Southern District Striking Contest heats

Saturday 16th March saw six teams meet for the Southern District Striking Contest heats – four rang for the Arthur Ashby Cup and two for the Horsley Cup. It was brilliant to see so many more teams enter this year than last.

Whilst the teams rang, the Association handbells were put to good use helping people with their first changes on handbells. James from Sawley, who had never rung changes before, rang a plain course of Plain Bob Minor, others tried Plain Hunt and Oxford.

Thanks to the Breaston ringers for the fabulous jacket potatoes for tea, followed by the results from Melbourne ringer Christian Peckham.

In his general comments, Christian said that he had rung at Breaston a few times and the bells were not easy to get right. However, all the ringing was a very respectable Sunday service standard. He marked in whole faults, quite harshly, which is why the scores are lower than could be expected.

Arthur Ashby Cup:
1st – Derby St Peter 188 points (peal speed 3h3m)
2nd – Breaston 177 points (peal speed 2h58m)
3rd – The Seals (Overseale and Netherseale) 140 points (peal speed 2h55m)
4th – Sawley / Long Eaton 122 points (peal speed 2h46m)

Horsley Cup:
1st – Derby Cathedral 211 points (peal speed 2h49m)
2nd – Derby St Peter 160 points (peal speed 3h5m)

Well done to Derby St Peter's and  Breaston who will go through to the final of the Arthur Ashby Cup and to Derby Cathedral who will go through to the final of the Horsley Cup.

The day concluded with the vote of thanks and three leads of Bristol Major on handbells.

M Elizabeth Cotton

Southern District Secretary

2012 6 bell striking competition results

Here are the results of the Arthur Ashby Cup and Horsley Cup. This year, both competitions were judged by Graham Hayward. Congratulations to Stanton in Peak on winning their first Arthur Ashby competition and Darley Dale on winning the Horsley Cup for the 9th time.

Jo Walker receiving the Arthur Ashby Cup from Graham Hayward

Arthur Ashby results:

Rang 4th: Stanton in Peak 8m3s 225 points
Rang 1st: Old Brampton 7m54s 224 points
Rang 3rd: Belper 8m30s 221 points
Rang 2nd: Bakewell 8m6s 201 points
Rang 5th: Sawley ? time 200 points

Richard Taylor and Graham Hayward

Horsley Cup results:

Rang 3rd: Darley Dale 9m15s (3h14 peal speed) ringing Oxford TB Minor 242 points
Rang 4th: Derby Cathedral 8m20s (2h55 peal speed) ringing Cambridge S Minor 240 points
Rang 1st: Old Whittington 9m5s (3h10 peal speed) ringing Oxford TB Minor 233 points
Rang 4th: Belper 9m6s (3h11 peal speed) ringing Plain B Doubles 222.5 points

Well done to everyone who took part in the Chesterfield District 6 bell contest heats on Saturday.

Results for the Horsley Cup heats (method ringing)
1 - Old Whittington
2 - Old Brampton
3 - Staveley
Old Whittington will represent the Chesterfield District in the final at Horsley in May.

Results for the Arthur Ashby Cup heats (call changes)
1- Old Brampton
2- Staveley
3- Eckington
Old Brampton will represent the Chesterfield District in the final at Denby in May.

Results for the Newman Cup
1- Old Brampton (call change band)
2- Old Whittington
3- Old Brampton (method band)
4- Staveley (call change band)
5- Staveley (method band)
6- Strike Out (Young Ringers)
7- Eckington

Anne Westman
Chesterfield District Secretary.

2011 Horsley Cup and Arthur Ashby Cup Results

Here are the results from the Horsley Cup and Arthur Ashby Cup held on 14th May.
Look here for further information about both the competitions.


HORSLEY CUP
Judges - Colin and Jane Aked

1 Darley Dale         249 1/2 points
2 Derby Cathedral  246
3 Tideswell            219 1/2
4 Muggington        216 1/2
5 Stavely              208



ARTHUR ASHBY CUP
Judge - Graham Hayward

1 Etwall                       214 1/2 points
2 Ashford-in-the-Water  210
3 Belper                      209 1/2
4 Overseal                   203 1/2
5 Long Eaton               192
6 Hartington                183
7 Old Brampton           182 1/2

Horsley Cup & Arthur Ashby results

I've just discovered the results of the 6 bell striking competitions in May - here they are: 

The Horsley results were:

1st Cathedral 243

2nd Old Whittington 236

3rd Darley Dale 233

4th Tideswell 221

5th Mugginton 206

Judges Andrew Wignell and John Cook

The Arthur Ashby results were:

1st Etwall 229.5

2nd Ashford in the Water 223.75

3rd Overseal 208.25

4th Bakewell 205

5th Old Brampton 200.25

Judges Jim and Janet Crabtree

Well done to everyone who took part.

Here is the Cathedral team - (L>R: Elizabeth Heaton, Pam Timms, Pat Halls, Rachael Peckham, Christian Peckham, John Heaton).

6 Bell Results...

Imagine, if you will, a beautifully sunny afternoon in a country churchyard, with six bells ringing across the fields. This is how it was in central Derbyshire on the afternoon of May 9^th – only it was better than that as the bells were ringing in two churches in adjacent villages. The occasion was the finals of the two Derbyshire six bell striking contests. The Horsley Cup is competed for by teams ringing methods and the Arthur Ashby Cup is for those ringing call changes. The call change teams must include at least three ringers who have not rung a peal at the time of the District heat. This year there were six teams in each final; all these teams had succeeded in qualifying in the District heats, which had been held earlier in the year. It was particularly pleasing to see several teams which had never appeared in the finals before, especially in the Arthur Ashby Cup contest.

The ringing for the Arthur Ashby Cup took place at Denby and was judged by Graham Nabb of Kineton in Warwickshire. John Thorpe arranged the draw at Denby and marshalled the ringers so the contest ran smoothly. The Horsley Cup contest took place at Horsley (where else?) and the judge was Susan Marshall, a well-known former Derbyshire ringer. Here Sue’s father, David, oversaw the proceedings.

Cups of tea were available all afternoon in Horsley Village Hall and at 5.00p.m. everyone converged on the hall to enjoy the array of sandwiches, rolls, quiches, pizza, samosas, fruit and cakes which awaited them. During the afternoon the young Horsley ringers, who had helped with the preparation of the tea, had organised a raffle. This made £37, which was divided between the Horsley bell rope fund and the Derby Diocesan Association Bell Repair Fund.

Finally the moment all had been waiting for arrived: the pronouncements on the ringing and results of the contests. Graham started by making constructive comments on the ringing of each of the call change teams. He said the standard of ringing had been high. He placed the teams in the following order:

6^th: Hayfield 59.5 faults

5^th: Hartington 53 faults

4^th: Duffield 51 faults

3^rd: Netherseal 41.5 faults

2^nd: Old Brampton 17.5 faults

1^st Ashford in the Water 14.5 faults

Graham presented the cup to Linda Pelc, who said how pleased she was Ashford had won as some of the ringers were hoping to ring a peal in the next year and would no longer be eligible to enter.

Then Susan gave her verdict on the method ringing contest: she had had some excitement as during the ringing someone in the vicinity had started to use some very loud machinery and she had had to leave her car and find somewhere a little quieter to do the judging – the Vicarage lawn – it was lucky that it was a dry day! Sue also remarked on the high standard of ringing. She placed the bands as follows (no peal times as her dad had never brought her a watch):

6^th Mugginton 161 points

5^th St Peter’s Derby 167 points

4^th Old Whittington 183 points

3^rd Tideswell 207 points

2^nd Darley Dale 210 points

1^st Derby Cathedral 237 points

Sue presented the Horsley Cup to John Heaton. This is the fourth consecutive year that the cup has been won by the Cathedral – several teams have won it three years running, but this is the first time a team has won it four times consecutively.

You can listen to the top two teams - would you like to judge?!

The accompanying photograph shows the Derby Cathedral team (with supporters) and the two judges:

l-r: Roger Lawson, Edward & Anthony Cotton, Pam Timms (holding the Horsley Cup), Jennifer, Christian & Cameron Peckham, Stuart & John Heaton, Pat Halls, Graham Nabb and Susan Marshall.

Below - the Ashford in the Water team.

l-r: Ian Sterritt, Clive Thrower, John Thorpe, Linda Pelc, Alex Pykett, Ian Pykett.

Photos of the other 4 bands from the Horsley Cup:

Tideswell (3rd)	Old Whittington (4th)
St Peter, Derby (5th)	Mugginton (6th)

Words by Pat Halls

Photos by Roger

Sound & mixing by Anthony

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!

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.