The Courier & Advertiser (Perth and Perthshire Edition)
Results from Aberfeldy Mod.
CULTURE: Entrants flock to Breadalbane community campus
Perthshire and Angus Provincial Mod marked its 96th year with a bumper crop of entries.
Competitors from all over Scotland flocked to Breadalbane Academy Community Campus for the two-day event, better known as Aberfeldy Mod.
JUNIOR SECTION RESULTS ORAL DELIVERY
Reading prose: S1-S6 – Eubha Fraser; Comann nam Parant Shield – 1 Eilidh Cook, 2 Maia Valluri, 3 Anna Gilchrist. Reading the Bible: S1-S3 – 1 Eubha Fraser and Jessica Hood, 3 Annie Pointer and Lewis Simms; learners P4-P7 James Anderson Memorial Quaich – 1 Audrey Naquin, 2 Broadie Blackall, 3 Josiah Naquin; P4-P7 – 1 Finlay Gilchrist, 2 Anna Gilchrist, 3 Maia Valluri.
Reciting from memory: S1-S6 Lewis MacGregor Cup – 1 Eubha Fraser, 2 Jessica Hood, 3 Lewis Simms; learners P1-P3 – 1 Dougie Cook, 2 Robert Tait, 3 Leo McGuire; P4-P7 Giles Cup – 1 Isla Elder, 2 Robert Grant, 3 Alice Kirkhope; P1-3 Aberfeldy Tartan Quaich – 1 James McLean, 2 Wilfred McCrae, 3 Bobbie McAdam; P4-7 Netta McLellan Cup – 1 Anna Gilchrist, 2 Rowan Simpson, 3 Eilidh Cook. GAELIC CONVERSATION
P1-3 – 1 Elizabeth McLean, 2 Layla Melville, 3 Jayde Wright; P4-7 Killin Gaelic Society Rosebowl – 1 Maia Valluri, 2 Mason MacDonald, 3 Eilidh Cook; S1-6 – 1 Eubha Fraser, 2 Jessica Hood, 3 Lewis Simms.
DRAMA.
Acted playlet: primary learners – Glenlyon Primary; primary GME – 1 Whitehills Primary, 2 Breadalbane Primary. SOLO SINGING
Girls and boys: P1-3 Duncan MacDonald Memorial Cup – 1 Michalina Frytech, 2 Millie McNaughton, 3 Molly McElligott; P4-5 Colmar Cup (for highest marks overall) – 1 Isla McKenzie, 2 Maia Valluri, 3 Antonia Majai; Alma Coull Memorial Cup (highest music) – 1 Isla McKenzie, 2 Antonia Majai, 3 Maia Valluri; P6-S1 MacDonald Cup – 1 Orla Fawcus, 2 Gregor Rutherford, 3 Grace Keay; S2-4 (own choice) Peter Shepherd Shield – Eubha Fraser and Holly Callaghan. DUET SINGING
P4-7 (own choice) – Grace Connisbee and Ellie McAdam. CHORAL SINGING
Primary choirs, unison, Janet McLaren Memorial Trophy (overall) – 1 Blair Atholl Primary, 2 Kinloch Rannoch Primary. POSTER WITH GAELIC WORD CONTENT
Learners P1-3 – 1 Layla Meyering, 2 Stuart Grant, 3 Sam Lean; Learners P4-7 – 1 Sarah O’Flynn, 2 Meghal Roelandts, 3 Millie Rose/Autumn Mahon; secondary pupils GME – Eubha Fraser.
MEDIA – RADIO / VIDEO PROGRAMME
Primary or Secondary, own choice – Whitehills Primary. OTHER
Marjory Cameron Memorial Trophy – Eubha Fraser.
TSB (Scotland) Aberfeldy Branch Trophy – Maia Valluri. SENIOR SECTION RESULTS
VOCAL MUSIC
Mixed, Crieff HA, N Ewing Quaich – Marina Macleod. Mixed voices: former winners, own choice – 1 Julie Ann MacFayden, 2 Sandy Campbell, 3 Sandie Kennedy; learners, prescribed, Euan MacDiarmid Trophy – 1 Julie Ann MacFayden, 2 Rena Gertz, 3 Sandie Kennedy/Katriona Sporkmann.
Ladies, own choice, Margaret Forbes McLeish Trophy – 1 Rena Gertz, 2 Marina Macleod, 3 Julie Ann MacFayden. Men, own choice, TM Stewart Cup – 1 Ross Penman, 2 Sandy Campbell, 3 David Hanlon.
Mixed voices, prescribed, George A Mathieson Memorial Cup – 1 Julie Ann MacFayden, 2 Sandie Kennedy, 3 Rena Gertz; Willie MacDonald Trophy – 1 Julie Ann MacFayden, 2 Sandie Kennedy/Rena Gertz; Perthshire song (confined), MacLellan Weem Cup – 1 Katriona Sporkmann, 2 Sarah Macdougall. Duncan Ban MacIntyre/Skye/Sutherland song, Marjorie McKenzie Wilson Trophy (Skye/Sutherland) – Ruth Lunny. Mixed: traditional song, Crieff Bowling Club Trophy – Cearaidh Nicfhionnlaigh; own choice Jean Laurie Memorial Cup – 1 Julie Ann MacFayden, 2 Rena Gertz, 3 Sandie Kennedy; duet, own choice Ogilvie and Falconer Trophy – 1 Julie Ann MacFayden/Ruth Lunny, 2 Katriona Sporkmann/ Anna Webster, 3 Cearaidh Nicfhionnlaigh/Lyle Kennedy; quartet, own choice Michael Drury Memorial Trophy – 1 Gleusda, 2 Buidheann. Folk group, two pieces – Gleusda. Choral singing: “puirt a’beul” four-part harmony May Mitchell and Frances Matheson Cuach – 1 Lothain Gaelic Choir, 2 Cumbernauld Gaelic Choir, 3 Coisir Ghaidhlig Obairpheallaidh; four-part harmony Westcroft Trophy (overall winner) – 1 Coisir Ghaidhlig Obairpheallaidh, 2 Lothian Gaelic Choir, 3 Cumbernauld Gaelic Choir. Janet McIntyre Cup (highest marks in music) – 1 Coisir Ghaidhlig Obairpheallaidh, 2 Lothian Gaelic Choir, 3 Cumbernauld Gaelic Choir/Ceolraidh Ghaidhlig Dhun De. Helen T MacMillan Cup (highest marks in Gaelic) –
1 Coisir Ghaidhlig Obairpheallaidh, 2 Lothian Gaelic Choir, 3 Cumbernauld Gaelic Choir.
PIPING
Catherine Blair Trophy chanter under 13 – 1 Lennox Munro, 2 Annie Pointer, 3 Jaime Mulholland.
Bob MacNaughton Trophy chanter March 13-16 – Callum Fawcus. John MacKay Quaich novice bagpipes, under 18 – 1 Brodie Barrie, 2 Lucy Jamieson, 3 Isla Fletcher. Davie Hutton Quaich pipes four-part march, under 16 – 1 Archie McNab, 2 Annabel Charlton, 3 Cameron Stewart. Duncan Kennedy Cup M, S, R, under 18 – 1 Archie McNab, 2 Archie Clark, 3 Cameron Stewart. Ernest Clark Trophy Ceol Mor under-18 – 1 Archie Clark, 2 Cameron Stewart, 3 Jamie Willbourn. Angus McDiarmid Prize best aggregate in 66 & 67 – Archie Clark; John Fraser Prize best aggregate – 1 Graham Mullholland, 2 Finlay Clark. Balnearn Trophy best march – 1 Graham Mullholland, 2 Finlay Clark. Jock Spence Memorial best Strathspey and reel – 1 Graham Mullholland, 2 Finlay Clark. Wilkie Cup Ceol Mor 18 and over – Finlay Clark. FIDDLE
Gaelic song: P3-P5 – 1 Lucy Franks, 2 Sophie Robertson; John Sinclair Memorial Cup P6-S1 – 1 Daniel Cowie, 2 Lindybelle Screen, 3 Keira Sainsbury.
Iain Reid Violin, Gaelic song S2-S4 – 1 Lauren Sainsbury, 2 Holly Bartlett, 3 Johanette Jacobs.
Alex H Ross Trophy, Strathspey and reel S2-S4 – 1 Lauren Sainsbury, 2 Tia Douglas.
Sandy Cook Fiddle slow air and march S2-S4 – 1 Holly Bartlett, 2 Lauren Sainsbury.
Dunkeld Strath/Reel Society Trophy S5-adult – Farrah Fawcett. March/Strathspey/reel S5-adult – Farrah Fawcett. Iain and Margaret Reid Salver fiddle group – Ferryport Fiddlers. jabuchan@thecourier.co.uk