Payn feels good with solo success in South Africa

Amanzimtoti, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa – April 29, 2012 – Richard Payn won the top piobaireachd prize and was second in the major light music event at the South Coast Highland Gathering Solo Piping and Drumming competition held at Hutchison Park.

Solo Piping
Gold Piobaireachd
1st Richard Payn
2nd John Decker
3rd Thomas Fuller

Judge: Chris Terry

Silver Piobaireachd
1st Andrew de Blocq
2nd Franz Coetzee
3rd Brandon Holz

Judge: Chris Terry

Open
March, Strathspey & Reel
1st Nicholas Taitz
2nd Richard Payn
3rd Kgabe Molepo

Judge: Ian Redman

17 years & Under-21
March, Strathspey & Reel
1st Carlo Ferreirinha
2nd Jared Vorster
3rd Andrew de Blocq

Judge: Ken Mustard

Under 17
March
1st Keren Rohland
2nd Malcolm Chadwick
3rd Franz Coetzee

Judge: Sally Morning

Solo Snare Drumming
Open
March, Strathspey & Reel
1st David Murray
2nd Callaghn Soligram
3rd David Oosthuizen
4th Eugene Trofimczyk
5th Dave Jeffrey

Judge: Steve St Clair-Hall

Junior
March, Strathspey & Reel
1st Waldo Zweep
2nd Troy Stonall

Judge: Steve St Clair-Hall

Novice Overall
1st Drewan Sanders
2nd Warwick Vorster
3rd Marcel Pheiffer
4th Timothy Reynolds

Judge: Steve St Clair-Hall

Novice
March, Strathspey & Reel
1st Drewan Sanders
2nd Warwick Vorster
3rd Timothy Reynolds
4th Marcel Pheiffer

Judge: Steve St Clair-Hall

March
1st Drewan Sanders
2nd Dominique Kerkhove
3rd Ross Campbell
4th Warwick Vorster
5th Amy-Sue Lithgow
6th Marcel Pheiffer
7th Timothy Reynolds
8th Tarryn Nissen

Judge: Dewar van Dyk

Tenor Drumming
Open
March, Strathspey & Reel
1st Tarryn Mocke
2nd Samantha de Wit
3rd Michelle Smit
4th Dominique Kerkhove
5th Monica Vorster
6th Chantelle de Wit

Judge: Lucky Khumalo

Novice
March
1st Tarryn Mocke
2nd Samantha de Wit
3rd Leila Schultz
4th Michelle Smit
5th Monica Vorster
6th Melissa Osburn
7th Dominique Kerkhove
8th Chantelle de Wit
9th Tatenda Phiri
10th Leesha Fourie
11th Courtney Hodgson
12th Kuhlewethu Dlamini

Judge: Nicholas Tyler