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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 2024 Results

Overall winner: Callum Beaumont

Piobaireachd
1st Stuart Liddell, “The Unjust Incarceration”
2nd Finlay Johnston, Milngavie, Scotland, “Donald Gruamach’s March”
3rd Callum Beaumont, “Lament for Donald Ban MacCrimmon”
4th Nick Hudson, Houston, “Lament for the Laird of Anapool”
5th Alan Bevan, Abbotsford, British Columbia, “In Praise of Morag”
Judges: Ian Duncan, Murray Henderson, John Wilson

MSR (repeat each tune)
1st Callum Beaumont, “Mrs. Duncan MacFadyen,” “Inveraray Castle,” “Bessie McIntyre”
2nd Alasdair Henderson, Edinburgh, “Donald MacLellan of Rothesay,” “Bob of Fettercairn,” “The Sheepwife”
3rd Nick Hudson, “Parker’s Welcome to Perthshire,” “Kirstie McCalman’s Favourite,” “Drumlithie”
4th Chris Armstrong, Glasgow, “The Lochaber Gathering,” “The Bob of Fettercairn” (six-part John Wilson [Edinburgh/Toronto] arrangement), “Willie Murray’s”
5th Stuart Liddell, “Bonnie Ann,” “John Roy Stewart,” “John Morrison, Assynt House”
Judges: Angus MacDonald (Skye), Iain MacFadyen, Richard Parkes