The draw was preceded by a minutes silence in memory of Rod Pipe, who had died suddenly the day before.
Melbourne were draw 4th, ringing at 12.30. The band, below, photographed between ringing and their first drink of the day!
Front row (L-R) Simon C Melen, Pamela J Timms, Elizabeth Hutchieson, John R Fisher, Anthony P Cotton, Christian M Peckham
Back row (L-R) Terry M Astill, Timothy J Peverett, Simon Humphrey, Stuart C W Hutchieson, Alistair J E Smith, Richard J Angrave (C)
The innovation this year was the use of the strikeometer. After many years of research, this allows the analysis of ringing that has been recorded. A computer program listens for each bell, notes the time that it rings and plots this information onto a spreadsheet. There are currently three ways to interpret this information - the results are quite surprising! For this competition, the judges only looked at the results if they disagreed amongst themselves - they didn't but the strikeometer came out with the same result...
The results were held at 4pm and the judges entered to a round of applause. Chief judge, Rick Shallcross introduced the others. Chris Kippin spoke about each piece of ringing and Bernard Taylor gave the scores in the now traditional order 7, 6, 5, 1, 2, 3, 4. The fourth judge, Andrew Mills, was not needed to say anything! The score board below says it all!
The top three teams go through to the final on 25th June at Leeds. The other eliminators were held at Coventry and Evesham - teams who qualified there were: ASCY (College Youths), Bristol, Cambridge, Exeter, St Paul's Cathedral, London and Stockton-on-Tees. More details on the 12 bell website.
The ringers then adjured to one of the three official pubs. The Wellington below, which is currently run by ex Derby landlord, Nigel, who wondered why all of his pubs are frequented by bell ringers - it's simple - great beer!
Ringers in The Wellington
It's a great day out, listening to some top quality ringing, top quality company (and often top quality beer!) - if you are free on 25th June, why not make the trip to Leeds?
The innovation this year was the use of the strikeometer. After many years of research, this allows the analysis of ringing that has been recorded. A computer program listens for each bell, notes the time that it rings and plots this information onto a spreadsheet. There are currently three ways to interpret this information - the results are quite surprising! For this competition, the judges only looked at the results if they disagreed amongst themselves - they didn't but the strikeometer came out with the same result...
The results were held at 4pm and the judges entered to a round of applause. Chief judge, Rick Shallcross introduced the others. Chris Kippin spoke about each piece of ringing and Bernard Taylor gave the scores in the now traditional order 7, 6, 5, 1, 2, 3, 4. The fourth judge, Andrew Mills, was not needed to say anything! The score board below says it all!
The top three teams go through to the final on 25th June at Leeds. The other eliminators were held at Coventry and Evesham - teams who qualified there were: ASCY (College Youths), Bristol, Cambridge, Exeter, St Paul's Cathedral, London and Stockton-on-Tees. More details on the 12 bell website.
The ringers then adjured to one of the three official pubs. The Wellington below, which is currently run by ex Derby landlord, Nigel, who wondered why all of his pubs are frequented by bell ringers - it's simple - great beer!
Ringers in The Wellington It's a great day out, listening to some top quality ringing, top quality company (and often top quality beer!) - if you are free on 25th June, why not make the trip to Leeds?
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