
5 got their 4th choice,
5 got their 5th choice.
9 got two prizes, both of which they wanted.

To conclude I offer another great vote of thanks to McCallum Bagpipes who donated all these prizes and have once again made this event so much more special for all the competitors who took part. It has been a great occasion once again. Thank you again to all the competitors for the work you put in to take part in this event.

In the Autumn we will be staging our annual recital on the same lines as last year. No rules apart from the time limit.
It would be great to see some of you taking part.

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