October meeting & 8 Bell Competition

It was great to see six teams enter the eight bell competition today.  Judges Peter McCoy (right) and Chris Bennett (left) commented that all the ringing was of a good standard & gave the results below - well done Peak District - how about entering 2 teams next year! 

Photo on right: Peter (left) presenting the eight bell trophy to Richard Taylor (Peak Ringing Master)  (right).

DDA 8 bell results

Result	Team	Method	Faults	Peal Speed	Ringing position
Winners	Peak District	Double Norwich CB Major	34	3h2	4th
2nd	Southern District A	Yorkshire S Major	40 1/2	3h28	1st
3rd	Chesterfield District A	Cambridge S Major	54	3h6	3rd
4th	Southern District B	Kent TB Major	78 1/2	3h16	5th
5th	Chesterfield District B	Plain B Triples	83	3h11	2nd
6th	Central District	Grandsire Triples	85 1/2	3h11	6th

A touch of Kent TB Royal was rung on the Association handbells after the excellent tea. After the results, a brief meeting occurred. Highlights include the shortest ever BRF update - Brian almost got a standing ovation! He stated that he had been asked to keep it brief, nothing had happened since the last meeting, so he had nothing to report!

Graham, our Treasurer, had received a request to increase our public liability insurance to £5m (from £2m). This would cost an extra £150, so will be done from next year. He also stated that cover exists for the following locations: UK, Channel Islands, Isle of Man and Northern Ireland 

The Annual Dinner is currently being arrange for 21st February 2009 at the Mackworth Hotel, Derby. Tickets would be available in the New Year and cost "several pounds" (as they had not yet worked out the price!).

The 2009 AGM is being held in the Peak District. Current thoughts are to have the meeting at Youlgreave, with ringing at Ashover, Darley Dale and Elton.

The General Committee are also after a volunteer to arrange the 6 bell striking contests in May. If you are interested, please contact the General Secretary.

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.

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.

Arthur Ashby Cup 2008

The judge for the 2008 Arthur Ashby Cup was Alec Humphrey from Derby. Seven teams compeated and Overseale were judged the winners. This year, the competition was held at Denby as it was thought that 12 teams ringing at Horsley would be too much!

Arthur Ashby Cup Results

Place	Team	Faults	Points	Ringing order
1st	Overseale	21	219	6
2nd	Ashford in the Water	25	215	4
3rd	Etwall	29	211	1
4th	Old Brampton	31	209	5
5th	Hartington	39	201	3
6th	Derby Cathedral	44	196	6
7th	Stanton in Peak	57	183	7

[Photo: Mary Venables collecting the cup, 10 years after Overseale first won.]

Horsley Cup Results 2008

The Judge for the 2008 Horsley Cup was Andrew Higson from Loughborough, assisted by Jennie Paul. Five teams compeated and Derby Cathedral were judged the winners. I've recorded some of the ringing, and will put this on the Internet when I work out how to do it!

[Photo: The Derby Cathedral Band]

Horsley Cup Results

Place	Team	Faults	Method	Ringing order
1st	Derby Cathedral	27	Cambridge S Minor	3
2nd	Tideswell	29	Oxford Treble Bob Minor	4
3rd	Darley Dale	37	Oxford Treble Bob Minor	1
4th	Mugginton	43	Plain Bob Doubles	5
5th	Staveley	63	Oxford Treble Bob Minor	2

[Photo: John collecting the cup form Andrew Higson]

A marvelous tea was consumed, with the 'costco cake' making another appearance!

6 bell striking contest rules

Quick note to say that the rules of the 6 bell striking competitions have had two small updates. Simply, these changes clarify that there are really two competitions & removes the complicated rule as to how many teams a tower can enter. New rule: Towers may enter more than one team in each contest. Old rule: Towers may enter more than one team, but the number of different ringers in the teams should be greater than four times the number of teams. For example, to enter 2 teams at least 9 ringers should be involved; to enter 3 teams at least 13 ringers should be involved.

Competitions

I've spent a bit of time updating the web site with details of the striking contests that members ring at. The details are reached by clicking on Performances from the home page. There are a number of details missing (especially with the W.W.Worthington), so please email me with any corrections. Competitions listed: Association contests: Arthur Ashby Cup | Horsley Cup | District 8 Bell National contests: National Twelve-Bell Striking Contest | Tewkesbury Shield | W.W.Worthington Cup

2008 Worthington Cup

Are you free on 15th September? Why not come to St Mary's Nottingham to listed to the W W Worthington Cup. The draw is at 12:45 and the test piece is Lincolnshire S Royal. The teams compeating are: Coventry Derby Durham/Newcastle Nottingham St Martin's Birmingham

Arthur Ashby Cup 2007

The results 1st -=- 225 -=- Overseale 2nd -=- 205 -=- Eckington 3rd -=- 203 -=- Etwall 4th -=- 198 -=- Ashford in the Water 5th -=- 188 -=- Darley Dale Overseale Won - Ruth Frudd collects the cup from Ro! Thanks to the judges Phil & Ro Gay, photographed with David Marshall from Long Eaton, who arranged the competition.

Horsley Cup 2007

This years competition was held at Denby. The results 1st -=- 248 -=- Derby Cathedral 1 2nd -=- 237 -=- Darley Dale 3rd -=- 221.5 -=- Staveley 4th -=- 209 -=- Mugginton 5th -=- 155.5 -=- Derby Cathedral 2 Derby Cathedral won - pictured Pam Timms, Christian Peckham, Anthony Cotton, Roger Lawson, Mike Maughan, John Heaton. John Heaton is pictured collecting the cup from Phil Gay, from Keele.