Niall Mathieson in Form at Perth

Perth, Scotland – August 11, 2002 – Torrential rain kept many Scottish competitors away from the Perth Highland Games, but Niall Mathieson of Inverness had a very successful day. Only five played in the Open Piobaireachd and 28 in the B&C Grade CPA Piobaireachd. 33 pipers were thought to have played in the light music, but several apparently got fed up with the rain and went home.

Open Piobaireachd
1st Niall Mathieson
2nd Adam Holdaway, Boston
3rd Jori Chisholm, Seattle
4th Martin Frewen, New Zealand
Judges: Donald Macpherson, Joe Henderson

CPA Piobaireachd for CPA members graded B&C
1st Brendon Eade, Inverness
2nd Neil Walker, Glasgow
3rd Ross Cowan, Annan
4th Alexis Meunier, France
5th Martin Kessler, Germany
Judges: John Macdougall, Jimmy Banks

March
1st Naill Matheson
2nd Chris Armstrong
3rd Neil Walker
4th Simon Marshall
5th Jori Chisholm

Strathspey & Reel
1st Niall Mathieson
2nd Chris Armstrong
3rd Simon Marshall
4th Neil Walker
5th Brendon Eade

Jig
1st Neil Walker
2nd Naill Mathieson
3rd Innes Smith
4th Simon Marshall
5th Chris Armstrong

Judges for all light music events were Walter Cowan and Walter Drysdale.

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