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World Pipe Band Championships 2025 Results

The 2025 World Pipe Band Championships was held at Glasgow Green on the 15th and 16th August 2025.  Grade 1 consisted of four events held over two days.

Grade 1 

Overall Result

1st Inveraray & District (Scotland)

2nd Field Marshal Montgomery (Northern Ireland)

3rd Shotts & Dykehead Caledonia (Scotland)

4th Simon Fraser University (Canada)

5th Police Scotland Fife (Scotland)

6th Peoples Ford Boghall & Bathgate Caledonia (Scotland)

7th St Laurence O’Toole (Ireland)

8th ScottishPower (Scotland)

9th Manawatu Scottish  (New Zealand)

10th Ravara

11th 78th Fraser Highlanders (Canada)

12th St. Thomas Alumni (USA)

13th Johnstone (Scotland)

14th Closkelt (Northern Ireland)

Drumming: Inveraray & District (Scotland)

Full results will appear here: https://rspba.org/results/bands/contests/2025-world-championships-glasgow/

The Piobaireachd Society has announced the set tunes for 2026 competitions. The can be found here: https://www.piobaireachd.co.uk/set-tunes-archives

Glenfiddich Piping Championship 2025 Results

Overall winner: Stuart Liddell

Piobaireachd
1st Alan Bevan, “The Daughter’s Lament”

2nd Nick Hudson, “Craigellachie”

3rd Stuart Liddell, “The Unjust Incarceration”

4th Callum Beaumont, “Nameless – cherede darievea”

5th Brodie Watson-Massey, “Lord Lovat’s Lament”
Judges: Patricia Henderson, Dr. Angus MacDonald, Jack Taylor

MSR
1st Callum Beaumont, “Mrs. Duncan MacFadyen,” “Inveraray Castle,” “The Little Cascade”

2nd Stuart Liddell, “The Duke of Roxburgh,” “Glentruim,” “The Highlanders’ Institute”

3rd Finlay Johnston, “Inveran,” “The Islay Ball,” The Smith of Chillichassie”

4th Nick Hudson, “Parker’s Welcome to Perthshire,” “Pipe-Major Hector MacLean,” “The Sheepwife”

5th Alan Bevan, “The Abercairney Highlanders,” “Blair Drummond,” “John Morrison, Assynt House”

Judges: Peter Hunt, Iain MacFadyen, Jim McGillivray