Scandinavian Championship picks Heather

Copenhagen, Denmark – May 22-23, 2010 – The hometown band of Heather Pipes & Drums won both the open medley and MSR to take Scandinavian Champion of Champions title. Aarhus, also of Denmark, took the Grade 4 event. Local piper Craig Martin picked up almost all the senior prizes in the solo events to become this year’s Scandinavian Champion. Judges for the events were Rory Grossart, Brain Lamond, Gordon Lee, Jens Hedegaard and Kristian Jersing.

Scandinavian Champion of Champions
1st Heather
2nd Aarhus
3rd Holbæk

Open Medley
1st Heather
2nd Aarhus
3rd Holbæk

Open MSR
1st Heather
2nd Aarhus
3rd Holbæk

Open Concert
1st Heather
2nd Holbæk

Drum Salute
1st Heather

Best Drum Corps
Heather

Grade 4
1st Holbæk
2nd Aarhus
3rd Copenhagen Caledonia

Solo Piping
Open
MSR
1st Craig Martin
2nd Rasmus Pape Selsing
3rd Iain Currie

Hornpipe & Jig
1st Craig Martin
2nd Iain Currie
3rd Fergus Mutch

6/8 March
1st Craig Martin
2nd Iain Currie
3rd Rasmus Pape Selsing

Unlevelled
Piobaireachd
1st Fergus Mutch
2nd Craig Martin
3rd Lisbet Kværnø

Scandinavian Musik
1st Craig Martin
2nd Stig Bang-Mortensen
3rd Christian Søe

Scandinavian Champion
Craig Martin

Experienced
MSR
1st Jens Hørring Olsen

Hornpipe & Jig
1st Magnus Larsson

Intermediate
2/4 March
Jesper Kolbeck

Slow Air/Jig
1st Shian Jessen

Beginners
Slow Air
1st Tobias Eriksen

March
1st  Tobias Eriksen
Solo Snare Drumming

Open

MSR
1st Jens Hedegaard
2nd Dennis Jensen
3rd Martin Andersen

Hornpipe & Jig
1st Tommy Clarke Nielsen
2nd Jens Hedegaard
3rd Nicolai Søe

Unlevelled
6/8 or 9/8 or 12/8 March
1st Jacob Bøje Pedersen
2nd Tommy Clarke Nielsen
3rd Dennis Jensen

Closed
MSR
Kristian Bøtker-Fabrin

Hornpipe & Jig
Kristian Bøtker-Fabrin

Beginners
March
1st  Thorbjørn V.M. Bechsgaard

Solo Tenor
David Valbjørn Christensen