Good Day at the Northumberland Scottish Festival & Highland Games

Toronto Police - Grade 2

The Agricultural Park in the Town of Port Hope on Lake Ontario was the venue for the 61st version of the Northumberland Highland Games.

The morning solos were concluded with Sean McKeown taking his second Professional Piper of the Day title. Professional drummer of the day was Kyle Wardell, also his second this season.

In the amateur solos, Jean-Sebastien Gamache took the amateur piper of the day award for the second week running and Aidan Hogan took the amateur drummer of the day award.

Glengarry Pipe Band - Grade 3

Pipe Band Results

(Full solo and pipe band results can be found at HERE)

Grade One

1. 78th Fraser Highlanders Pipe Band (1, 1, 1, 1)

Grade Two

1. Toronto Police Pipe Band (1, 1, 1, 1)

Grade Three

1. Glengarry Pipe Band (1, 1, 3, 1)

2. Durham Regional Police Pipes & Drums (2, 2, 1, 2)

3. Peel Regional Police Pipe Band (3, 3, 2, 3)

Best Bass & Tenor: Glengarry Pipe Band

Grade Four

1. MacEoin-Ramsay Pipe Band (2, 1, 3, 1)

2. Ottawa Caledonian Pipes & Drums (4, 4, 1, 3)

3. Rob Roy Pipe Band (3, 3, 2, 4)

Best Bass & Tenor: Ottawa Caledonian Pipes & Drums

Grade Five

1. Durham Regional Police Pipes & Drums (1, 1, 3, 2)

2. Smiths Falls Gordon Pipe Band (2, 2, 5, 1)

3. Peel Regional Police Pipe Band (3, 3, 2, 4)

Best Bass & Tenor: Smith Falls Gordon Pipe Band

Judges:

Grades 1, 2 & 4

Piping: John Elliott, Amy Garson

Drumming: Dan Bist

Ensemble: Sean McKeown

Grades 3 & 5

Piping: Trish Kirkwood, Brian Williamson

Drumming: Harvey Dawson

Ensemble: Peter Sinclair

Photos: Nathan Nguyen