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

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The Rose Fletcher Memorial Competition 2023
Competitors had until May 6th to submit their entries. This allowed our judge, Cameron Edgar, a week to assess their performances. On Saturday May 13th we sent every competitor their comment sheets from the judge and the competition went public. The results are published below. Click on any of the entries 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 Cameron for assessing all these performances and also to McCallum Bagpipes who once again have sponsored this competition. They have donated a large number of prizes which will be distributed among the competitors during the following week. On Saturday May 20th we will publish the full prize-giving list here.
Results
JUNIOR PRACTICE CHANTER (under 19) Event 1: 2-part March (No entries) Event 2: 2-part Slow Air (No entries) JUNIOR BAGPIPE (under 19) Event 3: 4 parts in March tempo (No entries) Event 4: 2-part Slow Air 1st. Isla Armstrong (11): Hector the Hero INTERMEDIATE (any age) Event 5: 4 parts in March tempo 1st. Alexander Smith: Leaving Port Askaig 2nd. Scott McClone: P/M J. D. Burgess MBE 3rd. Dai Blewitt: The Brown Haired Maiden, Mairi's Wedding 4th. Scott MacKay: Glen Caladh Castle 5th. Tony Craig: Kilworth Hills 6th. Andy Young: The Heights of Darghai, The Battle of the Somme Event 6: 2-part Slow Air 1st. Scott McClone: P/M Terry 2nd. Alexander Smith: Mist Covered Mountains 3rd. Tony Craig: Salute to the Royal Fendersmith 4th. Andy Young: The 42's Farewell to Waterloo 5th. Peter Koechig: The Young Maiden	ADVANCED Event 7: March/Strathspey/Reel 1st. Peter Crowe: Arthur Bignold of Lochrosque, Susan Macleod, Lt Col D.J.S. Murray 2nd. David Rischmiller: Murdo MacLeod, MacBeth's Strathspey, The Sheepwife 3rd. Jim Gray: Arthur Bignold of Lochrosque, The Shepherd's Crook, John Morrison of Assynt House 4th. Andrea Jones: Colonel MacLean of Ardgour, Dornie Ferry, Willie Cumming's Rant 5th. Silas Jones: The Braes of Castle Grant, Maggie Cameron, The Sound of Sleat 6th. Thomas Kunz: P/M Willie Gray's Farewell to the Glasgow Police, Maggie Cameron, Colonel MacLeod 7th. Anne-Kathrin Albert (private): The Taking of Beaumont-Hamel, Duncan Johnstone's Strathspey, Lexie MacAskill Event 8: Slow Air/Hornpipe/Jig 1st. Jim Gray: Eastern Townships, Lucy Cassidy, Rory MacLeod 2nd. Peter Crowe: Farewell to Govan, Ladies Hornpipe, Kenny Gillies, Portnalong, Skye 3rd. David Rischmiller: Samantha's Lullaby, Dr McInness' Fancy, The Old Wife of the Mill Dust 4th. Andrea Jones: Barbara & Dan, John & Connie's 40th, P/M Joe Wilson 5th. Silas Jones: Mist Covered Mountains, Sandy's New Chanter, Banjo Breakdown 6th. Thomas Kunz: Morag of Dunvegan, Raigmore, Glasgow City Police Pipers 7th. Anne-Kathrin Albert (private): Salute to the Royal Fendership, Sandy's New Chanter, Old Hag at the Kiln PIOBAIREACHD Event 9: (Ground only) 1st. David Rischmiller: Lament for Donald Duaghal MacKay 2nd. Jim Gray: The King's Taxes 3rd. Peter Crowe: The Little Spree 4th. Andrea Jones: Lament for Captain MacDougall 5th. Daniel Boreland: Glengarry's Lament 6th. Silas Jones: Corrienessan's Salute 7th. Chris Eyre: Lament for Donald of Laggan 8th. Scott McClone: MacCrimmon Will Never Return 9th. Scott MacKay: Glengarry's Lament 10th. Anne-Kathrin Albert (private): Tulloch Ard 11th. Tony Craig: I Got a Kiss of the King's Hand 12th. Andy Young: His Father's Lament for Donald MacKenzie BEST DRESSED PIPER Joint 1st. David Rischmiller & Jim Gray 3rd. Scott McClone
Results of the Prize Draw Scott MacKay: Blue standard practice chanter (Delrin), Hearing Protection Andrea Jones: Black long practice chanter (Delrin), McCallum Pipe Carrier Silas Jones: Black long practice chanter (Delrin, nickel silver & imitation ivory mounts) Jim Gray: Pipe bag cover with zip and non-slip patch, Socks: 6-8 Charcoal, (BDP) Craig Muirhead Collection Anne-Kathrin Albert: MG drone reeds, Hearing Protection, Socks: 6-9 Mid-Green Isla Armstrong: Pipe Cords, Giraffe neckware Andy Young: Performance (A 142 page guide by Bruce Gandy on how to prepare for competition and professional performance), The Fred Morrison Collection Tony Craig: Green long practice chanter (Delrin) David Rischmiller: The 2nd Fred Morrison Collection, (BDP) The Outlands Collection by Fred Morrison Dai Blewitt: Gordon Duncan's Tunes Scott McClone: Gordon Duncan's Tunes - Book 2, (BDP) 'Arranged' by Craig Muirhead Alexander Smith: John Dew book 'Pipe Tunes' Peter Kochig: Terry Tully Collection - Book 3, Baseball Cap Thomas Kunz: Preposterous (A memoir by Bill Livingstone. 256 pages, a great read) Peter Crowe Peter won the Pipe Cords but had already said that whatever he won was to be given to 'the young piper in the Junior Section', ie. Isla Armstrong. Thank you, Peter! Out of 17 competitors, 15 got something they wanted. 6 got their 1st choice. 5 got their 2nd choice, 2 got their 3rd choice, 5 got their 4th choice, 5 got their 5th choice. 9 got two prizes, both of which they wanted. To conclude I offer another great vote of thanks to McCallum Bagpipes who donated all these prizes and have once again made this event so much more special for all the competitors who took part. It has been a great occasion once again. Thank you again to all the competitors for the work you put in to take part in this event. In the Autumn we will be staging our annual recital on the same lines as last year. No rules apart from the time limit. It would be great to see some of you taking part.

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