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Fall 2022 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. Paul Mackay 🇺🇸 USA (504 points)
2. Daniel Liu 🇳🇿 New Zealand (496 points)
3. Zygmunt (Zyggy) Gray 🇦🇺 Australia (480 points)
4. Tommi McAndrew 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland (424 points)
5. Connor Eckert 🇺🇸 USA (414 points)
6. Aiken Madan 🇺🇸 USA (408 points)
7. Colin Forrest 🇨🇦 Canada (383 points)
8. Erin McRobbie 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland (352 points)
9. Sam Foote 🇳🇿 New Zealand (335 points)
10. Anthony Song 🇳🇿 New Zealand (318 points)
11. Ewan Christopher 🇨🇦 Canada (264 points)
12. Phil Nielsen 🇳🇿 New Zealand (256 points)
13. Glen-mary Christopher 🇨🇦 Canada (242 points)
14. Abby Long 🇺🇸 USA (240 points)
15. Andrew Bryce 🇳🇿 New Zealand (232 points)
16. Ryan Niksch 🇿🇦 South Africa (224 points)
17. Sean McKeown 🇨🇦 Canada (214 points)
17. Julian Chua 🇸🇬 Singapore (214 points)
19. Sean Stewart 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland (207 points)
20. Gord Wallace 🇨🇦 Canada (204 points)
21. Alaska Celtic Pipes & Drums 🇺🇸 USA (201 points)
22. Yao Zongrui 🇸🇬 Singapore (182 points)
22. Brian Gilley 🇺🇸 USA (182 points)
24. Grant Maxwell 🇨🇦 Canada (176 points)
24. Gale Walker 🇨🇦 Canada (176 points)

Colin MacKenzie Memorial Piobaireachd Scholarship Winner — $250 USD scholarship towards his or her piping education.
Ray Flanagan 🇺🇸 USA — The Battle of Auldearn No 1

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

Anthony Song 🇳🇿 New Zealand (age 12 years or younger) — John McColl’s March to Kilbowie Cottage
Zygmunt (Zyggy) Gray 🇦🇺 Australia (age 13 to 14 years) — Allan Dodd's Farewell to Scotland
Connor Eckert 🇺🇸 USA (age 15 to 17 years) — John MacColl's March to Kilbowie Cottage
Friedrich Christiansen 🇺🇸 USA (age 18 to 20 years) — The Siege of Delhi.
Joseph Morrison 🇺🇸 USA (21 and older) — Leaving Glenurquhart

Alastair Gillies Memorial 2/4 March Scholarship Winner — $250 USD scholarship towards his or her piping education.
Zygmunt (Zyggy) Gray 🇦🇺 Australia

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

1. USA 🇺🇸 (4117 points, 178 entries)
2. New Zealand 🇳🇿 (2570 points, 58 entries)
3. Canada 🇨🇦 (2162 points, 69 entries)
4. Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (1533 points, 46 entries)
5. Singapore 🇸🇬 (1212 points, 45 entries)
6. Australia 🇦🇺 (681 points, 26 entries)
7. South Africa 🇿🇦 (296 points, 6 entries)
8. Hong Kong 🇭🇰 (217 points, 7 entries)
9. Germany 🇩🇪 (154 points, 3 entries)
10. Ireland 🇮🇪 (132 points, 7 entries)
11. Belgium 🇧🇪 (126 points, 3 entries)
12. Cyprus 🇨🇾 (112 points, 5 entries)
13. United Kingdom 🇬🇧 (110 points, 7 entries)
14. France 🇫🇷 (56 points, 2 entries)
15. Northern Ireland (32 points, 2 entries)
16. Switzerland 🇨🇭 (25 points, 3 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. St. Andrew's College 🇳🇿 New Zealand (1331 points, 24 entries)
2. 12I Singapore Boys' Brigade Bagpipe Band 🇸🇬 Singapore (1212 points, 43 entries)
3. Northwest Junior Pipe Band 🇺🇸 USA (608 points, 10 entries)
4. Alaska Celtic Pipes & Drums 🇺🇸 USA (511 points, 25 entries)
5. The Bateman's Bay Soldier's Club Pipe Band 🇦🇺 Australia (480 points, 7 entries)
6. Portlethen & District Pipe Band 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland (424 points, 6 entries)
7. Inveraray & District Pipe Band 🇺🇸 USA (414 points, 7 entries)
8. RMM 3 🇨🇦 Canada (383 points, 6 entries)
8. FMM 🇨🇦 Canada (383 points, 6 entries)
10. Highland Granite Pipes & Drums 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland (352 points, 4 entries)
11. Hamilton Caledonian Society Pipe Band 🇳🇿 New Zealand (324 points, 7 entries)
12. Conservatory Pipe Band - Regina 🇨🇦 Canada (264 points, 3 entries)
13. City of Regina Pipe Band 🇨🇦 Canada (242 points, 7 entries)
14. Canterbury Caledonian NZ - Juvenile 🇳🇿 New Zealand (232 points, 3 entries)
15. Cascadia Pipe Band 🇿🇦 South Africa (224 points, 4 entries)
16. Oriental Pipes & Drums 🇭🇰 Hong Kong (217 points, 7 entries)
17. Òrdugh na Gèadh a' Bàsachadh 🇺🇸 USA (189 points, 8 entries)
18. Wellington Red Hackle Pipe Band 🇳🇿 New Zealand (179 points, 11 entries)
19. St. Andrew's College Pipes & Drums 🇨🇦 Canada (176 points, 4 entries)
20. Nutscheid Forest Pipe Band 🇩🇪 Germany (144 points, 2 entries)
21. P&D of CAL FIRE Local 2881 🇺🇸 USA (129 points, 6 entries)
22. Nashville Pipes and Drums 🇺🇸 USA (94 points, 2 entries)
23. Toronto Police Pioe Band 🇨🇦 Canada (88 points, 3 entries)
24. Turlach Ur 🇺🇸 USA (81 points, 2 entries)
24. City of Greenville Pipes and Drums 🇺🇸 USA (81 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. EUSPBA 🇺🇸 USA (1669 points, 69 entries)
2. British Columbia Piper's Association 🇺🇸 USA (1426 points, 30 entries)
3. Pipe Band Association Singapore 🇸🇬 Singapore (1212 points, 43 entries)
4. RSPBA 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland (1105 points, 21 entries)
5. Royal New Zealand Pipe Band Association 🇳🇿 New Zealand (988 points, 25 entries)
5. Piping and Dancing Association of New Zealand 🇨🇦 Canada (988 points, 22 entries)
7. WUSPBA 🇺🇸 USA (731 points, 33 entries)
8. Pipe Bands Australia 🇦🇺 Australia (655 points, 22 entries)
9. PPBSO 🇨🇦 Canada (491 points, 19 entries)
10. Saskatchewan Pipe Band Assocation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland (481 points, 15 entries)
11. C.L.A.S.P. (475 points, 33 entries)
12. Midwest Pipe Band Association 🇺🇸 USA (387 points, 20 entries)
13. Alaska Piping & Drumming Society 🇺🇸 USA (310 points, 22 entries)
14. Alberta Society of Pipers and Drummers 🇨🇦 Canada (274 points, 7 entries)
15. Prairie Pipe Band Association of Manitoba 🇨🇦 Canada (176 points, 2 entries)
16. Bagpipe Association of Germany 🇩🇪 Germany (144 points, 2 entries)
17. Competing Piper's Association 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland (138 points, 9 entries)
18. Pipe Band's Association of South Africa (PBASA) 🇿🇦 South Africa (72 points, 2 entries)
19. Atlantic Canada Pipe Band Association 🇨🇦 Canada (63 points, 3 entries)
20. Sonerion, Bagad Association of Brittany 🇫🇷 France (56 points, 1 entries)
21. PBAS (Switzerland) 🇨🇭 Switzerland (25 points, 3 entries)
22. Victorian Pipers Association 🇦🇺 Australia (16 points, 4 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. Sean McKeown - Canada 🇨🇦 (214 points)
2. Ian K. MacDonald - Canada 🇨🇦 (169 points)
3. John Dew - Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (122 points)
4. James MacHattie - Canada 🇨🇦 (63 points)
5. Ryan Murray - USA 🇺🇸 (54 points)
6. Darran Forrest - Canada 🇨🇦 (25 points)
7. Joe Biggs - Canada 🇨🇦 (20 points)
8. Scott Armstrong - New Zealand 🇳🇿 (16 points)
8. Jack Williamson - USA 🇺🇸 (16 points)

Grade 1 Piping
1. Colin Forrest - Canada 🇨🇦 (358 points)
2. Connor Eckert - USA 🇺🇸 (326 points)
3. Gord Wallace - Canada 🇨🇦 (148 points)
4. Hugh Dowell - USA 🇺🇸 (94 points)
5. Charlie Martin - USA 🇺🇸 (91 points)
6. Eddie Boland - Ireland 🇮🇪 (41 points)
7. Megan Brodie - New Zealand 🇳🇿 (25 points)
8. Stephen Ross - Australia 🇦🇺 (10 points)
8. Ray Flanagan - USA 🇺🇸 (10 points)

Grade 2 Piping
1. Paul Mackay - USA 🇺🇸 (340 points)
2. Phil Nielsen - New Zealand 🇳🇿 (256 points)
3. Abby Long - USA 🇺🇸 (128 points)
4. Graham Durant-Law - Australia 🇦🇺 (102 points)
5. Anthony Kelly - Ireland 🇮🇪 (91 points)
6. Megan Brodie - New Zealand 🇳🇿 (88 points)
7. Raquel MacFarlane - USA 🇺🇸 (63 points)
8. Tommy Burns - USA 🇺🇸 (32 points)
9. Ma Man Lap - Hong Kong 🇭🇰 (25 points)
10. Jürgen Christiansen - USA 🇺🇸 (20 points)
10. Joseph Morrison - USA 🇺🇸 (20 points)

Grade 3 Piping
1. Aiken Madan - USA 🇺🇸 (358 points)
2. Glen-mary Christopher - Canada 🇨🇦 (217 points)
3. Kathryn McEwan - Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (116 points)
4. Martin Johnson - USA 🇺🇸 (96 points)
5. Sam Foote - New Zealand 🇳🇿 (88 points)
6. Manu Brégent - France 🇫🇷 (56 points)
6. Hunter Nichols - USA 🇺🇸 (56 points)
8. Carsten Christiansen - USA 🇺🇸 (54 points)
9. Leon Lee - Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (38 points)
10. Laura McEwan - Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (26 points)

Grade 4 Piping
1. Zygmunt (Zyggy) Gray - Australia 🇦🇺 (336 points)
2. Anthony Song - New Zealand 🇳🇿 (230 points)
3. Sam Foote - New Zealand 🇳🇿 (209 points)
4. Charlie Gregg - New Zealand 🇳🇿 (63 points)
5. Ivan Agarkov - Cyprus 🇨🇾 (56 points)
6. Vickie Gray - Canada 🇨🇦 (48 points)
7. Joe Korber - USA 🇺🇸 (38 points)
7. Heather Davis - USA 🇺🇸 (38 points)
9. Greg Pampling - Australia 🇦🇺 (35 points)
10. William Nicholls - New Zealand 🇳🇿 (25 points)
10. Mike Yearsley - USA 🇺🇸 (25 points)

Grade 5 Piping
1. Sean Stewart - Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (207 points)
2. Brian Gilley - USA 🇺🇸 (182 points)
3. Kane Gordon - New Zealand 🇳🇿 (154 points)
4. Cadell Merritt - New Zealand 🇳🇿 (144 points)
5. Gavin Syme - USA 🇺🇸 (104 points)
6. Nolan Schoenle - USA 🇺🇸 (81 points)
7. Robert Real - USA 🇺🇸 (54 points)
8. Lucas Ang - Singapore 🇸🇬 (50 points)
9. Jan Roberts - USA 🇺🇸 (38 points)
9. Charles Taylor - USA 🇺🇸 (38 points)

Beginner Piping
1. Julian Chua - Singapore 🇸🇬 (214 points)
2. Yao Zongrui - Singapore 🇸🇬 (182 points)
3. Erwin Verheyen - Belgium 🇧🇪 (126 points)
4. Ian Lothian - New Zealand 🇳🇿 (88 points)
5. Todd Schroeder - USA 🇺🇸 (81 points)
5. Bryan Wuest - USA 🇺🇸 (81 points)
7. Joel Dorning - USA 🇺🇸 (56 points)
7. David Arrotta - USA 🇺🇸 (56 points)
9. George Hah - Singapore 🇸🇬 (25 points)
10. Charles F. Eyler III - USA 🇺🇸 (20 points)

Open/Professional Side
1. Grant Maxwell - Canada 🇨🇦 (176 points)

Grade 1 Side
1. Tommi McAndrew - Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (160 points)
2. Kes Kunze - Germany 🇩🇪 (144 points)
3. Jamie Cockburn - Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (132 points)
4. Timothy Dent - New Zealand 🇳🇿 (88 points)
4. Cameron W. MacDonald - Canada 🇨🇦 (88 points)

Grade 2 Side
1. Tommi McAndrew - Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (264 points)
2. Brendan Soh Heng Yi - Singapore 🇸🇬 (119 points)
3. Chris Minnis - USA 🇺🇸 (94 points)
4. Donovan Nelson - South Africa 🇿🇦 (72 points)
5. Ken Decker - USA 🇺🇸 (48 points)
6. Stuart walker - Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (25 points)

Grade 3 Side
1. Daniel Liu - New Zealand 🇳🇿 (232 points)
2. Eric Sennett - USA 🇺🇸 (94 points)
3. Ma Man Lap - Hong Kong 🇭🇰 (88 points)
4. Tilak Manu - Singapore 🇸🇬 (38 points)

Grade 4 Side
1. Daniel Liu - New Zealand 🇳🇿 (264 points)
2. Christine Christiansen - USA 🇺🇸 (72 points)
3. Aarya Madan - USA 🇺🇸 (63 points)
4. Dean wallis - Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (56 points)
4. Andrew Bryce - New Zealand 🇳🇿 (56 points)
6. Brian Kee - USA 🇺🇸 (38 points)
7. Linda Kraft - Canada 🇨🇦 (35 points)
8. Tilak Manu - Singapore 🇸🇬 (16 points)

Grade 5 Side
1. Andrew Bryce - New Zealand 🇳🇿 (176 points)
2. Tilak Manu - Singapore 🇸🇬 (56 points)
3. Matthew Chacko - Singapore 🇸🇬 (38 points)

Beginner Side
1. Ewan Christopher - Canada 🇨🇦 (264 points)
2. Matthew Chacko - Singapore 🇸🇬 (119 points)
2. Chen Taihe - Singapore 🇸🇬 (119 points)
4. Kyler Poo - Singapore 🇸🇬 (94 points)

Grade 1 Tenor
1. Erin McRobbie - Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (176 points)
2. Ryan Niksch - South Africa 🇿🇦 (112 points)
3. Christine Christiansen - USA 🇺🇸 (76 points)

Grade 2 Tenor
1. Erin McRobbie - Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (176 points)
2. Ryan Niksch - South Africa 🇿🇦 (112 points)

Grade 3 Tenor
1. Gale Walker - Canada 🇨🇦 (88 points)

Intermediate Bass
1. Gale Walker - Canada 🇨🇦 (88 points)

Novice Bass
1. Yuen Ka Ming - Hong Kong 🇭🇰 (88 points)

Band Events
1. Alaska Celtic Pipes & Drums - USA 🇺🇸 (113 points)
2. 12I Singapore Boys' Brigade Bagpipe Band 1 - Singapore 🇸🇬 (88 points)
3. Robert Real and Ivan Agarkov - Cyprus 🇨🇾 (56 points)
3. Hamilton Boys' High School Junior Pipe Band - New Zealand 🇳🇿 (56 points)
5. 12I Singapore Boys' Brigade Bagpipe Band 2 - Singapore 🇸🇬 (38 points)