The Lincoln Diocesan Guild
of
Church Bell Ringers

Guild 6-bell Striking Competitions

The final of this year's Guild Striking Contest was held in the Central Branch on Saturday 13 September 2008, with seven teams competing at Welton for the John Freeman Cup, and seven at Dunholme for the Edward Colley Plate. The first two teams from the Branch Striking Competitions compete for the Cup and the third and fourth teams compete for the Plate.

The results of the competitions were as follows:-

Edward Colley Plate - Judge: Michael Belcher

Place	Team	Comments	Mark (positive rows)
1st	Swinderby/Eagle	Very good, very good leads and consistent throughout, but the x factor only appeared near the end	228
2nd	Alford	Hilarious! Terrible practice piece, then a belting, smashing piece of ringing during the test producing some fantastic ringing	227
3rd	Rippingale	Best start of the day, and marred by the method mistake, which was quickly corrected	226
4th	Barton on humber (B)	Very, very good piece of ringing - consistent throughout but who wasn't ready when someone said "go"?	223
5th	Scotter	Very, very nice piece of ringing, but with fractionally slow tenor at hand, with excellent ringing throughout	221
6th	Markett Deeping (B)	Very well done, just more attention by little bells over big bells - first 32 changes were perfect	217
7th	Willingham	A very good finish! Very few leading mistakes; very good second half after a nervy end to the first half, generally very good	210

 

John Freeman Cup - Judge: Chris Sharp

Place	Team	Comments	Faults
1st	Messingham	Plain bob doubles - Absolutely super - the leading was absolutely spot on! Very, very good throughout	13
2nd	Bourne	Six spliced surprise minor - Measured good ringing throughout, in more than one method No whole faults, speeded up slightly towards the end	15
3rd	Gainsborough	Grandsire doubles - A lovely piece of ringing after a terrible practice! Seemed the right kind of speed and had an excellent rhythm	17
4th	Lincoln Cathedral	Rang Cambridge Minor, good throughout, ringing improved around the bobs and the ringing got better - an interesting observation! Generally excellent ringing	31
5th	Market Deeping	Plain Bob Minor - A nice piece of ringing, bobs caused a bit of a problem, but without those mistakes would have been better and a nice rhythm established and maintained	33.5
6th	Swineshead	Plain bob minor - Bit of trouble with the leading in the early part of the piece, but very much improved as it went through.	34.5
7th	Welton	Plain bob doubles Nervy start, but got used to the bells and particularly improved	40.5

Congratulations to the winning bands!