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Results of the Branch Solo Piping and Drumming Competitions held on Sunday 3rd May 2026

DRUMMING
Adjudicator: A. Cruickshank

Contest 1 - Practice Pad
1st. Bailey Bamford
2nd. Max Adamson

Contest 2 - Novice
1st. Will Zakrzewski
2nd. Bart Paston-Bedingfeld
3rd. Pixie Fletcher
4th. Sam Scrope

Contest 3 - Juvenile
1st. Will Zakrzewski
2nd. Sam Scrope
3rd. Bart Paston-Bedingfeld

Contest 4 - Open March
1st. Will Zakrzewski
2nd. Pixie Fletcher
3rd. Bart Paston-Bedingfeld
4th. Sam Scrope

PIPING
Adjudicator: B. Wotherspoon

Contest 1 - Practice Chanter
1st. Liz Hughes
2nd. Freddie Fraser
3rd. Bertie Glover
4th. Magnes Davidson

Contest 2 - Novice Slow Air/Slow March
1st. Tom Pickup
2nd. Henry Pope
3rd. Ivan Pugachev
4th. Arthur Smith
5th. Kit Meysey-Thompson
6th. Berti Burnett-Armstrong
7th. Charlie Jameson
8th. Daniel Griffiths

Contest 3 - Novice March
1st. Fergus McLellan
2nd. Ivan Pugachev
3rd. Henry Pope

Contest 6 - Medley
1. Paul Wright
2nd. Kimi Middleton
3rd. Tom Pickup
4th. Ci Penman

Contest 7 - MSR
1st. Cameron Sheppard
2nd. Paul Wright
3rd. Aiden Standley
4th. Ci Penman
5th. Ian Riley
6th. Tom Pickup



Since April 2020 Ian Kirkland has been developing a very valuable teaching resource for pipe band snare drummers, ie. detailed breakdowns of:

- Essential Rudiments
- RSPBA Prescribed Tunes
- Alex Duthart Fanfares (1957, 1966, 1972)
- Alex Duthart Book 1 Rudiments
- Alex Duthart Book 1 Scores
- Alex Duthart Book 2 Scores

They are available on his YouTube channel at this address:







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