MacDougall, Stewart take top trophies at Shotts Junior Championship

Shotts, Scotland – November 29, 2014 – The first annual Shotts & Dykehead Junior Piping & Drumming Championship was held at Calderhead High School in Shotts. pipes|drums made a cash contribution, sponsoring the 18 and Under and 15 and Under overall trophies, which were won by Cameron MacDougall and Donald Stewart, respectively. Each first prize winner also received a one-year subscription to the magazine.

The competition is put on with the assistance of North Lanarkshire Council, and was judged by several  piping Gold Medalists and World Solo Drumming Champions.

“When we set out organizing this event, I think we all concentrated on getting the thing to run smoothly from a competitor’s point of view and making sure that everyone had the best experience on the day,” said Ewan McAllister of Shotts & Dykehead. “What we didn’t fully appreciate until after the event is the actual cost of hosting it. Without the fantastic support of North Lanarkshire Council, pipes|drums, Scott Currie Ltd., Jim Kilpatrick Percussion, TyFry Ltd. and many others, financially, these events would simply not be viable. Hopefully, we have established a strong enough brand and with [continuing] support . . . can make it last for at least a few years.”

Solo Piping
18 and Under
Piobaireachd
1st Cameron MacDougall
2nd John Drew
3rd Fraser Hogg
Judges: Glenn Brown, Finlay Johnston

MSR
1st Cameron MacDougall
2nd John Dew
3rd Gregor Stewart
4th Andrew Hutton
5th Fraser Hogg
Judges: Glenn Brown, Ryan Canning, Finlay Johnston

Chanter
Slow Air (Two Parts)
1st Calum Ramsay
2nd Harrison Bishop
3rd Robert Mitchell
4th Amy McIntyre
5th Leah Harvey
Judge: Ryan Canning

March
1st Craig Peters
2nd Calum Ramsay
3rd Cameron Cleland
4th Ailidh McDermid
5th Nicholas Knowles
6th Simon McAlphine-Scott
Judge: Ryan Canning

15 and Under
Piobaireachd
1st Angus MacPhee
2nd Donald Stewart
3rd Bethany Hanley
4th Lewis Russell
5th Holly Frelander
6th Jordan Ednie
Judges: Chris Armstrong, Callum Beaumont

MSR
1st Lewis Russell
2nd Donald Stewart
3rd Jamie Campbell
4th Paul Christie
5th Holly Fredlander
6th James Miller
Judges: Cameron Drummond, Peter Hunt

Ground of Piobaireachd
1st Brodie Watson-Massey
2nd Blair Dickinson
3rd Paul Christie
4th Douglas Mair
5th Jack Smith
6th Cameron MacLeod
Judges: Chris Armstrong, Callum Beaumont

Solo Drumming
Snare
18 and Under
MSR
1st Chloe Taylor
2nd Lachlan Kyle
3rd Rachel Thom
4th Lee McIver
5th Fingal Hall
6th = Niamh Brophy, Rory Power
Judges: Arthur Cook, Jim Kilpatrick

Sticks & Pad
March
1st Jack Menneer
2nd Heather Dillon
3rd Abigail Hall
4th Millie Wright
5th Sally Weir
6th Caitlyn Malloy
Judge: Jim Kilpatrick

MSR
1st Callum Edwards
2nd Conner Hart
3rd Alistair Joyce
Judges: Jim Baxter, Arthur Cook, Paul Turner

Tenor
18 and Under MSR
1st Rhiannon McAleese
2nd Alison Geal
3rd Heather Nimmo
5th Kirsty Lennon
6th Nicole Kirk
Judges: Amanda Cook, Sharleen Donaldson

15 and Under March
1st Lexy Letham
2nd Kirsty McCron
3rd Phoebe King
4th Joanna Merrilees
5th Lucy Carroll
6th = Jane Mitchell, Katy Robson
Judges: Amanda Cook, Sharleen Donaldson

Do you have competition results? You are invited to send them by email to pipes|drums along with photographs and details of the event. Please be sure to use the format above, and send as a standard text file.