Gordon McCready from Renfrew in Scotland won the overall Professional category at the Pipers & Pipe Band Society of Ontario (PPBSO) fifth and final online event of 2021.
This competition may – may – well prove to be the last big solo piping competition, in Canada and elsewhere, to be held online.
The Cobourg Scottish Festival takes place next month (September 11) but will be a live, in-person competition in Ontario since the start of the pandemic.
Colin MacLellan of Edinburgh, pictured, won the ceòl mòr competition with a 23-minute performance of Lament for the Harp Tree. The veteran piper and Senior Judge also notched a fourth in the Hornpipe & Jig.
• Watch Colin’s performance, below:
Ian K. Macdonald of Whitby, Ontario, who was on a winning streak in the PPBDO’s previous online contests, won the MSR and placed second overall.
Fergus Highland Games marks its 75th anniversary this year.
Results:
Professional
Ceòl Mòr – 1.Colin MacLellan; 2. Gordon McCready; 3. Ian K. MacDonald; 4. Bobby Durning, Boston, USA; 5. Alastair Murray, Pittsburgh, USA; 6. Andrew Hall, London.
Judge: Dr. Jack Taylor.
MSR – Ian K. MacDonald; 2. Gordon McCready; 3. Daniel Carr, Collingwood, Ontario; 4. Bobby Durning; 5. Tyler Bridge; 6. Sean McKeown, Toronto, Ontario.
Judge: Bill Livingstone.
Hornpipe & Jig – 1. Gordon McCready; 2. Ian K. MacDonald; 3. Tyler Bridge; 4. Colin MacLellan; 5. Dan Lyden, Maryland, USA; 6. Daniel Carr.
Judge: Andrew Berthoff.
Senior Amateur Ceòl Mòr – 1. Caleb Thibodeau; 2. Charles David Mitchell; 3. Mark McClennan; 4. Kate Runciman; 5. Laura Ann Mullin; 6. Jazz Kersell.
Judge: Bob Worrall.
Grade 1
MSR – Joseph Biggs; 2. Jessica Bain; 3. Laura Ann Mullin; 4. Caleb Thibodeau; 5. Mark McClennan; 6. Thomas Bruce.
Judge: Alan Clark.
Freestyle – 1. Joseph Biggs; 2. Laura Ann Mullin; 3. Mark McClennan; 4. Jessica Bain; 5. Charles David Mitchell; 6. Caleb Thibodeau.
Judge: Michael MacDonald.
Intermediate Amateur Ceòl Mòr – 1. Joseph Biggs; 2. Andrew Hill; 3. Joseph Fischer; 4. Sean Burgess; 5. Caleb MacPherson; 6. David Campbell.
Judge: Brian Williamson.
Grade 2
March – 1. Sean Burgess; 2. Ron Graham; 3. Andy Moore; 4. Kathleen Lasseter; 5. Andrew Hill; 6. James Doucette.
Judge: Michael Grey.
Strathspey & Reel – 1. Sean Burgess; 2. Andrew Hill; 3. James Doucette; 4. Kathleen Lasseter; 5. Ron Graham; 6. Gil Mason.
Judge: John Cairns.
6/8 March – 1. Andrew Hill; 2. Sean Burgess; 3. Andy Moore; 4. James Doucette; 5. Kathleen Lasseter; 6. Gil Mason.
Judge: Peter Sinclair.
Junior Amateur Ceòl Mòr – 1. Zachary Dwyer; 2. Trent Harris; 3. Ray Cai 4. Kathleen Lasseter; 5. Evan McConkey; 6. Robert Miller.
Judge: Jim McGillivray.
Grade 3
March – 1. Adam Walker; 2. Ray Cai; 3. Zachary Dwyer; 4. David Brown; 5. Hart Greenwood; 6. Sid Baker.
Judge: Heather Purvis.
Strathspey & Reel – 1. Caleb MacPherson; 2. Adam Walker; 3. Drew Marshall; 4. David Brown; 5. Zachary Dwyer; 6. Trent Harris.
Judge: Jock Elliott.
Novice Ceòl Mòr
– 1. Kaiden Sabbadin; 2. Joanne Drury; 3. Lou Lanaro; 4. Sheila Stewart; 5. Scout Adams; 6. Stephen Marshall.
Judge: Glenna MacKay-Johnstone.
Grade 4
March
– 1. Alec MacDonald; 2. Sheila Stewart; 3. Kaiden Sabbadin; 4. William Scannell; 5. Glen Jorgensen; 6. Aubre Scott.
Judge: Eddie Gorman.
Grade 5
March – 1. Iain Lynch; 2. Mia MacInnes; 3. Elina Richards; 4. Gordon Tait; 5. Joanne Drury; 6. Jim Arthur.
Judge: Ross Brown.
Practice Chanter
March – 1. Zoe Smith; 2. Jack Thomson; 3. Christine Proulx; 4. Matteo Munro.
Judge: Peter Sinclair.
