Winchester gains momentum

Winchester, Ontario – May 13, 2006 – The relatively new Winchester Indoor Games drew an event-record 14 pipe bands and increased solo piping and drumming entries.

Bands
Grade 2
1st Glengarry

Grade 3
1st Rob Roy

Grade 4
1st Arnprior-McNab
2nd Glengarry (Gr 4)
3rd Cameron Highlanders

Grade 5
1st Rob Roy (Gr 5)
2nd Smiths Falls Gordons
3rd 413 Wing AFAC

Solo Piping

Open Amateur: Piobaireachd: 1st Jonathan Verrett, 2nd Will Ridley, 3rd Karrie McLeod. March: 1st Allie MacDonald, 2nd Andrew Killick, 3rd Will Ridley. Strathspey & Reel: 1st Will Ridley, 2nd Jonathan Verrett, 3rd Andrew Killick. Hornpipe & Jig: 1st Andrew Killick, 2nd Will Ridley, 3rd Karrie McLeod

Grade 3: March: 1st Grant McDougall, 2nd Andrew Munro, 3rd Chris Grenke. S&R: 1st Andrew Munro, 2nd Grant McDougall, 3rd Dan Cameron

Grade 4: 1st William MacNeill, 2nd Erin Bell, 3rd Robert Fournier

Grade 5: 1st Liam Melville, 2nd Eric Kilpatrick, 3rd Vanessa Morin-Nappert

Practice Chanter: 1st Justin Reid, 2nd Eric Noden, 3rd Emily Rose

Novice Piobaireachd: 1st Nicole Lacasse, 2nd Scott Cameron, 3rd Douglas Heyland

Age 40-plus: 1st Allan Walker, 2nd Dan Cameron

Solo drumming

Open Amateur: 1st Robert MacLeod, 2nd Iain Cleaton, 3rd Brendan Kelly

Grade 3: 1st Devon Roberts, 2nd Doug Crowe, 3rd Iain Bell

Grade 4: 1st Ian McIntosh, 2nd Jordan Duval, 3rd Tom MacKenzie

Grade 5: 1st Troy Hamstra, 2nd Bob Smith, 3rd Billy Creber

Drum Pad: 1st Nick Desjardins, 2nd Adam Harrison, 3rd Shawn Sholea

Amy Garson, Brian Williamson and Hugh Goldie were the piping judges and Neil Birkett judged all of the drumming.

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