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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

BranchTowerDrawnFaultsPosition
ReadingSt Mary and St Laurence8141
Vale of WHShrivenham718.52
EBSBHigh Wycombe2233
ChilternAston Clinton5694
Sonning DeanerySonning1765
North BucksHanslope4896
Oxford CityKidlington61877
BanburyBodicate92168
South OxfordshireSt Mary Chalgrove32159

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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;

PositionFaultsTeam
1st32.5St Mary and St Laurence Reading
2nd36.75Reading Branch Team
3rd38.75High Wycombe
4th42.00East Berks and South Bucks Branch
5th44.00Newbury Branch
6th75.00Goring
7thDNFOxford City
The winning team, St Mary and St Laurence Reading
Steve Rossiter receives the Cup from the Judges

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Guild 10 Striking Competition, Saturday 22nd November 2008 at Wallingford

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

Results:

Draw Order

Branch Team

Marks

Position

4

Central Bucks

8

1st

5

Reading

11.25

2nd

3

EBSB

11.5

3rd

2

ONB

13

4th

1

VOWH

23.5

5th

 receiving the 10 bell trophy from

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

Here are the team photos which were taken by Bobbie May. If you click on any picture you will be able to see a larger version within your web browser
Central Bucks 10 bell team
Central Bucks team - Left to right are Kaye Mundy, Marika Haseldine, Julie Haseldine, Anne Pratt, Jeremy Pratt, Alan Frost, James Haseldine, Ed Houghton, Chris Mundy, Andrew Haseldine
Reading Branch 10 bell team
Reading team - Left to right are Jim Disrens, Nigel Herriott, Doug Beaumont, June Wells, John Wells, Helen Disrens, Alex Byrne, Jenny Herriott, Steve Rossiter, John Manley
EBSB 10 bell team
EBSB team - Left to right are Patricia Newton, George Whiteside, Graham Firman, Ann Davies, Peter Mackie, Sheila Bruce, Charles Botting, Katherine Firman, Robert Newton, Cliff Davies
ONB 10 bell team
ONB team - Left to right are Keith Anderson, Brian Read, Nick Clarke, Josie Irving, Tim Pett, Stuart Gibson, Lee Pinnington, Gill Loyd, Richard Loyd, John Napper
VOWH 10 bell team
VOWH team - Left to right are Julian Watson, Cheryl Watson, Lucy Laird, Hugh Baxter, Tony Crabtree, Kay Chamberlain, Paul Coad, Darran Ricks, Jon Chamberlain, Erica Crabtree

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Guild 10 Striking Competition, Saturday 24th November 2007 at Aston Clinton, Bucks

Judges: Stephen Stanford and Sarah-Louise Ward

Results:

Order

Branch Team

Marks (%)

Position

1

Reading

80

2nd

2

Old North Berks

51

4th

3

Chiltern

DNF

5th

4

Vale of White Horse

62

3rd

5

East Berks & South Bucks

82

1st

John Davidge receiving the 10 bell trophy

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:

Branch Team

Faults

Position

Reading

8

1st

EBSB

9.5

2nd

VOWH

15.5

3rd

Old North Berks

17.5

4th

Banbury

21

5th

North Bucks

25.5

6th

June Wells receiving the 10 bell trophy

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

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