Antigonish Highland Games Results

The 157^th Antigonish Highland Games were held on Saturday, July 9 and Sunday, July 10 under warm and sunny conditions.  A large crowd attended both days following a two-year hiatus. There was tremendous enthusiasm. All the participants were so happy. It was actually hard to believe that we had missed two years.

Nine pipe bands competed for the Nova Scotia Pipe Band Championships on Saturday and for the Atlantic Canada Pipe Band Championships on Sunday.

By Iain Boyd

The 78^th Highlanders Halifax Citadel Pipe Band, the only Grade 1 entry, put on two very pleasing performances. There were over 40 solo competitors including an entry of seven open professional pipers who delivered strong performances.

Andrea Boyd from Ottawa, Ontario, captured the Atlantic Canadian Piobaireachd Championship. Bruce Gandy from Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, was awarded open piper of the games. Judges for the open piping were Michael Grey from Dundas, Ontario, and Ann Gray from Calgary, Alberta. Andrea Boyd, Bruce Gandy, and Scott Williams were the other piping judges.

Sam Ramsay from Summerside, PEI was named open drummer of the games. Doug Stronach from Simcoe, Ontario, judged the solo drumming and pipe band events.

Nova Scotia Pipe Band Championships, Saturday, July 9
First Prize:
Grade 1 78^th Highlanders Halifax Citadel Pipe Band
Grade 2 No entries
Grade 3 The College of Piping, Summerside, PEI
Grade 4 Dartmouth and District
Grade 5 The College of Piping Grade 5

Atlantic Canada Pipe Band Championships, Sunday, July 10
First Prize:
Grade 1 78^th Highlander Halifax Citadel Pipe Band
Grade 2 No entries
Grade 3 The College of Piping, Summerside, PEI
Grade 4 Dartmouth and District
Grade 5 The College of Piping Grade 5

Open Professional Piobaireachd:
1^st – Andrea Boyd
2^nd – Bruce Gandy
3^rd – Alex Gandy
4^th – James MacHattie
5^th – Blaise Theriault
6^th – Trevor Kellock
Judge: Michael Grey

March:
1^st – Alex Gandy
2^nd – Bruce Gandy
3^rd – Andrea Boyd
4^th – James MacHattie
5^th – Blaise Theriault
6^th – Trevor Kellock
Judge: Michael Grey

Jig:
1^st – James MacHattie
2^nd – Bruce Gandy
3^rd – Alex Gandy
4^th – Andrea Boyd
5^th – Trevor Kellock
6^th – Blaise Theriault
Judge: Michael Grey

Strathspey & Reel:
1^st – Alex Gandy
2^nd – Bruce Gandy
3^rd – James MacHattie
4^th – Andrea Boyd
5^th – Trevor Kellock
6^th – Blaise Theriault
Judge: Ann Gray

Grade 1
Piobaireachd: 1 Brady Webb 2 Gillian Blaney 3 Sass Bergen 4 Adam Tingskou 5 Jessica Theriault 6 Sarah Simpson
March: 1 Adam Tingskou 2 Liam Murray 3 Gillian Blaney 4 Brady Webb 5 Ryan J MacNeil 6 Jessica Theriault
Strathspey & Reel: 1 Adam Tingskou 2 Gillian Blaney 3 Sass Bergen 4 Karen MacLean 5 Brady Webb 6 Liam Murray
Jig: 1 Brady Webb 2 Adam Tingskou 3 Jessica Theriault 4 Liam Murray 5 Cameron Stewart 6 Sarah Simpson 

Grade 2:
Piobaireachd: 1 Derek Reed 2 Aidan MacNeil 3 Bill Saul 4 Doug Hamilton 5 Cameron MacNeil
March: 1 Derek Reed 2 Cameron MacNeil 3 Doug Hamilton 4 Bill Saul 5 Brent J Webb
Jig: 1 Brent J Webb 2 Aidan MacNeil 3 Cameron MacNeil 4 Derek Reed 5 Angela McDonell 6 Doug Hamilton
Strathspey & Reel: 1 Derek Reed 2 Aidan MacNeil 3 Cameron MacNeil 4 Brent J Webb 5 Doug Hamilton 6 Bill Saul

Grade 3:
Piobaireachd: 1 Reilly Green 2 Jordan Chowen 3 Owen MacPherson 4 Carl Brydon
March: 1 Reilly Green 2 Jordan Chowen 3 Owen MacPherson 4 Mael MacNeil 5 Andrew Robertson
Strathspey & Reel: 1 Owen MacPherson 2 Andrew Robertson 3 Jordan Chowen 4 Reilly Green 5 Mael MacNeil

Grade 3,4,5 Jr. Amateur Jig: 1 Owen MacPherson 2 Jay Hackney 3 Mael MacNeil 4 Joshua Gregory 5 Reilly Green 6 Jordan Chowen

Grade 4:
Piobaireachd: 1 Jay Hackney 2 Joshua Gregory 3 Rob Mckay
March: 1 Elina Richards 2 Mia MacInnes 3 Shelena B Marsh 4 Joshua Gregory 5 Jay Hackney 6 Rob McKay
Strathspey & Reel: 1 Jay Hackney
Piobaireachd Ground: 1 Ian Kellock 2 Shelena B Marsh

Drumming Results:
Open March: 1 Sam Ramsay Jig: 1 Sam Ramsay
Grade 1 March: 1 Austin Trenholm 2 Chris Griffin Jig: 1 Austin Trenholm
Grade 3 March: 1 Carter Green 2 Ceana Fleury 3 Nick Highmore 4 Ewan MacNeil Jig: 1 Ceana Fleury 2 Ewan MacNeil 3 Carter Green
Grade 4 March: 1 Vincent Gallant Côté
Grade 5 March: 1 Ciaran McDonald