ODG 6 Bell striking competition results for 2008.

Saturday October 4th at All Saints, Milton Keynes

A good afternoon was spent with 9 bands competing for the ODG 6 bell trophy at All Saints Milton Keynes Village. The church with its ground floor ringing room afforded excellent facilities for the judges to sit in the north vestry just alongside the tower, which was so much better for them than huddling in a car in failing daylight and deteriorating weather.

Richard and Helen Stanworth were the stewards, checking bands in, collecting information and assisting with timings of practices and rounds etc.

During the early part of the competition there was almost a crisis when the Churchwarden (who was unaware of the competition), brought a party of people in for a look around the church!  They were somewhat miffed to be asked to keep very quiet and hastily guided away from the chancel and out of the south door!

The bells were certainly enough of a challenge to make this an interesting competition. Alan Shephard from Dunstable, the chief judge said the bells sorted the competitors into 2 distinct groups, the top 3 and the following 6. Liz Middleton from Radbourne assisted Alan in the task of judging the 9 teams.

Tine Marchbank and her hospitality team comprising ringers, past ringers and non-ringers provided an abundance of tea which was consumed throughout the afternoon in the warmth and comfort of the Village Hall just opposite the church.

From the results you will see that Reading were victorious and the Judges presented Stephen Rossiter with the Trophy.

I would like to thank all the ringers who took part in the competition, our judges Alan and Liz, Richard and Helen Stanworth, the Incumbent and ringers at Milton Keynes Village and Tine and her band of helpers.

You all contributed to make this my first ODG organisation a success.

Alan Marchbank

RESULTS

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8 Bell Striking Competition, Monday 5th May 2008 - at St Michaels, Tilehurst

After a very energetic afternoon ringing the results are in......

Old North Berks had to withdraw at short notice so seven teams took part.

The competition was judged this year by Ian Fielding and Cath Merlane.

Whilst Double Norwich was not everyones cup of tea, on the whole the ringing from all teams was pretty good. However the judges took some time deliberating their decision and gave their comments on each bands performance.

The results were;

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Judges: Mike and Jill Wigney from Chiswick - Method: Grandsire Caters

Results:

Andrew Haseldine (right) receiving the 10-bell Striking Competition cup on behalf of the victorious Central Bucks Branch team from judge Mike Wigney

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Judges: Stephen Stanford and Sarah-Louise Ward

Results:

John Davidge (right) receiving the 10-bell Striking Competition cup on behalf of the victorious East Berks & South Bucks Branch team from chief judge Stephen Stanford

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Guild 10-bell Striking Competition, Saturday, November 25th 2006 at Banbury

This year’s competition was judged by Peter Tombs of the Swindon branch of the Gloucester & Bristol Diocesan Association and Michael Dew From the Coventry D G. They were introduced to the ringers by Robert Newton, Deputy Master, who thanked Barry Davis and the Banbury ringers for the arrangements and anticipated a delicious tea.

Six teams took part in the competition on the fine 10 at Banbury.

Mike Dew had looked up some statistics on previous peals on the bells at Banbury and estimated a working average for the speed of the bells. The judges commented on the teams in the order in which they had rung:

North Bucks. They found the ringing a little slow with faults in the rounds and inconsistencies in the changes. Peal speed 3 hrs 33.

Vale of the White Horse. The ringing settled down well and got even better as they went along. Peal speed 3 hrs 12.

EBSB. The rounds were good and the opening changes, very good. Technically the whole piece was very good. Peal speed 3 hrs 07.

Old North Berks. The rounds were good but the changes and the leading inconsistent. There were also gaps in the middle. Peal speed 3 hrs 07.

Reading. The opening rounds were excellent as were most of the changes. The faults, such as they were, came in clusters. Peal speed 3 hrs 07.

Banbury. This team rang far too quickly. The opening rounds had faults. They would have done better if they had taken the piece more slowly. Peal speed 2 hrs 49.

The judges declared that it had been a good morning’s work and the ringing had been of a high standard.

Results:

June Wells, Reading Branch Ringing Master, receiving the trophy from the judges, Barry Davis and Mike Dew.

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