THE ROYAL SCOTTISH PIPE BAND ASSOCIATION

 Rules from the CLASP website                                                                                                                                                      

1. Points will be awarded to competitors who place in 1st to 6th position for each event entered. Competitors will get points equal to the number of competitors defeated plus one; no points will be awarded for last place. A single competitor may be awarded one point. See exception for Piobaireachd                                                                    

2. A full MSR will be classed as 1 event but may also be separated into 2 events at the organisers discretion, in which case this will be stated on the online entry form. When the event is an MSR, the points allocated will be doubled.                                                                                                                                                                                            

3. We have decided that if the number of competitors in a Piobaireachd event is less than the number of competitors in one of the Light Music events, of the same grade, we will take the highest number of competitors in the Light Music section and use parallel points for the Piobaireachd section.        

For example: If 10 pipers competed in the Grade 2, 2/4 March event (this event having the highest number of Light Music entries) and 8 pipers competed in the Grade 2 Piobaireachd event, previously the points would have been allocated that the winner of the 2/4 March would receive 10 Points (one point for every competitor defeated, plus 1) and the winner of the Piobaireachd would have received 8 points. With the new rule in place, the first prize winner of the grade 2, 2/4 March would still receive 10 points, but the winner of the Piobaireachd would also receive 10 points and therefore brings the Piobaireachd weighting up to the highest number of points available in a Light Music event. In the case of a combined March, Strathspey and Reel event, in Grade 1, the points for this event is always doubled because it is a combined event and therefore the Piobaireachd points will align in value with the MSR points.