North West England Online Piping Society

Sponsored by

The North West England Online Piping Society
presents the
Rose Fletcher Memorial
Online Solo Piping Competition

The Rose Fletcher Memorial Competition 2022
Competitors had until May 7th to submit their entries. Alvis Kerr, our judge for this year, then had a week to assess their performances. On Sunday May 15th we published the results below and sent every competitor their comment sheets from the judge. Now all visitors to this site have the opportunity to view the performances just as if they had been present at the competition. Click on any of the entries below to view each performance. Competitors had the option to remain private if preferred which is why some of the links below are dormant. We are very grateful to McCallum Bagpipes who have once again sponsored this competition so generously. The prize-giving will be published here next Sunday, 22nd May. It takes a little time to organise that as we canvass all the competitors beforehand to see which prizes they would appreciate the most.
At the end of the competition Alvis had these words to share with all the competitors who took part.
Results
JUNIOR PRACTICE CHANTER Event 1: 2-part March 1st. Isla Armstrong (10): Rowan Tree. 2nd. Silas Jones (14): Castle Dangerous. 3rd. Sophie Mochrie (15): High Road to Gairloch 4th. William Jeffery (11): 79th Farewell to Gibraltar (2 parts) Event 2: 2-part Slow Air 1st. Silas Jones (14): Loch Rannoch 2nd. Isla Armstrong (10): Mingulay Boat Song 3rd. William Jeffery (11): The Carles with the Breeks JUNIOR BAGPIPE Event 3: 4 parts in March tempo (No entries) Event 4: 2-part Slow Air (No entries) INTERMEDIATE (any age) Event 5: 4 parts in March tempo 1st. Clara Hinchliffe Martinez: Wings, Flett from Flotta 2nd. Alexander Smith: Atholl Highlanders 3rd. Ralf Schumm: Cullen Bay 4th. Harald Metelmann: Cpt. Norman Orr-Ewing 5th. Adam Hughes: Heroes of St Valery 6th. Andy Young: Farewell to the Creeks 7th. Tony Craig: Kilworth Hills 8th. Richard Davies-Cooke: Diu Regnare Event 6: 2-part Slow Air 1st. Clara Hinchliffe Martinez: Morag of Dunvegan 2nd. Alexander Smith: Mist Covered Mountains 3rd. Harald Metelmann: Loch Rannoch 4th. Ralf Schumm: Heroes of Kohima 5th. Adam Hughes: Mingulay Boat Song 6th. Andy Young: Dr Harold Barber of Arboyne 7th. Richard Davies-Cooke: Mrs MacPherson's Lament 8th. Tony Craig: The Sleeping Tune 9th. Jane MacRae: For Ireland	ADVANCED Event 7: March/Strathspey/Reel 1st. Cameron Edgar: The Conundrum, Inverary Castle, The Blackberry Bush. 2nd. Peter Crowe: John McColl's March to Kilbowie Cottage, Lady Louden, The Rejected Suitor 3rd. Jim Gray: P/M Willie Gray's Farewell to the Glasgow Police, Susan MacLeod, The Flagon 4th. Andrea Jones: Donald MacLean's Farewell to Oban, Maggie Cameron, Drumlithie 5th. Bob Low: The Wedding Gift, Highland Harry, The Cockerel in the Creel 6th. Anne-Kathrin Albert: The Taking of Beaumont Hammel, Duncan Johnstone's Strathspey, Lexie McAskill. 7th. Dagmar Pesta: Arthur Bignold of Lochrosque, Dorrator Bridge, Colonel MacLeod Event 8: Slow Air/Hornpipe/Jig 1st. Cameron Edgar: The Wandering Piper, Crossing the Minch, The Seagull. 2nd. Peter Crowe: Lightly Swims The Swan, Dr. McInnes's Fancy, The Braes of Mellinish 3rd. Andrea Jones: Heather Isle, Donald MacLeod, P/M Joe Wilson 4th. Bob Low: The Banks of Lochiel, Mr G.W. Slater, The Fittie Boatman 5th. Jim Gray: Mist Covered Mountains, Wee Man From Skye, Paddy O'Rafferty 6th. Anne-Kathrin Albert: By the River Aoro, Sandy's New Chanter, Old Hag at the Kiln 7th. Dagmar Pesta: The Rose Of Kelvingrove, The Man From Skye, Paddy's Leather Breeches PIOBAIREACHD Event 9: (Ground only) 1st. Cameron Edgar: The Earl of Ross's March 2nd. Bob Low: The Phantom Piper of Corrieyairack 3rd. Andrea Jones: The Munroe's Salute 4th. Jim Gray: MacIntosh's Lament 5th. Theresa Brown: Colin Macrae of Invereenat's Lament 6th. Peter Crowe: MacCrimmon's Sweetheart 7th. Anne-Kathrin Albert: Tulloch Ard 8th. Harald Metelmann: MacIntosh's Banner 9th. Tony Craig: Lament for the Children 10th. Ralf Schumm: Queen Elizabeth II's Salute 11th. Dagmar Pesta: Sir James MacDonald Of The Isles' Lament 12th. Chris Eyre: Corrienessan's Salute 13th. Andy Young: Lament for the Iolaire 14th. Richard Davies-Cooke: MacDonald of Kinlochmoidart's Lament 15th. Jane MacRae: Field of Gold
From the judge: "A special mention for Isla Armstrong who made a really special effort in the Chanter section." BEST DRESSED PIPER 1st. Cameron Edgar 2nd. Bob Low 3rd. Andrea Jones
Results of the Prize Draw Andy Young: Craig Muirhead - 30 Exactly Anne-Kathrin Albert: Craig Muirhead - Arranged Jane MacRae: Fred Morrison Collection Bob Low: Fred Morrison 2nd Collection Andrea Jones: Fred Morrison - Outlands Andy Young: Terry Tully, Book 2 Jane MacRae: Terry Tully, Book 3 Dagmar Pesta: Terry Tully, Book 4 Bob Low: Terry Tully, Book 5 Alexander Smith: Gordon Duncan's Tunes Jim Gray: Gordon Duncan's Tunes, Book 2 Adam Hughes: Hearing Protection Adam Hughes: Jim Stout Collection Dagmar Pesta: John Dew - Pipe Tunes Peter Crowe: Kyle Warren - Eat, Sleep Pipe, Repeat Richard Davies-Cooke: MacCrimmon Collection Richard Davies-Cooke: Ross Miller - The Roke Collection Cameron Edgar: Long Delrin Practice Chanter Chris Eyre: Standard Delrin Practice Chanter Harald Metelmann: Standard Delrin Practice Chanter Tony Craig: Piper Socks, size 4-7 Denim Theresa Brown: Piper Socks, size 4-7 Denim Theresa Brown: Piper Socks, size 6-8 Air Force Blue Sophie Mochrie: Piper Socks, size 6-8 Cream Clara Hinchliffe-Martinez: Piper Socks, size 4-7 Cream Silas Jones: Piper Socks, size 4-7 Grey William Jeffery: Giraffe Neckware Clara Hinchliffe-Martinez: Giraffe Neckware Isla Armstrong: McCallum bobble hat Jim Gray: McCallum Bagpipes Pipe Carrier Tony Craig: MG Drone Reeds Silas Jones: Pipe Cords Peter Crowe: Fred Morrison Trio CD Andrea Jones: Fred Morrison Trio CD (Ralf Schumm actually won the Hearing Protection but generously donated it back to a younger player. It went eventually to Adam Hughes.) Out of 22 competitors, everyone got something they wanted. 15 got their 1st choice. 4 got their 2nd choice, 5 got their 3rd choice, 3 got their 4th choice, 5 got their 5th choice. 13 got two prizes, both of which they wanted. To end this event I'd like to give another great vote of thanks to McCallum Bagpipes who donated all these prizes and have really put the icing on the cake for all the competitors who took part in this competition. It has been a great success. I am really impressed with the effort that has been put in by so many of the competitors and I know in several cases just how much work was involved in producing their videos. Onwards and upwards.. In the Autumn we will be staging our 2nd recital on the same lines as last year. Hopefully we will see many of you taking part.

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