WOPDC Fall 2021

Fall 2021 Official Results

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Overall Winners

• Overall Champion in All Categories
• Colin MacKenzie Memorial Challenge Piobaireachd Scholarship Winner
• P/M Alasdair Gillies Memorial 2/4 March Champions and Scholarship Winner
• Champion Country with Most Points Overall
• Champion Pipe Band or Team with Most Points Overall
• Champion Association with Most Points Overall
• Overall Champion in Each Category

Overall Champion in All Categories
The top 25 overall individual winners across all categories.

1. Hollie Chalmers 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland (528 points)
2. Joshua Gregory 🇨🇦 Canada (377 points)
3. Hamish Reade 🇳🇿 New Zealand (376 points)
4. Connor J S Higgs 🇳🇿 New Zealand (318 points)
5. Seumas Eade 🇳🇿 New Zealand (317 points)
6. Connor Eckert 🇺🇸 USA (313 points)
7. Abby Long 🇺🇸 USA (287 points)
8. Sam Foote 🇳🇿 New Zealand (274 points)
9. Mackenzie Loudon 🇳🇿 New Zealand (273 points)
10. Abraham McCarty 🇺🇸 USA (267 points)
11. Zygmunt (Zyggy) Gray 🇦🇺 Australia (265 points)
12. Lachlan MacDonald 🇦🇺 Australia (264 points)
13. Dr Brendon Eade 🇳🇿 New Zealand (214 points)
14. Sam Cordingley 🇦🇺 Australia (182 points)
14. Ken Maclean 🇦🇺 Australia (182 points)
16. Ethan EM Higgs 🇳🇿 New Zealand (178 points)
17. Violet Haysom 🇦🇺 Australia (176 points)
17. Lillian Scott 🇨🇦 Canada (176 points)
17. Grant Maxwell 🇨🇦 Canada (176 points)
17. Erin McRobbie 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland (176 points)
21. Brian Creel 🇺🇸 USA (173 points)
22. Cameron Sharpe 🇳🇿 New Zealand (161 points)
23. Phil Nielsen 🇳🇿 New Zealand (160 points)
23. Noah Mittwer 🇺🇸 USA (160 points)
23. Isabel Chapman 🇦🇺 Australia (160 points)

Colin MacKenzie Memorial Piobaireachd Scholarship Winner — Winner receives $250 USD scholarship towards his or her piping education.
Duncan Winters 🇺🇸 USA ( years and younger) — Lament for the Little Supper

P/M Alasdair Gillies Memorial 2/4 March Champions
The first place winner in each age group category.

Abby Long 🇺🇸 USA (age 12 years or younger) — Dr. E.G. MacKinnon
Sam Foote 🇳🇿 New Zealand (age 13 to 14 years) — John McColl’s March to Kilbowie Cottage
Mackenzie Loudon 🇳🇿 New Zealand (age 15 to 17 years) — Allan Dodd’s Farewell to Scotland
Hamish Reade 🇳🇿 New Zealand (age 18 to 20 years) — Major Mansons Farewell to Clachantrushal
Abraham McCarty 🇺🇸 USA (21 and older) — Mrs HL MacDonald of Dunach

P/M Alasdair Gillies Memorial 2/4 March Scholarship Winner — Winner receives $250 USD scholarship towards his or her piping education.
Abby Long 🇺🇸 USA

Champion Country with Most Points Overall
The countries with the most combined points from all events.

1. New Zealand 🇳🇿 (3937 points, 136 entries)
2. USA 🇺🇸 (3358 points, 208 entries)
3. Australia 🇦🇺 (2447 points, 77 entries)
4. Canada 🇨🇦 (1975 points, 61 entries)
5. Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (1386 points, 38 entries)
6. Singapore 🇸🇬 (298 points, 10 entries)
7. Northern Ireland (160 points, 3 entries)
8. Russia 🇷🇺 (146 points, 5 entries)
9. Germany 🇩🇪 (98 points, 5 entries)
10. United Kingdom 🇬🇧 (97 points, 10 entries)
11. Hong Kong 🇭🇰 (88 points, 1 entries)
11. France 🇫🇷 (88 points, 3 entries)
11. Denmark 🇩🇰 (88 points, 2 entries)
14. Chile 🇨🇱 (73 points, 5 entries)
15. South Africa 🇿🇦 (63 points, 2 entries)
16. Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 (38 points, 1 entries)
17. England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 (32 points, 10 entries)
18. Ireland 🇮🇪 (26 points, 6 entries)
19. Spain 🇪🇸 (10 points, 5 entries)

Champion Pipe Band or Team with Most Points Overall
The top 25 pipe bands or teams with the most combined points from all events.

1. Hamilton Caledonian Society Pipe Band 🇳🇿 New Zealand (2325 points, 82 entries)
2. St. Andrew's College Pipe Band 🇳🇿 New Zealand (1106 points, 35 entries)
3. Turriff & District Pipe Band 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland (528 points, 6 entries)
4. College of Piping Pipe Band 🇨🇦 Canada (513 points, 8 entries)
5. St. Andrews Caledonian Pipe Band 🇦🇺 Australia (345 points, 7 entries)
6. Alaska Celtic Pipes & Drums 🇺🇸 USA (339 points, 22 entries)
7. L.A Scots Pipe Band 🇺🇸 USA (313 points, 5 entries)
8. The Cameron Highlanders of San Diego 🇺🇸 USA (267 points, 7 entries)
9. Pipes & Drums Of The Boys' Brigade In Singapore, 60th Singapore Company 🇸🇬 Singapore (185 points, 7 entries)
10. Palm Beach Pipes and Drums 🇺🇸 USA (183 points, 8 entries)
11. The Pipes and Drums of Lindsay 🇨🇦 Canada (176 points, 2 entries)
11. Fraserburgh Royal British Legion Pipeband 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland (176 points, 2 entries)
13. PLC Perth Pipe Band 2 🇦🇺 Australia (160 points, 3 entries)
13. Pasadena Scottish Pipes and Drums 🇺🇸 USA (160 points, 5 entries)
13. Manchester Pipe Band 🇺🇸 USA (160 points, 3 entries)
16. Field Marshal Montgomery 🇨🇦 Canada (150 points, 3 entries)
17. Watsonia RSL Pipes & Drums 🇦🇺 Australia (144 points, 2 entries)
17. Regimental Pipes and Drums of the Calgary Highlanders 🇨🇦 Canada (144 points, 2 entries)
17. City of Melbourne Highland Pipe Band 🇦🇺 Australia (144 points, 2 entries)
20. Dartmouth and District 🇨🇦 Canada (129 points, 3 entries)
21. Rose and Thistle Pipe Band 🇨🇦 Canada (126 points, 3 entries)
21. Police Scotland and Federation Pipe Band 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland (126 points, 5 entries)
23. Saskatoon Police 🇨🇦 Canada (117 points, 5 entries)
24. Wellington Red Hackle 🇳🇿 New Zealand (114 points, 6 entries)
25. Inveraray and District 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland (106 points, 3 entries)

Champion Association with Most Points Overall
The top 20 piping or pipe band associations with the most combined points from all events.

1. Royal New Zealand Pipe Band Association 🇳🇿 New Zealand (2721 points, 88 entries)
2. Pipe Bands Australia 🇦🇺 Australia (1493 points, 49 entries)
3. RSPBA 🌎 Various (1444 points, 35 entries)
4. Piping and Dancing Association of New Zealand 🇳🇿 New Zealand (1196 points, 44 entries)
5. WUSPBA 🇺🇸 USA (1172 points, 58 entries)
6. EUSPBA 🇺🇸 USA (1037 points, 51 entries)
7. Atlantic Canada Pipe Band Association 🇨🇦 Canada (746 points, 17 entries)
8. PPBSO 🇨🇦 Canada (462 points, 13 entries)
9. British Columbia Piper's Association 🇨🇦 🇺🇸 Canada & USA (430 points, 22 entries)
10. NSW 🇦🇺 Australia (182 points, 5 entries)
11. Alberta Society of Pipers and Drummers 🇨🇦 Canada (170 points, 4 entries)
12. Midwest Pipe Band Association 🇺🇸 USA (149 points, 15 entries)
13. Competing Piper's Association 🌎 Various (131 points, 5 entries)
14. Edmonton Girls Pipe Band Association 🇨🇦 Canada (126 points, 3 entries)
15. Saskatchewan Pipe Band Assocation 🇨🇦 Canada (117 points, 5 entries)
16. Queensland Highland Pipers Society 🇦🇺 Australia (94 points, 9 entries)
17. Pipe Band Association of Scandinavia 🇩🇰 Denmark (88 points, 2 entries)
18. Scottish Pipe Band Association of South America 🇨🇱 Chile (73 points, 5 entries)
19. CLASP 🌎 Various (64 points, 18 entries)
20. Pipe Bands' Association of Southern Africa 🇿🇦 South Africa (63 points, 2 entries)
21. Prairie Pipe Band Association of Manitoba 🇨🇦 Canada (56 points, 1 entries)
22. Victorian Pipers Association 🇦🇺 Australia (38 points, 1 entries)
23. IPBA 🇮🇪 Ireland (10 points, 3 entries)

Overall Champion in Each Category
The top ten competitors with the most combined points from all events in a single category.

Open/Professional Piping
1. Dr Brendon Eade - New Zealand 🇳🇿 (214 points)
2. Ian K. MacDonald - Canada 🇨🇦 (150 points)
3. James MacHattie - Canada 🇨🇦 (136 points)
4. John Dew - Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (106 points)
5. Liam MacDonald - Canada 🇨🇦 (26 points)
5. David Stulpner - Australia 🇦🇺 (26 points)
7. Jack Williamson - USA 🇺🇸 (25 points)
8. Julie Blue - Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (16 points)

Grade 1 Piping
1. Hamish Reade - New Zealand 🇳🇿 (288 points)
2. Connor Eckert - USA 🇺🇸 (257 points)
3. Meleana Eade - New Zealand 🇳🇿 (135 points)
4. Abraham McCarty - USA 🇺🇸 (123 points)
5. Gord Wallace - Canada 🇨🇦 (117 points)
6. Sass Bergen - Canada 🇨🇦 (104 points)
7. Richard Payn - South Africa 🇿🇦 (63 points)
8. Martha Hall - USA 🇺🇸 (26 points)
9. Ryan Morrison - USA 🇺🇸 (16 points)
9. Mike Fenton - Canada 🇨🇦 (16 points)

Grade 2 Piping
1. Seumas Eade - New Zealand 🇳🇿 (236 points)
2. Phil Nielsen - New Zealand 🇳🇿 (160 points)
2. Mackenzie Loudon - New Zealand 🇳🇿 (160 points)
4. Rupert Nielsen - New Zealand 🇳🇿 (154 points)
5. Jens Olsen - Denmark 🇩🇰 (88 points)
5. François Kervadec - France 🇫🇷 (88 points)
5. Eala Niamh McElhinney - Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (88 points)
8. Alex Nielsen - New Zealand 🇳🇿 (72 points)
9. Craig McKenzie - Australia 🇦🇺 (38 points)
10. Nicholas Mathis - USA 🇺🇸 (25 points)

Grade 3 Piping
1. Ken Maclean - Australia 🇦🇺 (182 points)
2. Abby Long - USA 🇺🇸 (161 points)
3. Noah Mittwer - USA 🇺🇸 (160 points)
4. Alex Taylor - USA 🇺🇸 (144 points)
5. Thomas Kunz - Germany 🇩🇪 (98 points)
6. Peter Duncan - New Zealand 🇳🇿 (94 points)
7. Philip Duthie - United Kingdom 🇬🇧 (81 points)
8. Stu Budden - New Zealand 🇳🇿 (64 points)
9. Lee McLeod - USA 🇺🇸 (38 points)
10. Michael Custodia - USA 🇺🇸 (35 points)

Grade 4 Piping
1. Zygmunt (Zyggy) Gray - Australia 🇦🇺 (227 points)
2. Sam Foote - New Zealand 🇳🇿 (186 points)
3. Cameron Sharpe - New Zealand 🇳🇿 (123 points)
4. Bill Stuart - Australia 🇦🇺 (94 points)
5. Ethan Carmichael - New Zealand 🇳🇿 (88 points)
6. Lewis Stewart - Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (76 points)
7. Gonzalo Quezada - Chile 🇨🇱 (73 points)
8. Scott Phillips - USA 🇺🇸 (72 points)
9. Keith Richards - USA 🇺🇸 (56 points)
9. Benjamin Haworth - New Zealand 🇳🇿 (56 points)

Grade 5 Piping
1. Joshua Gregory - Canada 🇨🇦 (377 points)
2. Brian Creel - USA 🇺🇸 (173 points)
3. Kane Gordon - New Zealand 🇳🇿 (112 points)
4. Ann Snow - Canada 🇨🇦 (106 points)
5. Lisa Martin - New Zealand 🇳🇿 (94 points)
6. Sean Stewart - Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (88 points)
7. David Hasbrouck - USA 🇺🇸 (51 points)
8. Robert Real - USA 🇺🇸 (38 points)
8. Andrey Shtykovsky - Russia 🇷🇺 (38 points)
10. Charles Taylor - USA 🇺🇸 (26 points)

Beginner Piping
1. Sam Cordingley - Australia 🇦🇺 (182 points)
2. Leah Bullis - Canada 🇨🇦 (126 points)
3. William Hannah - Australia 🇦🇺 (98 points)
4. Elijah Gesling - Australia 🇦🇺 (94 points)
5. Jakob Ilyanov - Russia 🇷🇺 (88 points)
5. Isla McLean - Northern Ireland (88 points)
7. Faith Kats - USA 🇺🇸 (66 points)
8. Grace Pettaras - Australia 🇦🇺 (56 points)
9. Imogen Schmitz - USA 🇺🇸 (26 points)
10. Yin Hong Yi - Singapore 🇸🇬 (25 points)
10. Megan Carlson - USA 🇺🇸 (25 points)
10. Jonathan Jiang Huai Xuan - Singapore 🇸🇬 (25 points)

Open/Professional Side
1. Grant Maxwell - Canada 🇨🇦 (176 points)
2. Harvey Dawson - Canada 🇨🇦 (94 points)
2. Alex Kuldell - USA 🇺🇸 (94 points)
4. Tyler Boydstun - USA 🇺🇸 (50 points)
5. Gary Wray - Northern Ireland (16 points)

Grade 1 Side
1. Hollie Chalmers - Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (264 points)
2. Connor J S Higgs - New Zealand 🇳🇿 (150 points)
3. Gary wray - Northern Ireland (56 points)

Grade 2 Side
1. Hollie Chalmers - Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (264 points)
2. Connor J S Higgs - New Zealand 🇳🇿 (168 points)
3. Ethan EM Higgs - New Zealand 🇳🇿 (114 points)

Grade 3 Side
1. Lachlan MacDonald - Australia 🇦🇺 (264 points)
2. Robert Perry - USA 🇺🇸 (88 points)
3. Jake Otto - USA 🇺🇸 (72 points)
4. Ethan EM Higgs - New Zealand 🇳🇿 (64 points)
5. Stuart Walker - Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (56 points)
5. Ash van Wering - New Zealand 🇳🇿 (56 points)
7. Michael Recio - USA 🇺🇸 (38 points)
8. Christopher Murray - Canada 🇨🇦 (25 points)

Grade 4 Side
1. Jack Still - Australia 🇦🇺 (144 points)
2. Christopher Murray - Canada 🇨🇦 (104 points)
3. Eric Sennett - USA 🇺🇸 (88 points)
4. Kevin Stone - Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (56 points)
5. Ron Flanagan - USA 🇺🇸 (50 points)
6. Dylan Carlin - Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (38 points)
6. Dylan Buller - Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 (38 points)
8. Christopher Welch - USA 🇺🇸 (20 points)
9. Maddy Roberts - USA 🇺🇸 (16 points)

Grade 5 Side
1. Lillian Scott - Canada 🇨🇦 (176 points)
2. Isabel Chapman - Australia 🇦🇺 (160 points)
3. Sam Gordon - New Zealand 🇳🇿 (150 points)
4. Michelle Haysom - Australia 🇦🇺 (88 points)
5. David Onks IV - USA 🇺🇸 (38 points)
6. Aarya Madan - USA 🇺🇸 (35 points)

Beginner Side
1. Tristan Chong - Singapore 🇸🇬 (88 points)
2. William Tan - Singapore 🇸🇬 (56 points)
3. Zou Wenxuan - Singapore 🇸🇬 (38 points)
4. Joel Phua - Singapore 🇸🇬 (25 points)

Grade 1 Tenor
1. Christine Christiansen - USA 🇺🇸 (144 points)
2. Ishbel Eade - New Zealand 🇳🇿 (88 points)

Grade 3 Tenor
1. Erin McRobbie - Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (176 points)
2. Gale Walker - Canada 🇨🇦 (56 points)
3. Lexie Shaw - Australia 🇦🇺 (38 points)

Grade 4 Tenor
1. Helen Flood - Australia 🇦🇺 (144 points)
2. Rowan Shaw - Australia 🇦🇺 (88 points)

Grade 5 Tenor
1. Violet Haysom - Australia 🇦🇺 (176 points)
2. Laurene Merritt - New Zealand 🇳🇿 (112 points)

Novice Bass
1. Paul van Wering - New Zealand 🇳🇿 (88 points)
2. Nick Haysom - Australia 🇦🇺 (56 points)
3. Terry Carter - Australia 🇦🇺 (38 points)

Piping Duets
1. Mark & Charlotte Elliott - USA 🇺🇸 (88 points)
2. Mackenzie Loudon & Nigel Escott - New Zealand 🇳🇿 (56 points)
3. Robert McDonald & Craig Herbert - Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (38 points)
4. Bill Zadra & Paul Savereide - USA 🇺🇸 (25 points)
5. Alaska Celtic Pipes & Drums - USA 🇺🇸 (16 points)
6. Jayne Ferlitsch & Shara Maikranz - USA 🇺🇸 (10 points)

Band Events
1. Calgary Highlanders Pipes and Drums - Canada 🇨🇦 (144 points)
2. Oriental Pipes & Drums - Hong Kong 🇭🇰 (88 points)
3. Alaska Celtic Pipes & Drums - USA 🇺🇸 (66 points)
4. Alliance Pipe Band - USA 🇺🇸 (38 points)
4. Alaska Celtic "B" Trio - USA 🇺🇸 (38 points)
6. St Andrews Caledonian Pipe Band - Australia 🇦🇺 (25 points)
6. Kern County Pipe Band - USA 🇺🇸 (25 points)
8. South Park & District Pipe Band - USA 🇺🇸 (16 points)