McWhirter takes the world title again!

Steven McWhirter from Northern Ireland has taken the World Solo Drumming Championship again making this his second successive win in 2 years. That makes the Leading Drummer of Inverary and District a 3 time winner of the biggest event on the solo drumming calendar. Striking up 3 firsts and 3 seconds from the 6 judges made him a clear winner ahead of rival Barry Wilson of Scottish Power who came in runner up. Congratulations to all who competed in the solos which is gaining momentum every year, the standard is just going up and up. Be sure to head to Glasgow in 2013 to see for yourself!

Winners of the Juvenile grades:

Section 1: John McLean - Police Service Northern Ireland

Section 2: David Mark - House of Edgar Shotts & Dykehead

Section 3: Grant Cassidy - Inverary & District

Adult Final Results:

1st Steven McWhirter  - Leading Drummer for Inveraray and District 

2nd Barry Wilson - Leading Drummer for Scottish Power

3rd Blair Brown - House of Edgar Shotts & Dykehead

4th Andrew Lawson - HOE Shotts and Dykehead Caledonia

5th Michael McKenna - St Laurence O'Toole

6th Eric Ward - Leading Drummer for Strathclyde Police

7th Stephen Creighton - Leading Drummer for St Laurence O'Toole

8th Chris McNicholl - Strathclyde Police

9th Craig Brown - Boghall & Bathgate Caledonia

10th Gavin Noade - Field Marshal Montgomery

11th Aaron McCarton - Field Marshal Montgomery

12th Cameron Ward - Strathclyde Police

Click here for full details available at the RSPBA website

Steven McWhirter a clear winner at the 2011 World Solo Drumming Championship

Steven took his second world solo title on the weekend impressing all the judges so much that he gained 4 first places and 2 second places from the whole judging panel. This is a phenomenal achievement having stayed in the top 3 for the last 5 years winning his first title in 2006. Blair Brown from Simon Fraser University in Canada was runner up of the prestigious prize and last years winner, Barry Wilson came in third. The RSPBA ran the event again with great success in the Glasgow Caledonian University and if you are able to make it next year, be sure to as this is one BIG event on the Pipe Band Drumming calendar.

Winners of the Juvenile grades:

Section 1: Ryan Martin - Callybackey

Section 2: Grant Cassidy - HOE Shotts and Dykehead

Section 3: Steven Shedden

Adult Final Results:

1st Steven McWhirter  - Leading Drummer for Inveraray and District 

2nd Blair Brown - Simon Fraser University

3rd Barry Wilson - Leading Drummer for Scottish Power

4th Gordon J Brown  - Leading Drummer for Boghall and Bathgate Caledonia

5th Jim Kilpatrick MBE - Leading Drummer for HOE Shotts and Dykehead Caledonia

6th Stephen Creighton - Leading Drummer for St Laurence O'Toole

7th Chris McNicholl - Strathclyde Police

8th Aaron McCarton - Field Marshal Montgomery

9th Eric Ward - Leading Drummer for Strathclyde Police

10th J Reid Maxwell - Leading Drummer for Simon Fraser University

11th Gavin Noade - Field Marshal Montgomery

12th Andrew Lawson - HOE Shotts and Dykehead Caledonia

Videos of the performances will be available at GusWeb.org for a small donation to GusWeb (or large one if you really like) This is a great service!!

Beat MacReed Workshop, Nideggen 2011 with Eric Ward and a teap of top teachers

A new workshop has been launched for all you mad Drummers and Pipers in Continental Europe. It will be held on November 18th, 19th & 20th in the newly refurbished Nideggen Youth Hostel in Germany and will surely be a great event full of action. It is being run by Beat MacRead and it is their first workshop in Germany. Click here to register: www.beatmacreed.com We hope you can make it!

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