Bonar, MacNeil, and SFU among Grand Aggregate winners

The BCPA local circuit came to an end last weekend in Enumclaw. The following were the Grand Aggregate winners for 2008:

Professional Piping - Andrew Bonar
Grade 1 Piping - Richard Gillies
Grade 2 Piping - David MacNeil
Grade 3 Piping - Brian Haddon
Grade 4 Piping - David Stitt
Grade 5 Piping - Aidan Caves
Adult Piping - Peter Rolstad
Professional Drumming - Steven McWhirter
Grade 1 Drumming - Kyle Wallis
Grade 2 Drumming - Tyler Wood
Grade 3 Drumming - Gavin MacRae
Grade 4 Drumming - Fiona Senyk
Professional Tenor Drumming - Mary Bruce
Grade 1 Tenor Drumming - Kristen Angeltvedt
Grade 2 Tenor Drumming - Jillian MacNeil
Grade 1 Pipe Bands - Simon Fraser University
Grade 2 Pipe Bands - New Westminster Police
Grade 3 Pipe Bands - Robert Malcolm Memorial
Grade 4 Pipe Bands - White Spot

Eleven players topped the 1,000 point total for 2008. They were:

1,567 - Andrew Bonar - Professional Piping
1,289 - Gavin MacRae - Grade 3 Drumming
1,251 - David MacNeil - Grade 2 Piping
1,209 - James P. Troy - Professional Piping
1,195 - Richard Gillies - Grade 1 Piping
1,148 - Fiona Senyk - Grade 4 Drumming
1,127 - Jori Chisholm - Professional Piping
1,120 - John Lee - Grade 1 Piping
1,087 - Aidan Caves - Grade 5 Piping
1,070 - Peter Rolstad - Adult Piping
1,015 - Brian Haddon - Grade 3 Piping

Fiona Senyk posted the largest margin of victory with a 508 point difference over 2nd place.

Grade 1 Pipe Bands had the closest margin of victory with Simon Fraser University winning by 14 points.

Richard Gillies won his fifth consecutive Grade Aggregate. Richard has now won Grade 5, Grade 4, Grade 3, Grade 2, and Grade 1 in five consecutive years.