The 3rd Annual Eddie Santagiuliana Memorial Highland Gathering was held at Cleveland Showgrounds in Brisbane this weekend. This year the competition was host for the Queensland Championships, with solo piping and drumming events held on Saturday afternoon and pipe bands on Sunday. The pipe band competition in particular was well attended by spectators and supporters. The band and solo results were as follows:

Grade 1
1st: Queensland Highlanders No. 1

Grade 2
1st: St Andrew's

Grade 3
1st: Maclean & District

Grade 4
1st: Queensland Highlanders No. 2
2nd: Queensland Police Juvenile
3rd: Ipswich Thistle
Eddie Santaguiliana Memorial Trophy: Gold Coast Tweed

Piping Judges: Maurie DeHayr, Donald Galloway, Brendan Hood, Robin Livingston
Drumming Judges: Buzz Ennis, David Gray
Ensemble: Norman Hughes

Solo Piping Results:

Open Piobaireachd
1st: Alistair McInnes
2nd: Matthew Supranowicz
3rd: Robert Pearce
Judge: Iain Bruce

Open MSR
1st: Alistair McInnes
2nd: Matthew Supranowicz
3rd: Robert Pearce
Judge: Iain Bruce

Open Hornpipe and Jig
1st: Alistair McInnes
2nd: Michael Redmond
3rd: Matthew Supranowicz
Judge: Matthew Rigby

Champion Open Piper
Alistair McInnes

Intermediate MSR
1st: Fraser Bolton
2nd: Hazel Osborne
3rd: Jordan Whicker

Intermediate Hornpipe/Jig
1st: Fraser Bolton
2nd: Max Yeo
3rd: Jordan Whicker

Champion Intermediate Piper
Fraser Bolton

Sub-Intermediate MSR
1st: Ellie McCauley
2nd: Vaughn Parker
3rd: Katrina Stead

Sub-Intermediate Jig
1st: Christopher McLeish
2nd: Vaughn Parker
3rd: Max Yeo

Champion Sub-Intermediate Piper
Vaughn Parker

Elementary March Final
1st: Jordan Gooch
2nd: Adrian Gersbach
3rd: Natasha Downs

Elementary Air Final
1st Adrian Gersbach
2nd Ben Scholl
3rd Jordan Gooch

Champion Elementary Piper
Adrian Gersbach

Learner Chanter
1st: Talia Pettigrew
2nd: Brannon Crickmore
3rd: Sean Stead

Solo Drumming Results:

Open Snare
1st: Lachlan Supranowicz

Intermediate Snare
1st: Lachlan Supranowicz
2nd: John Mills

Sub-Intermediate Snare
1st: Tony McLeish
2nd: John Mills

Sub-Intermediate Tenor
1st: Hannah Park
2nd: Melissa Chong
3rd: Stephanie Omdahl

Elementary Snare
1st: Lauren Park
2nd: Tony McLeish
3rd: David Schirmer

Elementary Tenor
1st: Hannah Park
2nd: Melissa Chong
3rd: Stephanie Omdahl

Learner Snare
1st: Grace Scholl
2nd: Ben Taylor
3rd: Greg Downs

Trios Contest
1st: Rod McGrath, Adrian Gersbach, Don Want
2nd: Katrina Stead, Natasha Downs, Callum MacSween
3rd: Jordan Whicker, Vaughn Parker, Scott Major