Greg Wilson wins New Zealand Championship

Dunedin, New Zealand – June 3, 2006 – Greg Wilson of Palmerston North, New Zealand, won the New Zealand Solo Piping Chmapionship, the country’s biggest solo event of the year. The Hawke family did very well, with Richard Hawke taking several prizes and his son, Jamie, beating him in the Open Hornpipe & Jig and gaining the most points in the under-21 events. Harrison Hawke won the under-16 aggregate and B-Grade contest, and Angus Hawke winning prizes in the D-Grade events.

Open Piobaireachd
1st Marion Horsburgh
2nd Richard Hawke
3rd Greg Wilson
4th Brendon Eade

Open 2/4 March
1st Greg Wilson
2nd Richard Hawke
3rd Brendon Eade
4th Stuart Easton

Open Strathspey & Reel
1st Greg Wilson
2nd Richard Hawke
3rd Angus Chisolm
4th Stuart Easton

Open Hornpipe & Jig
1st Brendon Eade
2nd Stuart Easton
3rd Jamie Hawke
4th Richard Hawke

A Grade 6/8 March
1st Stuart Easton
2nd Greg Wilson
3rd Richard Hawke

Aurora Energy Premier MSR
1st Greg Wilson
2nd Richard Hawke
3rd Stuart Easton

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