PBNews || December 2020

NEWS
2020 NZ SOLO
CHAMPION
STUART EASTON
Staff Reporters
Highland Piping Society of Canterbury
STUART Easton was crowned Open
New Zealand Solo Champion in
October at the Annual Labour
Weekend Solo Championships in
Christchurch.
Rescheduled from June due to
the COVID-19 pandemic, Easton
claimed the title with wins in the
Open Strathspey and Reel and
Piobaireachd. He finished the
weekend in style winning the
Former Winner’s Clasp Double
MSR.
Earlier in the weekend, Greg Wilson
won the Comunn Na Piobaireachd
Gold Clasp - the first time the
competition has been held outside
of Hastings. The annual CNP
competitions could not be held
earlier this year, also due to the
COVID-19 pandemic.
Hayden Pullan won the Silver
Chanter MSR. Louis Davis won
the overall William Boyle U21
Scholarship for the year.
New Zealand Championships
Open Piobaireachd
1st Stuart Easton
2nd WIllie Rowe
3rd Greg Wilson
4th Scott Armstrong
Open 2/4 March
1st Liam Kernaghan
2nd Greg Wilson
3rd George Mason
4th Sebastian George
Open Strathspey and Reel
1st Stuart Easton
2nd Liam Kernaghan
3rd Greg Wilson
4th Alasdair Mackenzie
Open Hornpipe and Jig
1st Liam Kernaghan
2nd Stuart Easton
3rd Greg Wilson
4th Alasdair Mackenzie
NZ Champion: Stuart Easton
Runner Up: Liam Kernaghan
Comunn Na Piobaireachd Events
Gold Clasp
1st Greg Wilson
2nd WIllie Rowe
3rd Stuart Easton
4th Campbell Wilson
Gold Medal
1st Scott Armstrong
2nd Jordan Johnston
3rd Daniel Milosavljevic
4th Lewis MacDonald
Silver Medal
1st Louis Davis
2nd Phil Nielson
3rd Nicola Pivac
Bronze Medal
1st Marco Davis
2nd Mackenzie Louden
3rd Oskar Trafford
Clasp and Silver Chanter Results
Silver Chanter
1st Hayden Pullan
2nd Lewis MacDonald
3rd Sebastian George
4th Logan Dale
Former Winners Clasp
1st Stuart Easton
2nd Campbell Wilson
3rd Liam Kernaghan
For more results, videos and pictures,
check out the Highland Piping Society of
Canterbury’s facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/PipersClub-
Canterbury/
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