Callum Beaumont wins 2025 Captain John A. MacLellan MBE Memorial

Sandy Cameron of Roybridge, Scotland, was the overall A-Grade winner, taking the Army School of Bagpipe Music & Highland Drumming Memorial Trophy, and the aggregate C-Grade winner was Glasgow’s Peter MacKay, who received a set of Duncan MacRae pipes donated by McCallum Bagpipes. MacKay also won on his better result in the Piobaireachd.

The event was held at the Army School of Bagpipe Music & Highland Drumming in Inchdrewer House, and 90 pipers competed. The competition complements the Captain John A. MaClellan Memorial Medal Recital-Competition, normally held about a month earlier.

Premier Grade
Piobaireachd
1st Callum Beaumont, “Craigellachie” (£300 and the Capt. John MacLellan Gold Medal)
2nd Willie McCallum, “The Edinburgh Piobaireachd” (£240)
3rd Finlay Johnston, Glasgow, “MacLeod of MacLeod’s Lament” (£200)
Judges: Alan Forbes, Murray Henderson

MSR
1st Sarah Muir, Glasgow (£190 and the Capt. John MacLellan Piper Statue)
2nd Finlay Johnston (£160)
3rd Willie McCallum (£130)
4th Callum Beaumont (£110)
Judges: Barry Donaldson, Derek Fraser

Open Hornpipe & Jig
1st Sarah Muir (£150 and the Robert L. Kilgour Trophy)
2nd Brodie Watson-Massey, Edinburgh (£130)
3rd Willie McCallum (£110)
4th Gordon Bruce, Kilwinning, Scotland (£90)
5th Calum Watson, Edinburgh (£70)
Judges: Barry Donaldson, Derek Fraser, Roddy Livingstone

A-Grade
Piobaireachd
1st Sandy Cameron, Roybridge, Scotland (£250 and the Colin MacLellan Cup)
2nd Gordon Bruce (£200)
3rd Eireann Iannetta-MacKay, Burrelton, Scotland (£180)
4th Cameron May, Lesmahagow, Scotland (£140)
5th Callum Wynd, Dunblane, Scotland (£100)
Judges: Alan Forbes, Murray Henderson

MSR
1st Sandy Cameron (£150 and the P-M Angus MacDonald Trophy)
2nd Steven Leask, Glasgow (£120 and the Plummer’s Knowe Trophy)
3rd Callum Wynd (£90)
4th Brodie Watson-Massey (£60)
5th Calum Watson (£50)
Judges: Jimmy Banks, Willie Morrison

B-Grade
Piobaireachd
1st Ross Conner, Campbeltown, Scotland (£140 and the Joe Rafferty Plate)
2nd Bradley Parker, Glasgow (£100 and the Ramsey Garden Cup)
3rd Jonathon Simpson, Bo’ness, Scotland (£80)
4th James Frazer, Northern Ireland (£60)
5th Alex Gehrig (£40)
Judges: Euan Anderson, Ronnie McShannon

MSR
1st Keith Bowes, Glasgow (£60 and the Capt. John MacLellan Pipe Banner)
2nd Ruaridh Brown, Dunblane, Scotland (£50)
3rd Ross Conner (£40)
4th James Frazer (£30)
5th Jonathon Simpson (£20)
Judges: Lewis Barclay, Peter Hunt

C-Grade
Piobaireachd
1st Peter MacKay (£80 and the Jo Delworth Quaich)
2nd Arran Green, Stirling, Scotland (£60 and the Dean Park Eagle)
3rd John Cameron, Falkirk, Scotland (£50)
4th Liam Nicolson, Melbourne (£40)
5th Thomas Cangelosi, Arlington, Virginia (£30)
Judges: Donald McIntyre, John Wilson

MSR
1st David Bruce (£50 and the Fort Augustus Shield)
2nd Thomas Fallon, Edinburgh (£40)
3rd Catriona Norman, Glasgow (£30)
4th Arran Green (£20)
5th Peter MacKay (£10)
Judges: Robert Barnes, Donald MacPhee

A correction was made on Oct. 4, 2025. An earlier version of this article misstated that Callum Beaumont won the Premier overall in a tie with Sarah Muir. The tie was with Willie McCallum. The competition counts only the Piobaireachd and MSR events to determine the overall champion.