Glenfiddich Piping Championship

Qualifying Events :

• Glenfiddich Champion
• The Clasp (Northern Meeting)
• Senior Piobaireachd (Argyllshire Gathering)
• Former Winners MSR (Argyllshire Gathering)
• Former Winners MSR (Northern Meeting)
• Masters Solo (Glasgow International Piping Festival)
• Overall Winner (Scottish Piping Society of London)
• Bratach Gorm (Scottish Piping Society of London)
• Gold Medal (Argyllshire Gathering)
• Gold Medal (Northern Meeting)

Calculated by taking first places on each qualifying list. Failing to reach 10 competitors, 2nd placing on qualifying lists - with the exception of gold medal events - commencing Northern Meeting Clasp. 3rd placing on qualifying lists if required.

The CPA recommends that qualifying competitions should pass two key tests :

• Entrants to qualifying events should not be determined subjectively, for example by invitation.
• Competitions are competitions of substance

All of the competitions on the list pass these two tests. So there is a transparent route to winning a place at the Glenfiddich Championship based on open competitive meritocracy.

Contest Guide

In Spring 2010 the CPA published a Guide to Running a Solo Piping Contest, for the benefit of all competition organisers, judges and pipers.