Almonte Done - That's a Season Wrap!

The North Lanark Highland Games, with it's idyllic setting, closed off a great PPBSO 2025 outdoor season. Beautiful weather and a great atmosphere, Almonte delivers again.

North Lanark offers only amateur solo events but entries were up 44% from last year - so it's certainly a very popular games.

Congratulations to Alexander Rocheleau, amateur piper of the day. A few other honorable mentions: Ben Doucet swept grade 2, Brittany Wright took the senior amateur piobaireachd, Gregory MacDonald Joseph took the intermediate amateur piobaireachd, Jayden Lushman took the junior amateur piobaireachd, William Hunter-Assing won the novice piobaireachd A and Declan Wright took the novice piobaireachd B

In drumming Owen Yateman won grade 3 snare, Ryan Seigmiller took grade 4 snare, Shawn Joseph Tobin took grade 5 adult snare and Calum Porter won grade 5 youth snare.

For a full list of solo and bands results as well as the judges go HERE.

MacGregor Van De Ven, Rob Roy PB and Kris Bawden, MacEóin-Ramsay PB march side by side in the final massed bands.

Bands

Grade 3

1. Glengarry Pipe Band

   
   

Grade 4

1. Glengarry Pipe Band

2. MacEoin-Ramsay Pipe Band

3. Ottawa Caledonian Pipes & Drums

4. Rob Roy Pipe Band

Grade 5

1. Smiths Falls Gordon Pipe Band

2. London Fire Fighters Pipe Band

3. The Sons of Scotland Pipe Band

4. Glengarry Pipe Band

5. Rob Roy Pipe Band

The official Champion Supreme results will be announced shortly along with an end of season President's Report, so stand by for that.

Finally, I really loved this pic posted by Kris Bawden - sort of says it all after a long tough season!

That's a wrap!

Photos: Kris Bawden