
He won first place again the following year against a field of thirty-six players. His continued dominance in the amateur ranks led to his winning of his first professional prize in his first professional competition in 1971.
After competing in the professional circuit Tim decided to focus on playing in grade-one pipe bands. His exposure to playing with the famed City of Toronto Pipe Band led him back to the States to play with the Denny and Dunipace Pipe Band, the band he first started playing with in 1966.
He took over as pipe major of the band in 1982 through 1989 and stayed on with the band through its transition from being called The Scottish and Irish Imports Pipe Band to finally The City of Washington Pipe Band where he remains an active member.