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Here are the overall results of the Adult World Championship:

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Winner:

Morgan Bamford

2nd Place:

Marielle Lesperance

3rd Place:

Kate DeGood

4th Place:

Rebecca Thow

5th Place:

Laura Smith

6th Place:

Candice Walker

The 2013 Highland World Champions are:

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Juvenile:

Kaylee Finnegan

Junior:

Maegan Sweeney

Adult:

Morgan Bamford

Full results will follow soon.

Final Grade 1 MSR

Piping Adjudicator: Anthony Sloane

Piping Adjudicator 2: John (Ian) Wood

Drumming Adjudicator: Gordon Craig

Ensemble Adjudicator: John MacInnes

  1. Field Marshal Montgomery
  2. Boghall and Bathgate Caledonia
  3. Scottish Power
  4. Simon Fraser University
  5. St Laurence O’Toole
  6. Inverary and District
  7. Shotts and Dykehead Caledonia
  8. Greater Glasgow Police Pipe Band
  9. Dowco Triumph Street
  10. Manawatu Scottish
  11. Canterbury Caledonian Society
  12. Cullybackey

Final Grade 1 Medley

Piping Adjudicator 1: John Moles

Piping Adjudicator 2: John Wilson

Drumming Adjudicator: Alexander Steele

Ensamble Adjudicator: Malcolm Mackenzie

  1. Field Marshal Montgomery
  2. Boghall and Bathgate Caledonia
  3. Scottish Power
  4. Greater Glasgow Police Pipe Band
  5. Inveraray and District
  6. Simon Fraser University
  7. St Laurence O’Toole
  8. Shotts and Dykehead Caledonia
  9. Manawatu Scottish
  10. Dowco Triumph Street
  11. Canterbury Caledonian Society
  12. Cullybackey

Final Grade 1 Results

  1. Field Marshal Montgomery
  2. Boghall and Bathgate Caledonia
  3. Scottish Power
  4. Simon Fraser University
  5. St Laurence O’Toole
  6. Inveraray and District
  7. Greater Glasgow Police Pipe Band
  8. Shotts and Dykehead Caledonia
  9. Manawatu Scottish
  10. Dowco Triumph Street
  11. Canterbury Caledonian Society
  12. Cullybackey

Benoni Highland Gathering 2013 – Results

Grade 2 Overall

Band :

1st Transvaal Scottish Grade 2

2nd Benoni MacTalla

3rd African Skye Grade 2

4th 1 Medical Battalion

5th MacChamberlain Richmond Avenue

 

Drum Corps :

1st Benoni MacTalla

2nd Transvaal Scottish Grade 2

3rd African Skye Grade 2

4th MacChamberlain Richmond Avenue

5th 1 Medical Battalion

 

Bass Section : Donald Graham

1st Transvaal Scottish Grade 2

2nd Benoni MacTalla

3rd 1 Medical Battalion

4th African Skye Grade 2

5th MacChamberlain Richmond Avenue

 

Grade 2 March, Strathspey & Reel

Band :

1st Benoni MacTalla

2nd Transvaal Scottish Grade 2

3rd African Skye Grade 2

4th MacChamberlain Richmond Avenue

5th 1 Medical Battalion

 

Ensemble : Ewen Gilchrist

1st Benoni MacTalla

2nd Transvaal Scottish Grade 2

3rd MacChamberlain Richmond Avenue

4th African Skye Grade 2

5th 1 Medical Battalion

 

Piping 1 : Roy Blevins

1st Benoni MacTalla

2nd Transvaal Scottish Grade 2

3rd 1 Medical Battalion

4th African Skye Grade 2

5th MacChamberlain Richmond Avenue

 

Piping 2 : Roger Davies

1st Benoni MacTalla

2nd Transvaal Scottish Grade 2

3rd African Skye Grade 2

4th 1 Medical Battalion

5th MacChamberlain Richmond Avenue

 

Drum Corps : Kevi Levin

1st Benoni MacTalla

2nd Transvaal Scottish Grade 2

3rd African Skye Grade 2

4th MacChamberlain Richmond Avenue

5th 1 Medical Battalion

 

Bass Section : Donald Graham

1st Transvaal Scottish Grade 2

2nd Benoni MacTalla

3rd 1 Medical Battalion

4th African Skye Grade 2

5th MacChamberlain Richmond Avenue

 

Grade 2 – Medley Selection

Band :

1st Transvaal Scottish Grade 2

2nd Benoni MacTalla

3rd 1 Medical Battalion

4th African Skye Grade 2

5th MacChamberlain Richmond Avenue

 

Ensemble : Roger Davies

1st Benoni MacTalla

2nd Transvaal Scottish Grade 2

3rd 1 Medical Battalion

4th African Skye Grade 2

5th MacChamberlain Richmond Avenue

 

Piping 1 : Roy Blevins

1st Transvaal Scottish Grade 2

2nd Benoni MacTalla

3rd 1 Medical Battalion

4th African Skye Grade 2

5th MacChamberlain Richmond Avenue

 

Piping 2 : David Harris

1st Transvaal Scottish Grade 2

2nd African Skye Grade 2

3rd 1 Medical Battalion

4th MacChamberlain Richmond Avenue

5th Benoni MacTalla

 

Drum Corps : Duncan Tee

1st Transvaal Scottish Grade 2

2nd Benoni MacTalla

3rd African Skye Grade 2

4th 1 Medical Battalion

5th MacChamberlain Richmond Avenue

 

Bass Section : Lynne van den Berg

1st Benoni MacTalla

2nd Transvaal Scottish Grade 2

3rd African Skye Grade 2

4th 1 Medical Battalion

5th MacChamberlain Richmond Avenue

 

Grade 3 Overall

Band :

1st Sandton Scottish

2nd Glen Allen

3rd SA Irish

4th African Skye Grade 3

 

Drum Corps :

1st Sandton Scottish

2nd SA Irish

3rd Glen Allen

4th African Skye Grade 3

 

Bass Section :

1st Sandton Scottish

2nd Glen Allen

3rd SA Irish

4th African Skye Grade 3

 

Grade 3 March, Strathspey & Reel

Band :

1st Sandton Scottish

2nd Glen Allen

3rd African Skye Grade 3

4th SA Irish

 

Ensemble : Ewen Gilchrist

1st Glen Allen

2nd African Skye Grade 3

3rd Sandton Scottish

4th SA Irish

 

Piping 1 : Roy Blevins

1st Sandton Scottish

2nd African Skye Grade 3

3rd Glen Allen

4th SA Irish

 

Piping 2 : Gordon Delaney

1st Sandton Scottish

2nd SA Irish

3rd African Skye Grade 3

4th Glen Allen

 

Drum Corps : Kevi Levin

1st Sandton Scottish

2nd SA Irish

3rd Glen Allen

4th African Skye Grade 3

 

Bass Section : Lynne van den Berg

1st Sandton Scottish

2nd Glen Allen

3rd SA Irish

4th African Skye Grade 3

 

Grade 3 Medley Selection

Band :

1st Sandton Scottish

2nd Glen Allen

3rd SA Irish

4th African Skye Grade 3

 

Ensemble : Adrian Haddow

1st Sandton Scottish

2nd Glen Allen

3rd SA Irish

4th African Skye Grade 3

 

Piping 1 : Steve Collins

2nd Glen Allen

1st Sandton Scottish

4th African Skye Grade 3

3rd SA Irish

 

Piping 2 : Rod Watters

1st Sandton Scottish

2nd Glen Allen

3rd SA Irish

4th African Skye Grade 3

 

Drum Corps : Steve Buchanan

1st Sandton Scottish

2nd SA Irish

3rd Glen Allen

4th African Skye Grade 3

 

Bass Section : Nicholas Schmidt

1st Sandton Scottish

2nd Glen Allen

3rd SA Irish

4th African Skye Grade 3

 

Grade 4 Overall

1st Transvaal Scottish Grade 4

2nd Benoni Grade 4

3rd Knysna

4th Lyttelton Manor

5th Pretoria Highlanders

 

Drum Corps :

1st Transvaal Scottish Grade 4

2nd Benoni Grade 4

3rd Lyttelton Manor

4th Knysna

5th Pretoria Highlanders

 

Bass Section : Chad Naude

1st Lyttelton Manor

2nd Benoni Grade 4

3rd Transvaal Scottish Grade 4

4th Pretoria Highlanders

5th Knysna

 

Grade 4 March Selection

Band :

1st St Benedict’s Grade 4

2nd Benoni Grade 4

3rd Lyttelton Manor

4th Transvaal Scottish Grade 4

5th Knysna

6th Pretoria Highlanders

7th African Skye Grade 4

8th De La Salle Combined

9th Kempton Park

 

Ensemble : Adrian Haddow

1st Transvaal Scottish Grade 4

2nd St Benedict’s Grade 4

3rd Lyttelton Manor

4th Benoni Grade 4

5th Pretoria Highlanders

6th Knysna

7th African Skye Grade 4

8th De La Salle Combined

9th Kempton Park

 

Piping 1 : Alex Hay

1st Lyttelton Manor

2nd St Benedict’s Grade 4

3rd Benoni Grade 4

4th Knysna

5th Transvaal Scottish Grade 4

6th Pretoria Highlanders

7th African Skye Grade 4

8th Kempton Park

9th De La Salle Combined

 

Piping 2 : Andy Dippenaar

1st Benoni Grade 4

2nd St Benedict’s Grade 4

3rd Knysna

4th Lyttelton Manor

5th Pretoria Highlanders

6th Kempton Park

7th Transvaal Scottish Grade 4

8th African Skye Grade 4

9th De La Salle Combined

 

Drum Corps : Steven St Clair-Hall

1st St Benedict’s Grade 4

2nd Transvaal Scottish Grade 4

3rd Benoni Grade 4

4th De La Salle Combined

5th Lyttelton Manor

6th Pretoria Highlanders

7rd Knysna

8th African Skye Grade 4

9th Kempton Park

 

Bass Section : Lucky Khumalo

1st Lyttelton Manor

2nd St Benedict’s Grade 4

3rd Transvaal Scottish Grade 4

4th Benoni Grade 4

5th De La Salle Combined

6th Knysna

7th Pretoria Highlanders

8th African Skye Grade 4

9th Kempton Park

 

Grade 4 March, Strathspey & Reel

1st Transvaal Scottish Grade 4

2nd Knysna

3rd Benoni Grade 4

4th Lyttelton Manor

5th Pretoria Highlanders

 

Ensemble : Thomas Fuller

1st Knysna

2nd Benoni Grade 4

3rd Transvaal Scottish Grade 4

4th Pretoria Highlanders

5th Lyttelton Manor

 

Piping 1 : Alasdair Watt

1st Knysna

2nd Transvaal Scottish Grade 4

3rd Benoni Grade 4

4th Lyttelton Manor

5th Pretoria Highlanders

 

Piping 2 : Rod Watters

1st Transvaal Scottish Grade 4

2nd Knysna

3rd Lyttelton Manor

4th Pretoria Highlanders

5th Benoni Grade 4

 

Drum Corps : Steve Buchanan

1st Transvaal Scottish Grade 4

2nd Benoni Grade 4

3rd Lyttelton Manor

4th Knysna

5th Pretoria Highlanders

 

Bass Section : Chad Naude

1st Benoni Grade 4

2nd Lyttelton Manor

3rd Transvaal Scottish Grade 4

4th Pretoria Highlanders

5th Knysna

 

Juvenile Overall

Band :

1st Benoni Juvenile

2nd St Benedict’s Juvenile

3rd Pretoria Boys Juvenile

4th Jeppe CBC Boksburg

5th KES

 

Drum Corps :

1st Pretoria Boys Juvenile

2nd Benoni Juvenile

3rd St Benedict’s Juvenile

4th Jeppe CBC Boksburg

5th KES

 

Bass Section :

1st St Benedict’s Juvenile

2nd Benoni Juvenile

3rd Pretoria Boys Juvenile

4th Jeppe CBC Boksburg

5th KES

 

Juvenile March, Strathspey & Reel

Band :

1st Benoni Juvenile

2nd Pretoria Boys Juvenile

3rd Jeppe CBC Boksburg

4th St Benedict’s Juvenile

5th KES

 

Ensemble : Ewen Gilchrist

1st Benoni Juvenile

2nd Pretoria Boys Juvenile

3rd Jeppe CBC Boksburg

4th St Benedict’s Juvenile

5th KES

 

Piping 1 : Sean Maher

1st Benoni Juvenile

2nd Jeppe CBC Boksburg

3rd St Benedict’s Juvenile

4th Pretoria Boys Juvenile

5th KES

 

Piping 2 : Graham Whitley

1st Benoni Juvenile

2nd Jeppe CBC Boksburg

3rd St Benedict’s Juvenile

4th Pretoria Boys Juvenile

5th KES

 

Drum Corps : Duncan Tee

1st Pretoria Boys Juvenile

2nd Benoni Juvenile

3rd St Benedict’s Juvenile

4th Jeppe CBC Boksburg

5th KES

 

Bass Section : Donald Graham

1st St Benedict’s Juvenile

2nd Benoni Juvenile

3rd Pretoria Boys Juvenile

4th Jeppe CBC Boksburg

5th KES

 

Juvenile Medley Selection

Band :

1st Benoni Juvenile

2nd St Benedict’s Juvenile

3rd Pretoria Boys Juvenile

4th Jeppe CBC Boksburg

5th KES

 

Ensemble : Robert du Toit

1st Benoni Juvenile

2nd St Benedict’s Juvenile

3rd Pretoria Boys Juvenile

4th Jeppe CBC Boksburg

5th KES

 

Piping 1 : David Harris

1st Benoni Juvenile

2nd St Benedict’s Juvenile

3rd Pretoria Boys Juvenile

4th Jeppe CBC Boksburg

5th KES

 

Piping 2 : Ian Houston

1st Benoni Juvenile

2nd Jeppe CBC Boksburg

3rd St Benedict’s Juvenile

4th Pretoria Boys Juvenile

5th KES

 

Drum Corps : Dave Jeffrey

1st St Benedict’s Juvenile

2nd Benoni Juvenile

3rd Pretoria Boys Juvenile

5th KES

2nd Jeppe CBC Boksburg

 

Bass Section : Lynne van den Berg

1st Benoni Juvenile

2nd St Benedict’s Juvenile

3rd Pretoria Boys Juvenile

4th KES

5th Jeppe CBC Boksburg

 

Novice Juvenile Overall

Band :

1st Pretoria Boys Novice Juvenile

2nd Benoni Novice Juvenile

3rd St Benedict’s Novice Juvenile

 

Drum Corps : Steve Buchanan

1st Benoni Novice Juvenile

2nd St Benedict’s Novice Juvenile

3rd Pretoria Boys Novice Juvenile

 

Bass Section : Chad Naude

1st Benoni Novice Juvenile

2nd St Benedict’s Novice Juvenile

3rd Pretoria Boys Novice Juvenile

 

Novice Juvenile March Selection

Band :

1st Pretoria Boys Novice Juvenile

2nd Benoni Novice Juvenile

3rd St Benedict’s Novice Juvenile

 

Ensemble : Adrian Haddow

1st Pretoria Boys Novice Juvenile

2nd St Benedict’s Novice Juvenile

3rd Benoni Novice Juvenile

 

Piping 1 : Alex Hay

1st Pretoria Boys Novice Juvenile

2nd Benoni Novice Juvenile

3rd St Benedict’s Novice Juvenile

 

Piping 2 : Andy Dippenaar

1st Pretoria Boys Novice Juvenile

2nd St Benedict’s Novice Juvenile

3rd Benoni Novice Juvenile

 

Drum Corps : Steven St Clair-Hall

1st Benoni Novice Juvenile

2nd Pretoria Boys Novice Juvenile

3rd St Benedict’s Novice Juvenile

 

Bass Section : Lucky Khumalo

1st Benoni Novice Juvenile

2nd Pretoria Boys Novice Juvenile

3rd St Benedict’s Novice Juvenile

 

Novice Juvenile March, Strathspey & Reel

Band :

1st Pretoria Boys Novice Juvenile

2nd Benoni Novice Juvenile

3rd St Benedict’s Novice Juvenile

 

Ensemble : Thomas Fuller

1st Pretoria Boys Novice Juvenile

2nd Benoni Novice Juvenile

3rd St Benedict’s Novice Juvenile

 

Piping 1 : Alasdair Watt

1st Benoni Novice Juvenile

2nd Pretoria Boys Novice Juvenile

3rd St Benedict’s Novice Juvenile

 

Piping 2 : Rod Watters

1st Pretoria Boys Novice Juvenile

2nd Benoni Novice Juvenile

3rd St Benedict’s Novice Juvenile

 

Drum Corps : Steve Buchanan

1st St Benedict’s Novice Juvenile

2nd Benoni Novice Juvenile

3rd Pretoria Boys Novice Juvenile

 

Bass Section : Chad Naude

1st Benoni Novice Juvenile

2nd St Benedict’s Novice Juvenile

3rd Pretoria Boys Novice Juvenile

 

Drum Majors – Line Abreast – Open

Adjudicators : Grant Bender, Kathryn Janson

1st Anthony Evans (Transvaal Scottish)

2nd Dominique Kerkhove (Lyttelton Manor)

3rd Deon Bester (Benoni MacTalla)

4th Catherine Beretta (SA Irish)

5th Matthew Cornish (KES)

 

Drum Majors – Line Abreast – Juvenile

Adjudicators : Grant Bender, Kathryn Janson

1st Dominique Kerkhove (Lyttelton Manor)

2nd Sibhale Thwala (KES)

3rd Matthew Cornish (KES)

4th T Mzyk (Benoni Novice Juvenile)

5th N Erasmus

6th Glen Thatcher (Pretoria Boys)

The annual Highland Dancing South African Championships is here. Saturday is the day, can you believe it?. It is absolutely incredible how quickly the 2013 Highland Dancing season has flown by.

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When: Saturday, 27 July 2013

Where: Benoni High School, Benoni, Johannesburg

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Time: 9:00am for the dancing and 10am for the Pipe Bands

This is the final competition of the highland dancing and pipe band season in South Africa for this year so it will undoubtably be the best and most challenging competition yet. Good Luck to all competitors, both dancers and bandsmen. And if you were wanting to come watch a competition this year, the is your last and best shot at seeing South Africa’s Scottish talent at its best.

See everyone there:)

NOTE: this is, not by far, the end of the Scottish Communities calendar. The rest of the year will be packed with other events such dancers and pipe bands traveling overseas to compete in the World Championships in Scotland in August; The South African Tattoo happening in September at Monte Casino; pipe band solo competitions; The International Highland Dancing Conference taking place at Monte Casino in October; Choreography competitions and so much more. So please stay tuned to the blog and Facebook page for more details

Wits TheatreAs mentioned in a previous post, the O’Leary Studio was unable to take part in this years choreography competition held in Johannesburg at the Wits Theatre. Also in the same post, we mentioned that we’ll try to get the results, but unfortunately we haven’t come across them yet. However from all the posts, photos and videos that we have seen on Facebook, it seems we missed out on a fabulous evening filled with fantastic Highland Dancing Choreography.

526897_10151165561965840_1431368549_nFrom these photos taken by David Murray (click on David’s name and the link will send you to his Facebook 2012 Choreography photo album) we can see that the every studio made their best effort to create stunning costumes for their pieces. Each set of costumes shows us the choreography theme/concept and there are so many new and exciting ideas being expressed.

Genevieve BoyesFrom this video of the Robinson Studio Choreography: The Hellbound Train – Hellbound Puppetteer (click the link and it will take you to the video on youtube) we can see a one of these wonderful concepts in action.  The dance piece depicts a Puppeteer trying to control her Highland Dancing Puppets. The choreography was danced to live music to the tune Hellbound Train. The pipers are Ian and Johno from the Transvaal Scottish Pipe Band (this link will take you to their Facebook group) accompanied by two of their young pipers and on the drums is the inspirational Duncan Tee of the Sandton Scottish Pipe Band (this link takes you to their Facebook page). The dancing studio who performed and choreographed this amazing dance piece is the Robinson Studio (this link will take you to their Facebook page). The Puppeteer is the talented South African Champion (Highland and Irish) Genevieve Boyes who does an excellent acting and dancing performance. Her puppets include championship dancers such as South African Highland Champion Caitlin Boyes, Shendl Leahy, Kimberley Tee and more. Was this choreography inspired by So You Think You Can Dance, by choreographers such as Wade Robson or Tyce Diorio? We don’t know, but this piece certainly will inspire others and hopefully open peoples eyes to Highland Dancing and the exciting ways it can be danced. Congratulations on an excellent performance.

We would like to congratulate all the Studios who took part in the Choreography competition. The standard of Choreography in South Africa has been elevated and we look forward to seeing more in the future. Its so special to see South African Highland dancing reach new heights and with such inspiration and passion.  I hope our dance form will start growing again.

The two photos above are taken from David Murray’s Facebook photo album.

The O’Leary Studio has now joined YouTube too. Our first video we uploaded was taken in 1995 at the Canadian Inter-Provincial Championships when our dancers Gillian O’Leary and Allison Conchie were joined by our friend Ashleigh Nesbitt from England to perform the choreography ‘By The Water’s Edge’. When the dance is started the now Allison Grace Conchie is seen on the left, the now Ashleigh Osborn is on the right and Gillian O’Leary is the small one, in the middle. Hopefully we’ll be adding a few more video’s in the future but today we’ll keep it just to one.

By The Water’s Edge

Coming to you live from the Irish South African Championships 2012 at the Beaulieu College in Kyalami. It’s results time! We will be giving you the results straight from the announcers mouth.

Girls 14 & Under:

1. Melissa Purdon – Robinson Studio

2. Caitlin Tribelhorn – MAD

3. Micheala Flood – Lucus/Raizenberg Studio

4. Veronica Louw – Theron STudio

5. Claire Sutherland – Robinson Studio

6. Catherine Goodwin

7. Kiara Horn

8. Robin White – Lucus/Razenberg

9. Tyla Amber Smeeth – Theron Studio

Girls 15 – 16 years:

1. Kelsey Bester – Bester Studio

2. Zoe Lightley – Dance Trax Studio

3. Siobhan Moore – MAD

4. Kate Hurley – Theron Studio

5. Nicola Moore – Theron Studio

6. Tarryn Lee Harris – Theron Studio

7. Tara Hammond

8. Aylish Dale

9. Kirsty Van Huysteen

10. Kaylin Kondis

Ladies 17 – 18 years: 

1. Natasha Joseph – Robinson Studio

2. Andrea Van Der Kuil – Theron Studio

3. Jennifer Steel – Driver Studio

4. Melissa Smit – Theron Studio

5. Alise Ferriera – MAD

6. Tarryn Ballentine – Lucus/Razenberg

7. Robin Herselman -Theron

8. Aysha Essop

Ladies 19 & Over:

1. Genevieve Boyes – Robinson Studio

2. Courtney Pearce – MAD

3. Shari Thompson – Lucus/Razenberg

4. Louisa Wallace – Dance Trax Studio

5. Samantha Wood – Parker Studio

6. Melissa Wood – Parker Studio / Anouk Van Niekerk – Lucus Razenberg

8. Tanya Little – Lucus/Razenberg

9. Jessica Layman

10. Amy Stow – Parker Studio

Men All Ages:

1. Jason Du Plessis – Theron Studio

2. Bernard Van Der Kuil – Theron Studio

3. Neil Roberts – Theron Studio

4. Ruan De Witt – Lucus/Raizenberg

5. Gavin Collins – Lucus/Raizenberg

6. Jason Hardaker – Theron Studio

7. Ethan McLean – Theron Studio

8. Andrew Pfeifer

9. Nicolas

Well done to all dancers and to all studios. Congratulations to the Robinson Studio who took 3 of the 5 titles. Congratulations to the Theron Studio for the Jason Du Plesis’s win. And Congratulations to Elaine Bester for Kelsey Bester’s win. Good Luck to all dancers for the Qualifiers tomorrow:)

We apologize if there are mistakes with the names above, especially for Nicolas (sorry we don’t know his surname) and unknown studios – we unfortunately didn’t have a program. Sorry:( If you know any extra details e.g. how to spell a name or the studio of a dancer, just send us a comment at the bottom of the page and we’ll fix it as soon as possible.

Cowal Highland Gathering

World Highland Dancing Championships

Dunoon

25 August 2012

Juvenile:

1. Ellis Hayes

2. Abbie MacNeil

3. Maegan Sweeney

4. Lizzie Beattie

5. Abby-Jane Taylor

6. Kirsten Stewart

Junior:

1. Anthea Bindy

2. Bevin Wiley

3. Ruthanne Sweeney

4. Madison Chrystie

5. Candice Walker

6. Jean Stein

Adult:

1. Marielle Lesperance

2. Morgan Bamford

3. Chantal Watt

4. Rebecca Thow

5. Laura Smith

6. Robyn Hart-Winks