Thank you to all our entrants, and all the teachers, staff, parents, guardians, friends and relations who encouraged so many talented young people to enter this year's Strathfest. 

We were delighted to welcome entries from Deshar School, Culbokie Primary and Newtonmore Nursery, as well as from all the following schools with one or more award-winning pupils:
Abernethy Primary
Alvie Primary
Aviemore Primary
Carrbridge Primary
Forres Academy
Gordonstoun
Grantown Grammar
Grantown Primary
Kingussie High
Millburn Academy
Newtonmore Primary
​Strathdearn Primary

2026 Trophy Winners

​Class 8 Lucy Secker
Class 9 Tilly Grant
Class 10 Atilla Pizarro
Class 11 Anna-Louise Stirling
Class 15 Eilidh Knight, Seb Artus, Aliyanah Fry
Class 18 Atilla Pizarro
Class 25 Lucy Secker
Class 26 Solveig Dennis
Class 30 Jimmy Powell
Class 36 Harp-shaped Box
Class 39 Angus Housby
Class 40 Ella Sim
Class 41 Brigid Murphy
Class 42 Tom Roche-Nishimori
Class 43 Julius Perfido
Class 44 Lucy Secker
Class 45 Finlay Noble and Roland Jones
Class 47 Joshua and Freya Murphy,  
Class 69 Liam Meilandt-Jessen
Class 73 Eilidh Boyd
Class 73b Eilidh Boyd
Class 81 Ruby Drain
Class 85 Aviemore Primary Choir
​Class 90 Aviemore Primary
Class 101 Atilla Pizarro
Class 103 Newtonmore Primary
Class 104 Leila and Cali Scott
Class 110 Eilidh Knight
Class 112 Sam Green
Class 113 Rachel Slimon
Class 114 Angus Cormack

Ambassador Cup for the most inspirational playing: Tom Roche-Nishimori, Forres Academy.

Balevil Cup for the most creative entry: Harp-shaped Box, Kingussie High and Grantown Grammar

Junior Fiddler of Strathspey: Ella Sim

​The Grantown East Horn, for the highest mark of the festival: Lucy Secker, Alvie Primary and Tom Roche-Nishimori, Forres Academy, both of whom achieved 94 points.