The African Skye Pipe Band

Competition Results

The African Skye Solo Piping and Drumming Championships

The African Skye Solo Piping and Drumming Championships were held at Jeppe High School for Girls in Kensington, Johannesburg on the 7th March 2009.

Open Piping Overall
1st Angus Nixon (Richmond Avenue)
2nd Joshua Hogg (Benoni MacTalla)
3rd Liam O'Flaherty (Richmond Avenue)
4th Sean Maher (African Skye A)
5th Alex Hay (Richmond Avenue)
6th Clement Zvikonyo (Benoni MacTalla)
Junior Piping Overall
1st Kgabe Molepo (KES)
2nd Muire Lindsay (Jeppe)
3rd Rohan Rohland (Benoni)
4th Brian Nixon (Pretoria Boys)
5th James Orr (Pretoria Boys)
6th Ben Slabbert (Lyttelton Manor)
Novice Piping Overall
1st Damian Maher (CBC Boksburg)
2nd Carlo Ferreirinho (Benoni)
3rd Bradley Lawry (Benoni)
4th Andrew Sillifant (KES)
5th Sharon Maher (CBC Boksburg)
6th Keren Rohland (Benoni)
Gold Piobaireachd
Judge : Bob Worrall
1st Joshua Hogg (Benoni MacTalla)
2nd Liam O'Flaherty (Richmond Avenue)
3rd Angus Nixon (Richmond Avenue)
4th Sean Maher (African Skye A)
Silver Piobaireachd
Judge : Simon Workman
1st Kgabe Molepo (KES)
2nd Muire Lindsay (Jeppe)
3rd Carlo Ferreirinho (Benoni)
4th Ben Slabbert (Lyttelton Manor)
Novice Piobaireachd
Judge : Simon Workman
1st Damian Maher (CBC Boksburg)
2nd Sharon Maher (CBC Boksburg)
Piping - Open March
Judge : Roy Blevins
1st Joshua Hogg (Benoni MacTalla)
2nd Angus Nixon (Richmond Avenue)
3rd Alex Hay (Richmond Avenue)
4th Sean Maher (African Skye A)
5th Clement Zvikonyo (Benoni MacTalla)
6th Matthew Keyzer (African Skye A)
Piping - Open Strathspey & Reel
Judge : Bob Worrall
1st Liam O'Flaherty (Richmond Avenue)
2nd Angus Nixon (Richmond Avenue)
3rd Alex Hay (Richmond Avenue)
4th Joshua Hogg (Benoni MacTalla)
5th Sean Maher (African Skye A)
6th Dominic Skelton (Richmond Avenue)
Piping - Open Jig
Judge : Tom Knobel
1st Angus Nixon (Richmond Avenue)
2nd Clement Zvikonyo (Benoni MacTalla)
3rd Joshua Hogg (Benoni MacTalla)
4th Chris Couperthwaite (Pietermaritzburg Caledonian)
5th Dominic Skelton (Richmond Avenue)
6th Liam O'Flaherty (Richmond Avenue)
Piping - Junior March
Judge : Tom Knobel
1st Rohan Rohland (Benoni)
2nd Kgabe Molepo (KES)
3rd Muire Lindsay (Jeppe)
4th Brian Nixon (Pretoria Boys)
5th (Tie) Bronwyn Huber (Benoni)
5th (Tie) James Orr (Pretoria Boys)
Piping - Junior Strathspey & Reel
Judge : Rory Bellingan
1st Kgabe Molepo (KES)
2nd Brian Nixon (Pretoria Boys)
3rd Muire Lindsay (Jeppe)
4th James Orr (Pretoria Boys)
Piping - Junior Jig
Judge : Ian Houston
1st Rohan Rohland (Benoni)
2nd Kgabe Molepo (KES)
3rd Muire Lindsay (Jeppe)
4th Brian Nixon (Pretoria Boys)
5th Donovan Margoczi (Benoni)
6th Ben Slabbert (Lyttelton Manor)
Piping - Novice March
Judge : Ian Houston
1st Damian Maher (CBC Boksburg)
2nd Bradley Lawry (Benoni)
3rd Andrew Sillifant (KES)
4th Keren Rohland (Benoni)
5th Carlo Ferreirinho (Benoni)
6th James Green (Jeppe)
Piping - Novice Strathspey & Reel
Judge : Roy Blevins
1st Carlo Ferreirinho (Benoni)
2nd Damian Maher (CBC Boksburg)
3rd Bradley Lawry (Benoni)
4th Andrew Sillifant (KES)
5th Matt McAfee (KES)
6th Jason Crawford (KES)
Piping - Chanter
Judge : Peter Holgreaves
1st Frans Coetzee (Pretoria Boys)
2nd Berto Schoeman (Pretoria Boys)
3rd David Carlse
4th James Laidlaw (Benoni)
5th Abdul Sayed (Jeppe)
6th Andrew Carlse
Snare Drumming - Open March, Strathspey & Reel
Judges : Richard Dockerill, Anthony Evans, Dave Jeffrey
1st Steven St Clair-Hall (African Skye A)
2nd Duncan Tee (Richmond Avenue)
3rd Mark Gouvea (African Skye A)
4th Taryn Townsend (African Skye A)
Snare Drumming - Junior March, Strathspey & Reel
Judge : Richard Dockerill
1st Kyle MacLeod (African Skye A)
2nd Jennifer Austin (African Skye B)
3rd Louis van Wyk (Benoni)
Snare Drumming - Novice Overall
1st Seamus Lindsay (Jeppe)
2nd Nicholas Tickle (KES)
3rd Duncan Buchanan (Benoni)
Snare Drumming - Novice March
Judge : Dave Jeffrey
1st Nicholas Tickle (KES)
2nd Seamus Lindsay (Jeppe)
3rd Lwazi Nxasana (Benoni)
4th Duncan Buchanan (Benoni)
5th Kevin Schultz (CBC Boksburg)
Snare Drumming - Novice March, Strathspey & Reel
Judge : Anthony Evans
1st Seamus Lindsay (Jeppe)
2nd Nicholas Tickle (KES)
3rd Duncan Buchanan (Benoni)
Snare Drumming - Drum Pad
Judge : Richard Dockerill
1st Brandon Townsend (African Skye)
2nd Shannon Ewing (Benoni)
3rd Michaela Cairns (Benoni)
Tenor Drumming - Open March, Strathspey & Reel
Judge : Lynne van den Berg
1st Donald Graham (Richmond Avenue)
Tenor Drumming - Novice March
Judge : Lynne van den Berg
1st Samantha Dewit (Benoni)
2nd Tarryn Mocke (Benoni)
3rd Theo Msiza (KES)
4th Chantelle Dewit (Benoni)
5th Michelle Smit (Benoni)
6th Morris Mthalane (KES)