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Summer 2022 World Online Piping & Drumming Championships 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. Daniel Liu 🇳🇿 New Zealand (496 points)
2. Connor Eckert 🇺🇸 USA (440 points)
3. Michael Cox 🇨🇦 Canada (396 points)
4. Sam Foote 🇳🇿 New Zealand (369 points)
5. Zygmunt (Zyggy) Gray 🇦🇺 Australia (354 points)
6. Hollie Chalmers 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland (314 points)
7. Erin McRobbie 🇬🇧 United Kingdom (288 points)
8. Glen-mary Christopher 🇨🇦 Canada (286 points)
9. Leland Reid 🇺🇸 USA (270 points)
10. Jack Watson 🇦🇺 Australia (268 points)
11. Charlie Martin 🇺🇸 USA (262 points)
12. Ken Maclean 🇦🇺 Australia (245 points)
13. Kurtis Bryden 🇨🇦 Canada (244 points)
14. Phil Nielsen 🇳🇿 New Zealand (236 points)
15. Ryan Niksch 🇿🇦 South Africa (232 points)
15. Nicholas Barber 🇦🇺 Australia (232 points)
15. Joel Dorning 🇺🇸 USA (232 points)
15. Craig McKenzie 🇦🇺 Australia (232 points)
19. Bryan Wuest 🇺🇸 USA (225 points)
20. Kathryn McEwan 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland (202 points)
21. John Dew 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland (201 points)
22. Sean Stewart 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland (186 points)
23. Ray Flanagan 🇺🇸 USA (182 points)
23. Kane Gordon 🇳🇿 New Zealand (182 points)
25. Robert Real 🇺🇸 USA (178 points)

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
Sam Foote 🇳🇿 New Zealand (age 13 to 14 years) — Kantara to El Arish
Connor Eckert 🇺🇸 USA (age 15 to 17 years) — John MacDonald of Glencoe
Friedrich Christiansen 🇺🇸 USA (age 18 to 20 years) — The Siege of Delhi.
Glen-mary Christopher 🇨🇦 Canada (21 and older) — Hugh Kennedy

P/M Alasdair Gillies Memorial 2/4 March Scholarship Winner — $250 USD scholarship towards his or her piping education.
Sam Foote 🇳🇿 New Zealand

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

1. USA 🇺🇸 (4327 points, 156 entries)
2. New Zealand 🇳🇿 (1761 points, 36 entries)
3. Canada 🇨🇦 (1726 points, 39 entries)
4. Australia 🇦🇺 (1683 points, 35 entries)
5. Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (1124 points, 29 entries)
6. United Kingdom 🇬🇧 (288 points, 7 entries)
7. Northern Ireland (248 points, 6 entries)
8. South Africa 🇿🇦 (232 points, 3 entries)
9. England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 (183 points, 10 entries)
10. Spain 🇪🇸 (104 points, 4 entries)
11. Italy 🇮🇹 (88 points, 1 entries)
12. Hong Kong 🇭🇰 (38 points, 1 entries)
13. Singapore 🇸🇬 (25 points, 1 entries)
14. Germany 🇩🇪 (16 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 (1176 points, 21 entries)
2. Hamilton Caledonian Pipe Band 🇳🇿 New Zealand (572 points, 11 entries)
3. City of Dunedin Pipe Band 🇺🇸 USA (440 points, 5 entries)
4. Alaska Celtic Pipes & Drums 🇺🇸 USA (423 points, 22 entries)
5. MacMillan Pipe Band 🇺🇸 USA (364 points, 6 entries)
6. Turriff & District Pipe Band 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland (314 points, 5 entries)
7. Highland Granite Pipes and Drums 🇬🇧 United Kingdom (288 points, 4 entries)
8. City of Regina Pipe Band 🇨🇦 Canada (286 points, 6 entries)
9. City of Melbourne Highland Pipe Band 🇦🇺 Australia (268 points, 5 entries)
10. Pipes & Drums of CAL FIRE L2881 🇺🇸 USA (262 points, 5 entries)
11. St. Mary's Pipe Band 🇦🇺 Australia (245 points, 8 entries)
12. Clan Thompson Pipe Band 🇨🇦 Canada (244 points, 8 entries)
13. Keith Highlanders Pipe Band 🇿🇦 South Africa (232 points, 3 entries)
14. City of Greenville Pipes and Drums 🇺🇸 USA (225 points, 6 entries)
15. Inveraray and District Pipe Band 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland (201 points, 3 entries)
16. Tullylagan Northern Ireland (182 points, 3 entries)
16. Great Lakes Pipe Band 🇺🇸 USA (182 points, 3 entries)
18. Steel Valley Pipes & Drums 🇺🇸 USA (176 points, 2 entries)
18. LCC Southern Cross Pipes and Drums 🇦🇺 Australia (176 points, 2 entries)
20. The College of Piping Pipe Band 🇨🇦 Canada (132 points, 3 entries)
21. Peel Regional Police PB 🇨🇦 Canada (94 points, 2 entries)
21. Kern County pipe band 🇺🇸 USA (94 points, 5 entries)
23. Wake and District Pipe Band 🇺🇸 USA (88 points, 1 entries)
23. Salt Lake Scots 🇺🇸 USA (88 points, 1 entries)
23. Midlothian Scottish, Jimmy Enright Sr. Memorial Pipe Band 🇺🇸 USA (88 points, 1 entries)

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

1. Pipe Bands Australia 🇦🇺 Australia (1271 points, 26 entries)
2. EUSPBA 🇺🇸 USA (1216 points, 52 entries)
3. Piping and Dancing Association of New Zealand 🇳🇿 New Zealand (1073 points, 26 entries)
4. WUSPBA 🇺🇸 USA (1052 points, 33 entries)
5. RSPBA 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland (1015 points, 26 entries)
6. Midwest Pipe Band Association 🇨🇦 Canada (486 points, 23 entries)
7. CLASP 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland (476 points, 16 entries)
8. PPBSO 🇨🇦 Canada (414 points, 13 entries)
9. British Columbia Piper's Association 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland (408 points, 8 entries)
10. Atlantic Canada Pipe Band Association 🇨🇦 Canada (376 points, 10 entries)
11. Competing Piper's Association 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland (324 points, 9 entries)
12. Saskatchewan Pipe Band Assocation 🇨🇦 Canada (302 points, 7 entries)
13. Victorian Pipers Association 🇦🇺 Australia (232 points, 5 entries)
14. Royal New Zealand Pipe Band Association 🇳🇿 New Zealand (192 points, 4 entries)
15. RSPBANI Northern Ireland (38 points, 1 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. John Dew - Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (201 points)
2. Dr Brendon Eade - New Zealand 🇳🇿 (154 points)
3. James MacHattie - Canada 🇨🇦 (132 points)
4. Jack Williamson - USA 🇺🇸 (66 points)
5. Lachie Dick - Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (57 points)
6. Scott Armstrong - New Zealand 🇳🇿 (38 points)
7. Laura Mullin - Canada 🇨🇦 (25 points)
8. Aidan Bowen - Canada 🇨🇦 (16 points)
9. Alastair Murray - Northern Ireland (10 points)

Grade 1 Piping
1. Connor Eckert - USA 🇺🇸 (352 points)
2. Charlie Martin - USA 🇺🇸 (262 points)
3. Ray Flanagan - USA 🇺🇸 (182 points)
4. Laura Mullin - Canada 🇨🇦 (38 points)
5. Sid Baker - Canada 🇨🇦 (25 points)
5. Friedrich Christiansen - USA 🇺🇸 (25 points)

Grade 2 Piping
1. Phil Nielsen - New Zealand 🇳🇿 (236 points)
2. Kurtis Bryden - Canada 🇨🇦 (163 points)
3. Craig McKenzie - Australia 🇦🇺 (151 points)
4. Joseph Morrison - USA 🇺🇸 (144 points)
5. Leland Reid - USA 🇺🇸 (126 points)
6. Raúl Peinado - Spain 🇪🇸 (104 points)
7. Michael Supples - USA 🇺🇸 (88 points)
8. Ken Maclean - Australia 🇦🇺 (56 points)
9. Jürgen Christiansen - USA 🇺🇸 (51 points)

Grade 3 Piping
1. Kathryn McEwan - Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (202 points)
2. Glen-mary Christopher - Canada 🇨🇦 (198 points)
3. Nicholas Barber - Australia 🇦🇺 (194 points)
4. Ken Maclean - Australia 🇦🇺 (151 points)
5. Martin Johnson - USA 🇺🇸 (107 points)
6. Laura McEwan - England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 (88 points)
7. Philip Duthie - England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 (63 points)
8. Craig McKenzie - Australia 🇦🇺 (56 points)
9. Lee McLeod - USA 🇺🇸 (54 points)
10. Carsten Christiansen - USA 🇺🇸 (20 points)

Grade 4 Piping
1. Zygmunt (Zyggy) Gray - Australia 🇦🇺 (298 points)
2. Sam Foote - New Zealand 🇳🇿 (281 points)
3. Jack Watson - Australia 🇦🇺 (230 points)
4. Keith Richards - USA 🇺🇸 (76 points)
4. Callum Ross - Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (76 points)
6. Charlie Gregg - New Zealand 🇳🇿 (54 points)
7. Anthony Song - New Zealand 🇳🇿 (50 points)
8. Chris Zaleski - USA 🇺🇸 (38 points)
9. Maureen Moore - USA 🇺🇸 (26 points)
10. Bronwyn Heywood - England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 (16 points)

Grade 5 Piping
1. Sean Stewart - Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (176 points)
2. Robert Real - USA 🇺🇸 (162 points)
3. Kane Gordon - New Zealand 🇳🇿 (144 points)
4. Charles Taylor - USA 🇺🇸 (126 points)
5. Brian Gilley - USA 🇺🇸 (112 points)
6. Bryan Wuest - USA 🇺🇸 (63 points)
7. Kate Gordon - Canada 🇨🇦 (56 points)
7. Brendan Tighe - USA 🇺🇸 (56 points)
9. Vicki Heller - USA 🇺🇸 (41 points)
10. Jan Roberts - USA 🇺🇸 (38 points)
10. Andrew mcilwaine - Northern Ireland (38 points)

Beginner Piping
1. Joel Dorning - USA 🇺🇸 (232 points)
2. Bryan Wuest - USA 🇺🇸 (162 points)
3. Todd Schroeder - USA 🇺🇸 (142 points)
4. Sophie Bird - Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (88 points)
4. Isla McLean - Northern Ireland (88 points)
6. Luke Caskey - Northern Ireland (56 points)
7. Daem Fahimi - New Zealand 🇳🇿 (38 points)

Open/Professional Side
1. Grant Maxwell - Canada 🇨🇦 (176 points)
2. Harvey Dawson - Canada 🇨🇦 (94 points)
2. Alex Kuldell - USA 🇺🇸 (94 points)
4. Hollie Chalmers - Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (50 points)

Grade 1 Side
1. Hollie Chalmers - Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (264 points)
2. Aidan Hogan - Canada 🇨🇦 (150 points)
3. Gary Wray - Northern Ireland (56 points)

Grade 2 Side
1. Giorgia Di Girolamo - Italy 🇮🇹 (88 points)

Grade 3 Side
1. Daniel Liu - New Zealand 🇳🇿 (232 points)
2. Timothy Sellars - USA 🇺🇸 (88 points)
3. Eric Sennett - USA 🇺🇸 (56 points)
4. Ron Flanagan - USA 🇺🇸 (38 points)

Grade 4 Side
1. Daniel Liu - New Zealand 🇳🇿 (264 points)
2. Michael Cox - Canada 🇨🇦 (132 points)
3. Christopher Welch - USA 🇺🇸 (81 points)
4. Eric Sennett - USA 🇺🇸 (56 points)
5. Christine Christiansen - USA 🇺🇸 (35 points)
6. Linda Kraft - Canada 🇨🇦 (16 points)
6. Chantaille Buczynski - Canada 🇨🇦 (16 points)

Grade 5 Side
1. Michael Cox - Canada 🇨🇦 (264 points)
2. Chantaille Buczynski - Canada 🇨🇦 (56 points)

Grade 1 Tenor
1. Erin McRobbie - United Kingdom 🇬🇧 (144 points)
2. Christine Christiansen - USA 🇺🇸 (94 points)
3. Ryan Niksch - South Africa 🇿🇦 (88 points)

Grade 2 Tenor
1. Ryan Niksch - South Africa 🇿🇦 (144 points)
1. Erin McRobbie - United Kingdom 🇬🇧 (144 points)

Grade 3 Tenor
1. Lexie Shaw - Australia 🇦🇺 (176 points)

Grade 4 Tenor
1. Rowan Shaw - Australia 🇦🇺 (88 points)

Grade 5 Tenor
1. Rowan Shaw - Australia 🇦🇺 (88 points)

Band Events
1. Stephen Holter and Sam Holter - USA 🇺🇸 (176 points)
2. Kern County Pipe Band - USA 🇺🇸 (94 points)
2. Alaska Celtic Pipes & Drums - USA 🇺🇸 (94 points)
4. Pipes & Drums Of The Boys' Brigade, 60th Singapore Company (Raffles Institution) - Singapore 🇸🇬 (25 points)

Intermediate Bass
1. William Gunn - USA 🇺🇸 (88 points)

Novice Bass
1. Mary Thrasher - USA 🇺🇸 (88 points)