Steven Shedden (Hawthorn Pipe Band) was the overall winner of the RNZPBA New Zealand Solo Drumming Championships, and Auckland & District Leading-Drummer Douglas Bilsland won the RSPBA Oceania Adult MSR, in which the first four finishers qualify to compete in the semi-final of the World Solo Snare Drumming Championship in Glasgow this October.
Full result sheets are available below.
RSPBA Oceania Adult MSR
1st Douglas Bilsland, Auckland & District (2,2)
2nd Steven Shedden, Hawthorn (1,4)
3rd Richard Black, Hawthorn (5,1)
4th Davy Clark, Peoples Ford Boghall & Bathgate Caledonia (4,3)
5th Becky Weir, Metro Scottish (3,5)
6th Scott Birrell, Canterbury Caledonian Society (6,7)
Judges: Paul Turner, Stuart Coils
Also competing: Gareth Lewis, Celtic (Nelson); Maxwell Robertson, Canterbury Caledonian Society; Kaitlyn Braithwaite, Canterbury Caledonian Society.
RNZPBA Hornpipe & Jig
1st Steven Shedden, Hawthorn (1,1)
2nd Becky Weir (4,2)
3rd Douglas Bilsland (2,4)
Judges: Paul Turner, Stuart Coils
Connor Higgs Memorial Juvenile 5
1st Ethan Higgs, St. Andrew’s College
2nd Daniel Liu, St. Andew’s College
3rd Theo Lagias, St. Andrew’s College
4th Jack Shearer, St. Andrew’s College
Juvenile 4
1st Ethan Lam, St. Andrew’s College
2nd Lisa Brown-Hatchard, City of Tauranga
3rd Aiden Teviotdale, ILT City of Invercargill
4th Lee Patterson, St. Andrew’s College
5th Alice Chen, St. Andrew’s College
6th Radha Gamble, St. Andrew’s College
Juvenile 3
1st Andrew Bryce, Canterbury Caledonian Society
2nd Eddie Park, St. Andrew’s College
Juvenile 2
1st Oli Gilbert, St. Andrew’s College
2nd Sammy Gough, St. Andrew’s College
3rd Morgan Teviotdale, ILT City of Invercargill
4th Sam Hall, St. Andrew’s College
Juvenile 1
1st Hunter Donnithorne, St. Andrew’s College
2nd Ben Edward, St. Andrew’s College
Adult March, Strathspey and Reel | Adult Hornpipe and Jig | Adult Aggregate
Juvenile 5 | Juvenile 4 | Juvenile 3 | Juvenile 2 | Juvenile 1
