Golden Gate Indoor Solo Piping & Drumming Contest
Saturday, July 12, 2025
United Irish Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA

Solo Results (Unofficial*)

Grade 1 Piping MSR – 1 Competitor
Adjudicator: Ross Naismith
1. 2340 Logan Gorsuch

Grade 1 Piping Hornpipe/Jig – 1 Competitor
Adjudicator: Colin Berta
1. 2340 Logan Gorsuch

Grade 2 Piping MSR – 4 Competitors
Adjudicator: Colin Berta
1. 2166 Alexander Lentz
2. 1547 Brandon Ward
3. 1899 Ethan Bailey
4. 1205 Ted Hales

Grade 2 Piping Hornpipe/Jig – 4 Competitors
Adjudicator: Janice Richey
1. 2166 Alexander Lentz
2. 1899 Ethan Bailey
3. 1547 Brandon Ward
4. 1205 Ted Hales

Grade 2 Piping 6/8 March – 4 Competitors
Adjudicator: Ross Naismith
1. 2166 Alexander Lentz
2. 1547 Brandon Ward
3. 1205 Ted Hales
4. 1899 Ethan Bailey

Grade 3 Piping 2/4 March – 2 Competitors
Adjudicator: Colin Berta
1. 009 Steven Coontz
2. 2503 Aims McGuinness

Grade 3 Piping Strathspey/Reel – 2 Competitors
Adjudicator: Janice Richey
1. 009 Steven Coontz
2. 2503 Aims McGuinness

Grade 3 Piping Jig – 2 Competitors
Adjudicator: Ross Naismith
1. 2503 Aims McGuinness
2. 009 Steven Coontz

Grade 4 Piping 2/4 March – 8 Competitors
Adjudicator: Colin Berta
1. 2522 Kieran Batchelli-Hennessey
2. 2678 Kevin Deihl
3. 1943 Rees Parker
4. 2120 Joyce Maclaury
5. 2389 Becky Gondola
6. 2428 Tom Weeden

Grade 4 Piping Strathspey/Reel – 5 Competitors
Adjudicator: Ross Naismith
1. 1943 Rees Parker
2. 2428 Tom Weeden
3. 2389 Becky Gondola
4. 664 Michael Bowler
5. 2245 Geoffrey Ingram

Grade 4 Piping 6/8 March – 6 Competitors
Adjudicator: Janice Richey
1. 1943 Rees Parker
2. 2389 Becky Gondola
3. 2678 Kevin Deihl
4. 2428 Tom Weeden
5. 664 Michael Bowler
6. 2245 Geoffrey Ingram

Grade 5 Piping 2/4 March – 4 Competitors
Adjudicator: Janice Richey
1. 2682 Roisin O’Leary
2. 2524 Phillip Kirker Torretto
3. 2812 Tanner Manning
4. 2077 Bill Bailey

Grade 5 Piping Slow March/Air – 3 Competitors
Adjudicator: Ross Naismith
1. 2812 Tanner Manning
2. 2077 Bill Bailey
3. 2524 Phillip Kirker Torretto

Grade 1 Piobaireachd – 1 Competitor
Adjudicator: Ross Naismith
1. 2340 Logan Gorsuch

Grade 2 Piobaireachd – 4 Competitors
Adjudicator: Ross Naismith
1.2166 Alexander Lentz
2. 1547 Brandon Ward
3. 1899 Ethan Bailey
4. 1205 Ted Hales

Grade 3 Piobaireachd – 2 Competitors
Adjudicator: Colin Berta
1. 2503 Aims McGuinness
2. 009 Steven Coontz

Grade 4 Piobaireachd – 5 Competitors
Adjudicator: Colin Berta
1. 2428 Tom Weeden
2. 2678 Kevin Deihl
3. 2524 Phillip Kirker Torretto
4. 2245 Geoffrey Ingram
5. 664 Michael Bowler

Grade 4 Snare Drumming 2/4 March – 1 Competitor
Adjudicator: Duncan McPherson
1. 2120 Joyce Maclaury

Prizes Awarded by the Contest Sponsor (not tracked)

The Farallon Cup: Grade 1 Piping (Light Music & Piobaireachd) – Logan Gorsuch
Grade 2 Piping (Light Music & Piobaireachd) – Alexander Lentz
Grade 3 Piping (Light Music & Piobaireachd) – Aims McGuinness
Grade 4 Piping (Light Music) – Rees Parker
Grade 4 Piobaireachd – Tom Weeden
Grade 5 Piping (Light Music) – Tanner Manning
Grade 4 Snare Drumming – Joyce Maclaury
Ron McGlashan Memorial: Best Dressed Competitor – Kevin Deihl

*All results posted here are unofficial. Official results will be posted on the WUSPBA Results page after they have been reviewed and verified by the appropriate registrar.