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2026 Amateur Competition Registration

Amateur Competition registration for the 2026 Season is now live! Check out the Amateur Competitions page for details.



2026 Competition Dates

We have confirmed our dates for the 2026 season! Save the dates, more details to follow as events approach.


Amateur Competitions

January 17th

February 21st

March 21st


Agnew-Harrison

April 11th


Livingstone

May 9th

Livingstone Results

Congratulations to Alex Gandy as the overall winner of the 2025 Livingstone Invitational!


Full results below


Piobaireachd

  1. Derek Midgley

  2. Alex Gandy

  3. Nick Hudson

  4. Joe Biggs

  5. Sean McKeown


Light Music

  1. Alex Gandy

  2. Joe Biggs

  3. Nick Hudson

  4. Sean McKeown

  5. Andrew Carlisle


A big thank you to everyone who came out to support the event and make it another successful year!

Agnew-Harrison Recordings

Recordings from this year's Agnew-Harrison invitational are now available on our YouTube channel. If you'd like to see all recordings, you can find a playlist here.

Agnew-Harrison Results

Congratulations to Blair Brown as the overall winner of the 2025 Agnew-Harrison Drumming Invitational!



Overall Winner Blair Brown
Overall Winner Blair Brown


Full contest results


Professional

M/S/R

1. Blair Brown

2. Kyle Wardell

3. Robbie Graham

Professional

H/J

1. Blair Brown

2. Robbie Graham

3. Cameron McKail


Grade 1

  1. Cameron MacDonald

  2. Colin Humphrey

  3. Rita DeNobriga


Grade 2

  1. Cameron Redford

  2. Walter Gammeter

  3. Thomas Litherland


Grade 3

  1. Devin Brode

  2. Elisha Jimenez

  3. Lillian Scott


Grade 4

  1. Ryan Seigmiller

  2. Duncan MacDougal

  3. Alison Lynch


A big thank you to all our competitors and everyone who came out to support the event and help make this year a success!



Amateur Competitors
Amateur Competitors

Professional Competitors
Professional Competitors

Upcoming Events

Amateur Competitions

January 17 2026

February 21 2026

March 21 2026

Agnew-Harrison Invitational

April 11 2026

Livingstone Invitational

May 9 2026

Branch Executives

 

President

Brittney Wright

 

Vice-President

Duncan Hollinger

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Vice-President

Duncan Robertson

Treasurer

Wayne Wright

 

Records Secretary

Jennifer McCullough
email

Social Media

Madelyn Neil

Pipers and Pipe Band Society of Ontario
 

The PPBSO — the Pipers’ and Pipe Band Society of Ontario — administers piping, drumming and pipe band contest at various highland games throughout Ontario. Several of these annual summer competitions have special designations, including the North American Championship, the Canadian Championship and the Ontario Championship.

The Niagara-Hamilton Branch is one of several local PPBSO branches throughout Ontario. We hold monthly meetings from October through April.

In addition to being a fun social gathering, our meetings provide opportunities to develop piping and drumming in our area.

We hold annual Amateur Competitions for amateur pipers and drummers.
 

We also hold the Livingstone InvitationalAgnew-Harrison Drumming Invitational, support the George Sherriff Memorial Invitational and The Highland Gala.

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