Comunn na Piobaireachd NZ

Gary Stewart and Leo

I have been asked who Gary Stewart is. Well he is the 2013 Gold medalist, who lives is Whanganui and has worked very hard to win the Gold Medal. As far as I know he is not related to the side drummer Gary Stewart, resident in Tauranga. He is pictured here with his Grandson Leo.

The competitors this year are:

Brendon Eade,  Tom Glover, Marion Horsburgh, Liam Kernaghan, Stewart McKenzie, George Mason, Iain Robertson and William Rowe.

The Winner of the Clasp was Callum Beaumont. from Brett Tidswell and Ross Campbell.

Jamie Hawke won the Gold medal. Jonathan Quay was second; Jason Craig 3rd; George Mason 4th and Tom Glover 5th.

Click here for full results.

The Wellington Pipers Club Presents:

• The Brown Cup (Open Light Music)

• The Everest Memorial Open Piobaireachd

To be held at the Royal New Zealand Police College, Papakowhai, Porirua on Saturday June 15 2013.

The Judging panel for both events will be senior club members Mr Alistair Hanning of Auckland and Mr Iain Hines of Wellington.  If entries warrant, two boards will operate and an additional panel advised.

The Prize money for both events is as follows:

1st $150  2nd $100 3rd $75 4th $ 50.

The fourth prize will be awarded only if there are at least 8 competitors.

The Everest Memorial and Brown Cup competition has an entry fee of $8 for each event and is open to all financial club members. Anyone interested in competing who is not already a financial member of the Club can join the club for $15.

The Everest Memorial Piobaireachd competition commemorates Past President Bob Everest.  Competitors will be required to submit three tunes of their own choice one of which will be selected by the judges to play.  This competition will commence at 9.30am. (Times may change depending on entries).

The Brown Cup competition- The Brown Cup was donated by former club Patron WG Brown and requires competitors to play a march, strathspey and reel, jig and hornpipe and a slow air of their own choice with a maximum of two tuning breaks.

A March, Strathspey and Reel will be judged as a separate event within the Brown Cup and the winner will receive the Neil and Alan McPhee Memorial Tray.

This competition will commence at 1.30pm. (Times may change depending on entries)

Anyone interested in competing please complete the attached entry form.

Please complete and forward to:

The Competition Organiser
Wellington Pipers Club Inc
P O Box 29-086
Wellington

Any further information can be obtained from Ross Hanning at rjhanning@xtra.co.nz  or 04 4795-605 (accommodation can be arranged for competitors if required).

Wellington Pipers Club Inc
Brown Cup Entry Form

Name: _____________________________________

E mail : __________________________

Mobile Number: ___________________________

Please enter me in:

Everest Memorial Piobaireachd     Entry Fee  $  8

Brown Cup                     Entry Fee  $  8

Club Membership                             $ 15

_______________

Total Enclosed
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Total- Direct Credited to                                                       _________________
Wellington Pipers Club Inc bank account:

•    06-0501-0169314-00

(Please include your name & Brown Cup as references).

Greg Wilson, the Secretary of Comunn na Piobaireachd NZ’s Music Committee has announced the 2014 tunes. Members can expect to find instruction MP3 files on this site soon.

SET TUNES FOR 2014

Clasp Competition

1. Scarce of Fishing – PS Bk 3
2. *Donald Gruamach’s March – PS Bk 2
3. *Lament for the Union – PS Bk 6
4. *Lament for Patrick Og MacCrimmon – PS Bk 3
5. The Red Speckled Bull – PS Bk 4
6. Lady Margaret MacDonald’s Salute – PS Bk 3
7. *The Battle of the Pass of Crieff – PS Bk 1
8. Nameless Cherede darievea – PS Bk 8

* beside a tune indicates a crunluath a mach variation is compulsory

The winner receives the First Prize, the Louis MacKinnon Challenge Cup and a Clasp for the Gold Medal.  The competition is confined to winners of the Society’s Gold Medal.  Competitors are to submit 4 tunes chosen from the list of 8 Clasp tunes above, one of which they will be required to play.  There must be a minimum of 3 competitors or the event will not be held.

Gold Medal Competition

1.  Lament for Finlay – PS Bk 1 (note that the tune with the same name in Book 13 of the PS collection is NOT the correct tune for the 2014 competitions).
2. *The Desperate Battle – PS Bk 7
3. Sobieski’s Salute – PS Bk 5
4. The Bicker – PS Bk 4
5. Lament for Captain MacDougall – PS Bk 6
6. *The Battle of Auldearn No 2 – PS Bk 2
7. *Lament for the Only Son – PS Bk 6
8. Lament for the Departure of King James – PS Bk 3

* beside a tune indicates a crunluath a mach variation is compulsory

The winner receives the First Prize, The Highland Society of London Trophy for one year, and the Comunn na Piobaireachd (New Zealand) Inc Gold Medal.  Former winners are not eligible to compete.  Competitors are to submit 3 tunes chosen from the list of 8 Gold Medal tunes above, one of which they will be required to play.  Entry to the Gold Medal competition is restricted to pipers who have not previously won the Gold Medal event and who are:

• Pipers with a P&D Assn ‘A’ Grade, or
• Pipers who have been awarded a prize (other than first prize) in a previous Comunn na Piobaireachd Gold Medal competition since 1990, or
• Pipers who have previously won the Comunn na Piobaireachd Silver Medal competition.
  

No medal will be awarded if the judges are of the opinion that the standard does not warrant the award.

Silver Medal Competition

1. The Company’s Lament – PS Bk 1
2. *Black Donald’s March – PS Bk 3
3. MacLeod’s Short Tune = PS Bk 6
4. Hector MacLean’s Warning – PS Bk 2
5. Corrienessan’s Salute – PS Bk 8
6. Lament for MacDonald of Kinlochmoidart No 1 – PS Bk 6

The winner receives the First Prize and the Comunn na Piobaireachd (New Zealand) Inc Silver Medal.  Former winners are not eligible to compete.  Competitors are to submit 3 tunes chosen from the list of 6 Silver Medal tunes above, one of which they will be required to play. Entry to the Silver Medal competition is restricted to pipers who have not previously won the Silver Medal event and who are Pipers with a P&D Assn ‘B’ Grade.  Previous winners of the Comunn na Piobaireachd Bronze Medal are eligible for entry to the Silver Medal.  No medal will be awarded if the judges are of the opinion that the standard does not warrant the award.

Bronze Medal Competition

The winner receives the First Prize and the Comunn na Piobaireachd (New Zealand) Inc Bronze Medal.  Former winners are not eligible to compete.  Competitors are to submit 2 tunes of their own choice, one of which they will be required to play.  Entry to the Bronze Medal competition is restricted to pipers with a Piping and Dancing  Association ‘C’ Grade or lower.  Note that a competitor entered for the Bronze Medal cannot play up in the Silver Medal.  No medal will be awarded if the judges are of the opinion that the standard does not warrant the award.  

PS = Piobaireachd Society Collection

For the Music Committee,

Greg Wilson

Secretary

The following are the results of Comunn na Piobaireachd’s premier competitions, held at the Hawkes Bay Highland Games, Hastings, over the weekend.

Clasp
1st Greg Wilson – Ronald McDonald or Morar’s Lament
2nd Brendon Eade – The Big spree
3rd Marion Horsburgh – Lament for Donald Duaghald McKay
4th Tom Glover – The Old Men of The Shells

Gold Medal
1st Gary Stewart – The Groat
2nd Liam Kernaghan – Lachlan McNeil Campbell of Kintarbert’s Fancy
3rd William Rowe – Lachlan McNeil Campbell of Kintarbert’s Fancy
4th Jason Craig (Canberra) – The Young Laird of Dungallen’s Salute

Silver Medal
1st Reuben McDonnell – Lament for Mary McLeod
2nd Donella May – Too Long in this Condition
3rd Scott Marshall – The Little Spree
4th Hamish Dick – Too Long in this Condition

Post from Kevin Sinclair.

The next Colin Craig Claidhmor & Celtic Inn Targe competition will be held on the 25th May 2013 at the Celtic Inn. The past year has seen some great solo piping at the top end of A Grade by a number of pipers. While there have been some decisions made, and some invites may go out from Jenny Mair shortly, there is still the Hastings Games which are only a couple of weeks away and could assist to decide the last few contenders. For the Claidhmor and Targe event there are to be 3 tunes submitted for the piobaireachd and in the light music (own choice of March, Strathspey, Reel, Jig & Hornpipe) there is to be at least one tune included by a New Zealand composer this year.