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Seattle · SeattleSeventeen bands competed at the 2025 Pacific Northwest Scottish Highland Games at Enumclaw Expo Center on the western outskirts of Seattle. St. Thomas Alumni from Houston travelled the 2,000 miles to make a Grade 1 competition with Simon Fraser University. SFU won both events with first-place rankings from all eight judges. Greighlan Crossing continued their run of success in Grade 3 before heading far east for the North American Championships a…Read Article
Strong attendance at Seattle with SFU and Alastair Lee the big Pacific NW Games winners
England · EnglandThe Grade 3A City of Newcastle is a well-established band that competes regularly on the UK circuit, but it isn't being permitted to show its stuff at the 2025 World Pipe Band Championships because the band's secretary didn't tick a box on the entry form. According to Pipe-Major Andy Clark, a lecRead Article
Ticked off: England's Grade 3A City of Newcastle denied entry to World's
Scotland, United Kingdom · ScotlandCompared with the UK Championships two weeks previous, there was a much stronger entry by bands at the 2025 Scottish Championships. With three firsts from the four judges, Field Marshal Montgomery won Grade 1 to secure the title, the second of the RSPBA's four major championships, against a field of nine other contestants. It was the first major championship win for Pipe-Major Matt Wilson, who took over from the legendary Richard Parkes in the o…See the Story
