Friday, November 27, 2009

George Sherriff Invitational

On November 21, 2009, the George Sherriff Memorial Invitational Amateur Solo Piping Championship was held in Hamilton, Ontario. This contest gathers ten of the top Amateur players in North America and is organized by Bob Worrall and the Niagara-Hamilton Branch of the Pipers and Pipe Band Society of Ontario. This year's judges were Stuart Liddell, Reay MacKay and Jack Lee.
The overall winner of the Sherriff was Richard Gillies from Portland, Oregon. He won the Piobaireached and 6/8 marches and was third in the MSR to gain the overall prize. A studious young man, great player and loyal customer of JWT Reedmakers, Richard is really the epitome of determination and hard work. We are proud to have him playing our product. Well done Richard!
Watch a short video of Richard interviewed by Bob Worrall and see the breakdown of results at www.pipesdrums.com.
-JLT

3 comments:

The Captain's Corner said...

Download and listen to all the players in the winners list - plus Bruce Gandy playing the Unjust Incarceration for second prize at this year's Bratach Gorm in London.

www.thecaptainscorner.com/blog.htm

Cheers, Ken

Unknown said...

Thanks for providing these Ken!

The Captain's Corner said...

My pleasure, Jacquie. All the contestants played well... a credit to themselves and their teachers.