MacLeod takes a fifth Bratach Gorm

London – November 6, 2010 – Roddy MacLeod of Glasgow won his fifth career Bratach Gorm and secured an invitation to the 2011 Glenfiddich Championship. Willie McCallum of Bearsden, Scotland won his second Open Piobaireachd at the event, which is seen as the kick-off to the new season of solo piping competition in the UK. Iain Speirs of Edinburgh was the overall aggregate champions of the most senior events.

Premier
Bratach Gorm
1st Roddy MacLeod, “The Earl of Ross’s March”
2nd Faye Henderson, Kirriemuir, Scotland, “I got a Kiss of the King’s Hand”
3rd Iain Speirs,”In Praise of Marion”
4th Alastair Dunn, Glasgow, “The Battle of Auldearn”
5th Bruce Gandy, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, “The Unjust Incarceration”

Judges: Colin MacLellan, Malcolm McRae, John Wilson

Open Piobaireachd Gillies Cup
1st Willie McCallum
2nd Iain Speirs
3rd Douglas Murray, Coupar, Scotland
4th Gordon Walker, Galston, Scotland
5th John-Angus Smith, London

Judges: William Morrison, Neill Mulvie, Andrew Wright

MSR (London Medallion/ John MacFadyen Quaich)
1st Iain Speirs
2nd Roddy MacLeod
3rd Willie McCallum
4th Gordon Walker
5th Bruce Gandy

March (JB Robertson Silver Rose Bowl)
1st Iain Speirs
2nd Bruce Gandy
3rd Roddy MacLeod
4th Gordon Walker
5th Willie McCallum

Hornpipe & Jig (Mary Flora Beaton Cup)
1st Gordon Walker
2nd Glenn Brown, Glasgow
3rd Callum Beaumont, Bo’Ness, Scotland

Judges: Colin MacLellan, Malcolm McRae, John Wilson

A-Grade
Piobaireachd (R.G. Lawrie Rams Horn Snuff Mull)
1st Andrew Carlisle, Pittsburgh
2nd Fiona Manson, Glasgow
3rd Jenny Hazzard, Edinburgh
4th William Geddes
5th Gavin Walker, Stirling, Scotland

MSR (Strachan Memorial Trophy)
1st Alastair Dunn, Glasgow
2nd Jonathan Greenlees, Belfast
3rd Andrew Carlisle
4th Donald MacKay, Glasgow
5th Andrea Boyd, Glasgow

Hornpipe & Jig (Donald Forbes Medal)
1st James Troy, Victoria, British Columbia
2nd Andrew Carlisle
3rd Jenny Hazzard

B-Grade
Piobaireachd
1st George Stewart
2nd Peter McAlister
3rd Matt MacIsaac, Winnipeg
4th Alan Clark
5th James Troy

MSR
1st Matt MacIsaac
2nd Derek Midgley, Tinton Falls, New Jersey
3rd George Stewart
4th Craig Muirhead
5th Keith Bowes, Glasgow

Hornpipe & Jig
1st James MacPhee, Inverness, Scotland
2nd Innes Smith
3rd Craig Muirhead

C-Grade
Piobaireachd
1st Peter Hunt
2nd Nils Michael
3rd Graham Drummond
4th Greg Wilson
5th Donald Campbell

MSR
1st Douglas Gardiner
2nd Emmett Conway
3rd Graham Drummond
4th James Gore
5th Rachel Corr

Hornpipe & Jig
1st Bruce Erskine
2nd Douglas Gardiner
3rd Graham Drummond