Jack Lee wins second Northern Meeting Clasp; Gordon Walker takes his tenth HP&J

Inverness, Scotland – September 3, 2010 – Jack Lee of Surrey, British Columbia, won his second Clasp for piobaireachd at the 2010 Northern Meeting at Eden Court Theatre. Gordon Walker, Galston, Scotland, took home another Hornpipe & Jig first-prize, his ninth tenth time winning the award.  Results in the B-Grade light music were scattered. Lee last won the Clasp in 1994.

Clasp
1st Jack Lee, “Nameless Lament” and “Lament for the Bishop of Argyll”
2nd Stuart Liddell, Inveraray, Scotland, “Salute on the Birth of Rory Mor MacLeod” and “Left Hand”
3rd Roddy MacLeod, Glasgow
4th Willie McCallum, Bearsden, Scotland
5th Niall Matheson, Inverness, Scotland

Judges: Malcolm McRae, Jack Taylor, Andrew Wright

B-Grade
March
1st Neil Walker
2nd William Nichols, Blaine, Washington
3rd Andrew Lee, Surrey, British Columbia
4th Sean McKeown, Toronto
5th Gordon Bruce

Judges: Ian Duncan, Hugh MacCallum, Iain MacFadyen

Strathspey & Reel
1st Jamie Forrester, London
2nd James P. Troy, Victoria, British Columbia
3rd Gavin Fergusson
4th Sean McKeown, Toronto
5th Derek Midgley, Tinton Falls, New Jersey

Judges: John MacDougall, Ronnie McShannon, John Wilson

A-Grade Hornpipe & Jig
1st Gordon Walker
2nd Andrew Bonar, Vancouver
3rd Andrew Hayes, Ottawa
4th Brendon Eade, New Zealand
5th Willie McCallum

Judges: Bill Livingstone, Iain McLellan, Iain Morrison

Under-18
Piobaireachd
1st James Petrie
2nd Alexander Levack
3rd Charles MacDonald
4th Connor Sinclair

Judges: Archie MacLean, Tom Speirs

MSR
1st Connor Sinclair
2nd James McPetrie
3rd Karla Urquhart
4th Norman Gillies

Judges: Andrew Frater, Bruce Hitchings

Under-15 March
1st Charles MacDonald
2nd Bruce MacDonald
3rd Brighde Chaimbeul
4th Seaumas O’Baoighill