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 The Hamilton Police Grade Two Pipe Band World Champion, Grade 3B, Drum Corps, 2005 Canadian Grade Two Pipe Band Champions, 2007 North American Grade Three Pipe Band Champions, 2006 Two-time Grade Three Canadian Pipe Band Champions, 2005-2006 The Hamilton Police Grade Two Pipe Band is a blend of young and experienced players, with seasoned pipers and drummers mentoring and playing alongside some of the top young players in the southern Ontario region.
The upgrade came in the wake of a contest season in which the band won the contests at Hanover, Georgetown, Hamilton, Kincardine, Chatham and Maxville, where the band was again a North American champion. It completed a perfect season by winning at Fergus. Undefeated, the band handily won the PPBSO's champion supreme title. In 2005, in its first year in Grade Three, the band nearly swept all of its contests, winning in Hanover, Hamilton, Kincardine and Chatham, before packing up and heading to Scotland in August 2005. Days after arriving, the band won the North Berwick Highland Games, finishing ahead of many of the top Grade 3A and 3B bands in Scotland. It then finished 9th in Grade 3B at the World Pipe Band Championships in Glasgow, Scotland, with the band's snare line and mid-section ranked first. They were awarded a silver cup, signifying a world championship. You can hear an MP3 file of the Musicians in the band range in age from 15 years to the other side of 50 years. In all, there are 18 pipers in the Grade Two band, and another 13 musicians on the snare line and drum mid-section. New to the roster this year are snare Dave McIlveen and pipers Jamie Sawyer and Eddie Gorman. The Grade Two band is led by Pipe Major Peter Aumonier, a top solo competitor and nationally-regarded judge, and former member of the famed Simon Fraser University Pipe Band organization. Another nationally-known musician, John Gaudet, leads the drum corps, with instruction by Ian Madeiros. 2008 Band Roster Side Drums |
The band was upgraded to Grade 2 in November, 2006 by the PPBSO, in a unanimous vote.