Maxville 2025: Ulster Scottish wins Grade 2

Maxville, Ontario – August 2, 2025 – Ulster Scottish of Philadelphia won the aggregate prize in the Grade 2 band competition, the highest-level contested event at the 2025 Glengarry Highland Games, held in sunny and warm (but not hot) weather that attracted a large crowd.

Ulster Scottish won the MSR with straight firsts and was second in the Medley event to the Peel Regional Police.

Even with only the 78th Fraser Highlanders playing in the Grade 1 event, Pipers & Pipe Band Society of Ontario President Malcolm Bow confirmed that the 78th Fraser Highlanders gained the 2025 North American Champions title.

Capital District Youth from New York won Ontario’s first Juvenile grade contest.

In the morning, Ian K. MacDonald won the Professional Solo Piping North American Championship for the most aggregate points in the top grade. Blair Beaton won the Professional Solo Snare Drumming title.

Bands
Grade 1 (one entered)
Medley
78th Fraser Highlanders
Comments: Richard Parkes, Sean McKeown (piping); Greg Dinsdale (drumming); Bob Worrall (ensemble)

MSR
78th Fraser Highlanders
Comments: John Elliott, Peter Aumonier (piping); Michael Hunter (drumming); Colin MacLellan (ensemble)

Grade 2 (seven competed)
Overall
1st Ulster Scottish (USA)
2nd City of Dunedin (USA)
3rd Peel Regional Police (Canada)
4th Dartmouth & District (Canada)
5th Guelph (Canada)
6th Toronto Police (Canada)
7th Wasatch & District (USA)
Drumming: Ulster Scottish

Medley
1st Peel Regional Police (2,2,3,1)
2nd Ulster Scottish (1,1,2,4)
3rd City of Dunedin (3,3,1,2)
4th Dartmouth & District (4,4,5,3)
5th Guelph (5,5,4,5)
6th Toronto Police (7,6,7,6)
7th Wasatch & District (6,7,6,7)
Judges: John Elliott, Peter Aumonier (piping); Michael Hunter (drumming); Colin MacLellan (ensemble)

MSR
1st Ulster Scottish (1,1,1,1)
2nd City of Dunedin (2,3,2,3)
3rd Peel Regional Police (3,4,5,2)
4th Dartmouth & District (4,2,6,4)
5th Guelph (5,6,3,6)
6th Toronto Police (6,5,7,5)
7th Wasatch & District (7,7,4,7)
Judges: Richard Parkes, Sean McKeown (piping); Greg Dinsdale (drumming); Bob Worrall (ensemble)

Grade 3 (Medley)
1st Commonwealth (USA) (2,1,2,1)
2nd Greighlan Crossing (Canada) (3,2,3,4)
3rd College of Piping (Canada) (4,7,1,2)
4th Vale United (Canada) (5,4,4,3)
5th Glengarry (Canada) (1,3,9,7)
6th Roisin Dubh Irish (USA) (6,6,5,5)
7th Macalester College (USA) (8,5,6,6)
8th Capital District United (USA) (7,8,8,9)
9th Durham Regional Police (Canada) (9,9,7,8)
10th Peel Regional Police (Gr3) (Canada) (10,10,10,10)
Judges:  Trish Kirkwood, Elizabeth Sheridan (piping); Dan Bist (drumming); Glenna Mackay-Johnstone (ensemble)

Grade 4 (Mini MSR)
1st Rob Roy (Canada) (2,1,7,1)
2nd Capital District Youth (USA) (6,4,3,2)
3rd Glengarry (Canada) (1,3,8,3)
4th MacEoin-Ramsay (Canada) (4,8,1,4)
5th Stuart Highland (3,2,9,6)
6th Ottawa Caledonian (Canada) (7,5,2,7)
7th Roisin Dubh Irish (USA) (5,9,5,8)
8th Niagara Regional Police (Canada) (10,7,6,5)
9th Mohawk Valley Frasers (USA) (9,6,4,9)
10th Peel Regional Police (Canada) (8,10,10,10)
Judges: Ross Davidon, Elizabeth Sheridan (piping); Dan Bist (drumming); Glenna Mackay-Johnstone (ensemble)

Grade 5 (March Medley)
1st Durham Regional Police (Canada) (1,2,4,2)
2nd London Fire Fighters (Canada) (2,3,2,3)
3rd Smiths Falls Gordon (Canada) (10,1,7,1)
4th College of Piping (Gr5) (Canada) (4,6,6,4)
5th Peel Regional Police (Gr5) (Canada) (3,5,9,7)
6th Henderson Highlanders (Canada) (8,9,1,9)
7th Dartmouth & District (Canada) (5,4,8,10)
8th Rob Roy (Gr5) (Canada) (6,7,10,6)
9th Glengarry (Gr5) (Canada) (7,11,5,8)
10th Sons of Scotland (Canada) (9,8,12,5)
11th Montreal (Canada) (12,12,3,11)
12th Baile-Mor Dealanach (Canada) (11,10,11,12)
Judges: Trish Kirkwood, John Elliott (piping); Dan Bist (drumming); Colin MacLellan (ensemble)

Juvenile (March Medley)
1st Capital District Youth (USA) (1,1,1,1)
2nd Glengarry Juvenile (Canada) (2,2,2,2)
3rd Guelph-Peel (Canada) (3,3,3,3)

Judges: Trish Kirkwood, Elizabeth Sheridan (piping); Dan Bist (drumming); Glenna Mackay-Johnstone (ensemble)