WWWorthington Memorial Trophy Results

Clarke Walters judged the results of the competition to be:

1st Nottingham 39 faults (rung 4th, peal speed 3h19) 2nd Leicester 46 faults (rung 3rd, peal speed 3h17) 3rd Derbyshire 49 faults (rung 1st, peal speed 3h13) 4th Liverpool 57 faults (rung 2nd, peal speed 3h01) 5th Coventry 58 faults (rung 5th, peal speed 3h19)

The afternoons ringing was recorded and I hope it will be on the Internet soon. Check the competition web site for details.

Ringing Road Show

Quite a number of Derbyshire people attended the Road Show in Stoneleigh last week. Despite the rain - we really enjoyed ourselves. As well as all the exhibitors and attractions, it was a chance to meet up with many friends, some I had not seen for 15 years (makes me feel old!).

On Saturday, a sponsored handbell peal was rung in 4 hours 59, raising £400 for the Ringing Foundation. People paid to suggest an extent to be rung, which was drawn out of the hat during the ringing and called out to the band. My extent was number 17 (a method called Castleton) & I listened to the ringing, being greeted by Philip Earis saying "this is your extent!".

If you can get a chance to go to the next one, which maybe in 2 years time, do go. There is something of everyone, even non ringers!

For more photos, visit the Ringing World Blog - where you might even see me looking at the new ring for Clifton, Nottinghamshire. The treble of the six bells has recently been cast in Ilkeston!

Photos on this page from Roger.

6 bell competition rule change

Following this months General Committee meeting, the 6 bell striking competition rules have changed.  This is mainly a rationalisation of the rules to make them simpler to understand.

The only minor change is that teams in the Arthur Ashby Cup (Call Change) are not permitted to ring more than 6 rows of rounds after the first change - see rule 16.

The new rules are located on the web site by following the 'Annual Report' | 'Striking Contests' links.

Changes to Association towers

At the Association General Committee on Tuesday, it was decided to review towers that were included in the Association, but were no longer in the Derby Diocese. In consultation with the towers concerned, the following towers will no longer be listed in the Annual Report:

Dore, Norton, and Taxal.

The following towers currently have members and will still be included in the Annual Report:

Tutbury, Beighton and Mayfield.

[Update: After discussion, Marchington will also be included in the report.]

W. W. Worthington Memorial Trophy

A quick reminder that the WWWorthington Memorial Trophy is being held at Derby Cathedral on 20th September. Full details, including details of the teams and judge, are listed on the website.