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CLASP offer two Set Tune lists, each with six tunes. List 1, will be used for Grade 1 and Grade 2 Piobaireachd competitors and List 2 will be for Grade 3/4 Piobaireachd competitors.

Grade 1 competitors will submit three Piobaireachds. Two tunes from list 1 and one tune of their own choice.
Grade 2 competitors will submit two Piobaireachds. One tune from List 1 and one tune from list 2.
Grade 3 competitors (and any Grade 4 pipers who play up in Grade 3 in-person competitions) will submit one Piobaireachd, which must be selected from list 2.

Please note, there will be some competitions exempt from the set tune list.
These competitions are:

• Any Remote/Online CLASP Competitions
• 'The World Solo Amateur Piping Competition' @ Piping Live!
• Any Highland Games
• Chatsworth Country Fair

You can submit your own choice tunes at these competitions listed above (that can be tunes from the set tune list if you wish)

Here is The CLASP Set Tune List for 2025/2026

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 at bottom of page)
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 -  https://bagpipe.news/2020/07/08/salute-to-the-51st-highland-division-a-new-tune-from-niall-matheson-cpa-online-results-c-grade/
6.  Skye, Mount Vernon, Washington (Bruce Gandy composer)  (Breabach)        Link to the Ground -   https://fb.watch/mBU-zTsjIt/

*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 in the next few days.

Click the first link below to see the results and pictures from CLASP Grade 1 & 2 competitions:  https://bagpipe.news/2023/08/17/clasp-grade-1-and-2-solo-piping-results-from-piping-live/

Click the link below to see the results and pictures from CLASP Grade 3/4 competition: https://bagpipe.news/2023/08/22/clasp-grade-3-4-solo-piping-results-from-piping-live/

G1 - Piobaireachd
1st  Marc Warnock
2nd Cameron Appleton-Seymour
3rd Con Houlihan

G2 Piobaireachd
1 William Wardrope

Grade 3 Piobaireachd
1st Sue Kennedy
2nd Sophie Stringer
3rd Kathryn McEwan

G1 - 2/4 MARCH
1st  Marc Warnock
2nd  William Wardrope
3rd Jamie Gallagher

G1 2/4 S&R
1st  Marc Warnock
2nd  Jamie Gallagher
3rd William Wardrope

G3 - 2/4 March
1st Grant Walker
2nd Sophie Stringer
3rd Adam Aitchison

G3 S&R
1st Adam Aitchison
2nd Grant Walker
3rd Sophie Stringer

Grade 1 - Piobaireachd
1st Ben Hall
2nd Marc Warnock
3rd Cameron Appleton-Seymour

Grade 2 - Piobaireachd
1st Laura McEwan
2nd William Wardrope

Grade 3 - Piobaireachd
1st Sophie Stringer
2nd Kathryn McEwan
3rd Adam Aitcheson

Grade 1 - 2/4 March
1st Marc Warnock
2nd Colin Innes
3rd Ben Hall

Grade 1 - Strathspey & Reel
1st Marc Warnock
2nd Colin Innes
3rd Ben Hall

Grade 3 - 2/4 March
1st Colin Bathgate
2nd Kathryn McEwan
3rd Sophie Stringer

Grade 3 -Strathspey & Reel
1st Colin Bathgate
2nd Kathryn McEwan
3rd Adam Aitcheson

Grade 1 - Piobaireachd
1st Colin Innes
2nd Marc Warnock
3rd Craig Turnbull

Grade 2 - Piobaireachd
1st Rob Rogers
2nd Donald Morrison

Grade 3 - Piobaireachd
1st Adam Aitcheson

Grade 1 - 2/4 March
1st Colin Innes
2nd Marc Warnock
3rd Jamie Gallagher

Grade 1 - Strathspey & Reel
1st Colin Innes
2nd Marc Warnock
3rd Jamie Gallagher

Grade 2 - 2/4 March
1st Donald Morrison
2nd Rob Rogers

Grade 2 - Strathspey & Reel
1st Donald Morrison
2nd Rob Rogers

Grade 3 - 2/4 March
1st Colin Bathgate
2nd Adam Aitcheson

Grade 3 - Strathspey & Reel
1st Colin Bathgate
2nd Adam Aitcheson

CLASP Results – June 3^rd 2023 at The National Piping Centre, Glasgow

Overall Winner Grade 1 – Theo Pratt
Overall Winner Grade 2 – Donald Morrison
Overall Winner Grade 3 – James Acheson

Grade 1 – Piobaireachd (Judge – Graham Drummond)
1^st Ben Hall
2^nd Colin Innes
3^rd Theo Pratt

Grade 2 – Piobaireachd (Judge – Graham Drummond)
1^st Donald Morrison
2^nd Ernest Cho
3^rd Laura McEwan

Grade 3 – Piobaireachd (Judge – Graham Drummond)
1^st John Todd
2^nd James Acheson
3^rd Kathryn McEwan

Grade 1 – 2/4 March (Judge – Emmett Conway)
1^st Marc Warnock
2^nd Colin Innes
3^rd Ben Hall

Grade 1 – Strathspey & Reel (Judge – Emmett Conway)
1^st Theo Pratt
2^nd Jamie Gallagher
3^rd Ben Hall

Grade 1 – Jig (Judge – Emmett Conway)
1^st Marc Warnock
2^nd Colin Innes
3^rd Theo Pratt

Grade 2 – 2/4 March (Judge – Emmett Conway)
1^st Donald Morrison
2^nd Ernest Cho

Grade 2 – Strathspey & Reel (Judge – Emmett Conway)
1^st Donald Morrison
2^nd Ernest Cho

Grade 2 – Jig (Judge – Emmett Conway)
1^st Donald Morrison
2^nd Ernest Cho

Grade 3 – 2/4 March (Judge – Emmett Conway)
1^st Sally Mason
2^nd James Acheson
3^rd Kathryn McEwan

Grade 3 - Strathspey & Reel (Judge – Emmett Conway)
1^st James Acheson
2^nd Sally Mason
3^rd Kathryn McEwan

Grade 3 – Jig (Judge – Emmett Conway)
1^st Amanda Brennan
2^nd Laura McEwan
3^rd Kathryn McEwan

Competition date – 27th April 2024

The World Amateur Champion of Champions Solo Piping Competition 2024
Run by The CLASP. 

Competition date – 27th April 2024

The Competition League for Amateur Solo Pipers (The CLASP) was set up by The National Piping Centre in 2003 to give adult amateur pipers a competition platform to compete on, through a series of grading competitions held yearly throughout Scotland and the UK. In its 20 years, CLASP has evolved, gaining a global membership base. To celebrate this 20 year milestone, CLASP is working with other amateur events across the world to create a premier solo piping competition. The inaugural World Amateur Champion of Champions Solo Piping Competition is an invitational contest, which will feature the top 10 amateur pipers selected from qualifying events across the globe. This event has been generously sponsored by David Naill Bagpipes, who have donated a set of engraved nickel DN2E Bagpipes as the prize for the overall winner of the event.

Whilst CLASP qualifying events are for CLASP members, 18 years and above, other qualifying events do not have an age restriction. For events out with the CLASP system, any qualifying competitor who is under 18 will be invited to take part.

To create a top level amateur competition, CLASP have set up an international panel, which will monitor and advise and ensure the top amateur pipers in the world can be selected from the appropriate qualifying competitions worldwide. Pipers will be required to play in both Piobaireachd and an MSR discipline. Special thank you to Bob Worrall who has assisted with the North American qualifying events.

The 10 Qualifying events will be awarded as follows to the Grade 1 overall Champions:

• Glengarry Highland Games, Maxville – North American Championships – 4th August 2023 (In-person event)
• The World Solo Amateur Piping Competition @ Piping Live! 2023, Glasgow. – August 2023 (In-person event)
• The Nicol Brown – November 2023 (In-person Event)
• George Sherriff – November 2023 (In-person Event)
• The CLASP ‘Live Online’ November 2023 (Online)
• The Sun Belt in Florida November 2023 (In-person Event)
• Winter Storm - January 2024 (In-person Event)
• Metro Cup – Feb 2024 (In-person Event)
• The CLASP ‘Live Online’ Feb 2024 - Overall Grade 1 winner (Online Event)
• The BC Indoor Competition – April 2024- Overall Grade 1 winner (In-person Event)

For any duplicate winners, the panel will decide on the piper(s) who will fill the place and will look at other prize winners in the lists. For example we may look at an association’s overall league table where the standard has been particularly competitive.

The CLASP will host the event ‘live’ using a Zoom platform. Qualifying pipers will work with event organisers to set up a good quality audio stream to give audience members a good quality experience. The competitors will video record their ‘live performance’ and send it to theclasp@thepipingcentre.co.uk on the competition day.

This event is open to audience members across the world. Register in advance to watch the stream live through zoom, on the day of the event.  The event will be compered on the day by Bob Worrall. To tune in live, audience members need to book their ticket via this link:

https://www.thebagpipeshop.co.uk/products/the-world-amateur-champion-of-champions-solo-piping-competition-2024

Tickets are £5.

The results will be announced a few days after the event, live via The CLASP Facebook page.

https://bagpipe.news/2023/05/26/results-from-the-clasp-live-online-competition-may-2023/