Many thanks to the RSPBA Dundee Perth & Angus Branch for hosting and Kingdom Thistle Pipe Band supplies for sponsoring the competition on Saturday 20th April 2024. This was the third of the eight competitions which form part of the new RSPBA International Solo Drumming Circuit and was contested across 12 sections for Adult and Juvenile Snare and Tenor Drummers.
Results
Adult European Snare Drumming Championship
- 1st place: Kerr McQuillan People’s Ford Boghall & Bathgate Caledonia
- 2nd place: J. Reid Maxwell Simon Fraser University – Canada
- 3rd place: Jake Joergensen Scottish Power
- 4th place: Glen Creighton People’s Ford Boghall & Bathgate Caledonia
- 5th place: Eric MacNeill City of Dunedin – USA
- 6th place: Callum Burns People’s Ford Boghall & Bathgate Caledonia
- 7th place: Chloe Taylor Scottish Power
- 8th place: Ryan King Police Scotland Fife
- 9th place: Scott Coyle People’s Ford Boghall & Bathgate Caledonia
These competitors are now qualified to enter the RSPBA World Solo Drumming Championship in October 2024. Also, the top six places secure points towards the 2024 RSPBA Adult World Solo Snare Drumming Champion of Champion title.
Adult European Tenor Drumming Championship
- 1st place: Jill Watson Peoples Ford Boghall & Bathgate Caledonia
- 2nd place: Kali Currie People Ford Boghall & Bathgate Caledonia
- 3rd place: Zara Pate People Ford Boghall & Bathgate Caledonia
- 4th place: Josh Cunningham People Ford Boghall & Bathgate Caledonia
- 5th place: Heather Allan Livingston Caledonia
- 6th place: Laury-Anne Boshman City Of Edinburgh
Congratulation to everyone. The full summaries can be accessed HERE
The next circuit competition is the RSPBA Pacific Rim Championship on June 15th, 2024. The Competition will be hosted by the BC Pipers Association for Adult Solo Snare Drummers at the British Columbia Highland Games, Town Centre Park, Coquitlam, B.C. https://www.facebook.com/BCHighlandGames/
