Atherton Bagpipes have been utilized to win virtually every major prize in elite competitive piping. The list below represents only a sample of those achievements, drawn from the many prizes won on Atherton instruments over the years.
World Pipe Band Championship
2008, 2009, 2026 — First Place, three times with Atherton bagpipes on the shoulder of the Pipe-Major.
Glenfiddich
MSR – First Place
Piobaireachd – First Place
Oban, Argyllshire Gathering
Senior Piobaireachd, Clasp – 2nd, 2nd, 3rd
Gold Medal – 4th
Silver Medal – 2nd
Gold Medal – 1st place
Northern Meeting, Inverness, Scotland
Gold Medal – 1st, 3rd
Gold Medal – 1st
Clasp – 2nd
A Grade MSR – 4th
Strathspey & Reel – 2nd
Masters Invitational - 1st place, numerous times
U.S. Gold Medal - 1st place, five times
Cowal Piobaireachd - 1st place, two times
Nicol-Brown Invitational - 1st place, 2nd place
George Sheriff Invitational - 1st place and overall MSR, 1st place Piobaireachd
North American Ceol Beag - 2nd place
Gordon Duncan Memorial - 1st place
Alasdair Gillies Memorial - 1st place
