Updated: Toronto Police: Canadian Champions

Hamilton, Ontario – June 24, 2006 – The Toronto Police won the Canadian Pipe Band Championships on a warm and brilliantly sunny day at Ancaster Fairgrounds. The Niagara Regional Police took Grade 2. Andrew Hayes of Ottawa won the overall in the Professional solo piping.

Grade 1 (medley, three competed)
1st Toronto Police (1,2,1,1)
2nd Scottish Lion-78th Fraser Highlanders (2,1,2,2)
3rd Peel Regional Police (3,3,3,3)
Drumming: Toronto Police
Best Bass: 78th Frasers
Judges: R. Worrall, K. Eller (piping); A. Savage (drumming); A. Berthoff (ensemble)

Grade 2 (MSR, three competed)
1st Niagara Regional Police (1,1,2,2)
2nd Glengarry (2,2,1,1)
3rd McNaughton Highlanders (3,3,3,3)
Drumming: Glengarry
Best Bass: Glengarry
Judges: R. Worrall, K. Eller (piping); A. Savage (drumming); A. Berthoff (ensemble)

Grade 3 (medley)
1st Hamilton Police
2nd 400 Squadron
3rd Windsor Police
4th Durham Regional Police
5th Rob Roy
Drumming: Hamilton
Judges: P. Sinclair, S. Williams (piping); C. Barr (drumming); J. McGillivray (ensemble)

Professional Solo Piping
Piobaireachd
1st Colin Clansey, Ottawa
2nd Andrew Hayes
3rd James MacHattie, Toronto
4th Ian K. MacDonald, Whitby, Ontario
5th Lionel Tupman, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario
Judge: R. Worrall

March
1st Ian K. MacDonald
2nd Andrew Hayes
3rd Michael Grey, Dundas, Ontario
4th James MacHattie
5th Lionel Tupman
Judge: R. Worrall

Strathspey & Reel
1st Andrew Hayes
2nd Colin Clansey
3rd James MacHattie
4th Lionel Tupman
5th Michael Grey
Judge: K. Eller

Jig
1st Lionel Tupman
2nd Ian K. MacDonald
3rd James MacHattie
4th Andrew Hayes
5th Michael Grey
Judge: J. McGillivray

Professional Solo Drumming
MSR
1st Ian Madeiros
2nd Daniel Bist
3rd Mitchell MacKay

HP&J
1st Mitchell MacKay
2nd Ian Madeiros
3rd Craig Stewart

p|d

What do you think? We always want to hear from our readers, so please use our comment system to provide your thoughts!

Do you have competition results? Be sure to send them to pipes|drums. We can’t report what we don’t know about! Please remember to support the businesses that advertise and make the not-for-profit p|d possible.