Murray and McWhirter overall winners at Kingdom Thistle solos
Lochgelly, Scotland – April 11, 2009 – Douglas Murray of Cupar, Scotland, and Steven McWhirter of Northern Ireland were the overall winners in the Open piping and drumming categories, respectively at the first Kingdom Thistle solo competitions held at Lochgelly High School. There were no piobaireachd events.
Solo Piping
Open
MSR
1st James Murray, Cupar, Scotland
2nd Douglas Murray
3rd Andrew Carlisle, Northern Ireland
4th Calum Beaumont, Bo’ness, Scotland
Hornpipe & Jig
1st Andrew Carlisle
2nd Douglas Murray
3rd James Murray
4th Craig Munro, Clydebank, Scotland
Under-18
1st Craig Sutherland
2nd Scott Wallace
3rd Alexandria Steward
4th Michael Compton
Under-16
1st Michael Compton
2nd Lauren Johnstone
3rd Erin McGuigan
4th Lauren McEwan
Under-13
1st Lucy Ferguson
2nd Todd Buttercase
3rd Scott Murray
4th Steven Gorniak
Snare Drumming
Open
MSR
1st Gordon Lee, Simon Fraser University
2nd Steven McWhirter, Inveraray & District
3rd Craig Lawrie, Clydebank
4th Callum Firth, Torphichen & Bathgate
Hornpipe & Jig
1st Steven McWhirter
2nd Gordon Lee
3rd Grant Cassidy, House of Edgar-Shotts & Dykehead
4th Craig Lawrie
Under-18
1st Grant Cassidy
2nd Aaron McLean, Field Marshal Montgomery
3rd Neil Bruce, House of Edgar-Shotts & Dykehead
4th Chris Lawrie, Clydebank
Under-16
1st Grant Cassidy, House of Edgar-Shotts & Dykehead.
2nd Grant Edwards, Tayside Police
3rd Tammie Smith, Torphichen & Bathgate
4th Eoin Rogers, Annsborough
Under-13
1st Ryan King, Lochgelly High School
2nd Jamie Clark, Kirkcaldy & District
3rd Eoin Rogers, Annsborough
4th Dylan Smith, Lochgelly High School
I believe that Douglas and not James was the overall winner. The contest was run under RSPBA aggregate ruling, therefore 2 x 2nds beats a 1st and a 3rd. At least they gave the biggest trophy to Douglas!
Greig — You’re correct. The organizers sent in the correct result – my mistake. Made that change.
Hi All, Just to clear something up….. The contest results were decided by the total cumulative placings from each Adjudicator, Then these totals added together to get the over all winner. EXAMPLE: MSR. Adj 1 gives 10th, Adj 2 gives 6th = 16. HP&JIG Adj 1 gives 9th. Adj 2 gives 12th = 21 16 + 21 = 37…total overall. Same way that the world solo drumming was compiled. This is how the contest was compiled. Thanks, Paul
I believe that Douglas and not James was the overall winner. The contest was run under RSPBA aggregate ruling, therefore 2 x 2nds beats a 1st and a 3rd. At least they gave the biggest trophy to Douglas!
Greig — You’re correct. The organizers sent in the correct result – my mistake. Made that change.
Hi All, Just to clear something up….. The contest results were decided by the total cumulative placings from each Adjudicator, Then these totals added together to get the over all winner. EXAMPLE: MSR. Adj 1 gives 10th, Adj 2 gives 6th = 16. HP&JIG Adj 1 gives 9th. Adj 2 gives 12th = 21 16 + 21 = 37…total overall. Same way that the world solo drumming was compiled. This is how the contest was compiled. Thanks, Paul