Maxville, Ontario – August 2, 2008 – The Scottish Lion 78th Fraser Highlanders won the North American Championship under testing conditions with monsoon-like rain interrupting the afternoon pipe band events. Hamilton Police won Grade 2. Bruce Gandy won Piper of the Day honours. The massed bands had to be cancelled and the prizes were awarded in the hockey arena on the grounds at about 8 pm.

Grade 1 (seven competed)
Overall
1st Scottish Lion 78th Fraser Highlanders (click here to listen to MP3 of MSR performance)
2nd Toronto Police
3rd Peel Regional Police (click here to listen to MP3 of MSR performance)
4th Dowco Triumph Street (click here to listen to MP3 of MSR performance)
5th 78th Highlanders (Halifax Citadel)
6th Windsor Police
7th Oran Mor
Drumming: Toronto Police
Best Bass: SL78FH

Medley
1st SL78FH (1,1,1,1)
2nd Toronto Police (3,3,2,5)
3rd Dowco Triumph Street (2,4,5,3)
4th Peel Regional Police (5,5,3,2)
5th Windsor Police (4,6,4,4)
6th 78th Highlanders (Halifax Citadel) (6,2,6,6)
7th Oran Mor (7,7,7,7)
Judges: Ed Neigh, Bob MacCrimmon (piping); Mike Hunter (drumming); Jim Baxter (ensemble)

MSR
1st SL78FH (1,1,3,1)
2nd Toronto Police (2,2,1,2)
3rd Peel Regional Police (4,5,2,3)
4th 78th Highlanders (Halifax Citadel) (3,4,5,4)
5th Dowco Triumph Street (5,3,6,5)
6th Windsor Police (7,6,4,6)
7th Oran Mor (6,7,7,7)
Judges: Sandy Keith, Ken Eller (piping); Greg Dinsdale (drumming); Reay Mackay (ensemble)

Grade 2 (eight competed)
Overall
1st Hamilton Police
2nd Niagara Regional Police (click here to listen to MP3 of Medley performance)
3rd St. Andrew's Society of Winnipeg (click here to listen to MP3 of Medley performance)
4th Glengarry
5th Fredericton Society of St Andrew
6th New Westminster Police
7th Dartmouth & District
8th City of Regina
Drumming: Niagara Police
Best Bass: Winnipeg

Medley
1st Niagara Regional Police (2,1,1,2)
2nd Hamilton Police (1,3,3,4)
3rd St. Andrew's Society of Winnipeg (4,2,2,3)
4th Fredericton Society of St. Andrew (6,4,4,1)
5th Dartmouth & District 3,5,7,6)
6th New Westminster Police (5,7,5,7)
7th Glengarry (8,6,6,5)
8th City of Regina (7,8,8,8)
Judges: Sandy Keith, Ken Eller (piping); Greg Dinsdale (drumming); Reay Mackay (ensemble)

MSR
1st Hamilton Police (3,2,2,3)
2nd Glengarry (2,3,5,1)
3rd St. Andrew's Society of Winnipeg (1,1,7,4)
4th Niagara Regional Police (7,4,1,2)
5th New Westminster Police (6,5,3,5)
6th Fredericton Society of St. Andrew (4,8,4,6)
7th Dartmouth & District (5,6,6,7)
8th City of Regina (8,7,8,8)
Judges: Ed Neigh, Bob MacCrimmon (piping); Mike Hunter (drumming); Jim Baxter (ensemble)

Grade 3 (14 competed)
1st St Thomas Episcopal School (1,3,2,2)
2nd Westminster (3,4,1,1)
3rd 400 Squadron (4,1,9,5)
4th Durham Regional Police (5,6,5,4)
5th College of Piping – PEI (6,5,4,6)
6th Scotia-Glenville (2,2,12,9)
7th Toronto Police (Gr3) (7,8,3,3)
8th Mohawk Valley Frasers (10,7,6,7)
9th Ulster Scottish (8,10,8,11)
10th Georgetown (11,11,7,10)
11th Capital Region Celtic (9,14,10,8)
12th Lehigh Valley (12,9,11,12)
13th Black Watch of Canada (13,12,13,14)
14th Arnprior-MacNab (14,13,14,13)
Drumming: Westminster
Best Bass: St. Thomas Episcopal School
Judges: Brian Williamson, Rene Cusson (piping); Hugh Cameron (drumming); Geoff Neigh (ensemble)

Grade 4 (23 competed)

Professional Solo Piping (19 competed)
Piobaireachd
1st Bruce Gandy
2nd Andy Rogers, Fredericton, New Brunswick
3rd Ian K. MacDonald, Whitby, Ontario
4th James MacHattie, Toronto
5th Andrew Hayes, Ottawa
Judge: Iain Macey

Glengarry MSR (18 competed)
1st Ian K. MacDonald, "P-M John Stewart," "John Roy Stewart," "Mrs. MacPherson of Inveran"
2nd Ben McClamrock, Baltimore
3rd Bruce Gandy
4th Andrew Hayes
5th Andy Rogers
Judge: Andrew Berthoff

March
1st Bruce Gandy
2nd Ian K. MacDonald
3rd James MacHattie
4th Andy Rogers
5th Michael Grey, Dundas, Ontario
Judge: Reay Mackay

Strathspey & Reel
1st Ian K. MacDonald
2nd Bruce Gandy
3rd Andrew Hayes
4th Lyric Todkill, Houston
5th Michael Grey
Judge: Ed Neigh

Jig
1st Bruce Gandy
2nd Ian K. MacDonald
3rd Andrew Hayes
4th Andy Rogers
5th Sean McKeown, Toronto
Judge: John Cairns

Professional Solo Snare Drumming
MSR
1st Graham Brown, Milton, Ontario
2nd Chris Barr
3rd Ian Madeiros, Toronto
4th Mitchell MacKay
5th Jeremy Keddy
Judge: Jim Baxter

Hornpipe & Jig
1st Aaron Carter, Fredericton, New Brunswick
2nd Graham Brown
3rd Glenn Neil
4th Ian Madeiros
5th Sandy McKail
Judge: Greg Dinsdale