The Lincoln Diocesan Guild of Church Bell Ringers

Guild 6 Bell Striking Competition - 11th September 2010

The Guild 6 bell striking cometition took place this year in the Elloe Deaneries. The competition for the John Freeman Cup took place at Crowland Abbey and the one for the Edward Colley Plate took place at Deeping St. Nicholas.

Crowland Abbey	Deeping, St. Nicholas

The competition started at each tower at 16:30 with 7 teams competing at each tower. They were in order

Crowland	Deeping St. Nicholas
Barton-on-Humber	Alford (Team B)
Market Deeping	Deeping, St. Nicholas
Lincoln Cathedral	Bottesford
Alford (Team A)	Stow
Bourne	Rippingale
Messingham	Grantham
Kirton-in-Holland	Coningsby/Tattershall

Ringing at Crowland Abbey

Once the competition was over, all the teams congregated in the church at Deeping, St. Nicholas for tea. This consisted of salad and either a bowl of chilli or some pizza, followed by a selction of cakes and buns.

Tea at Deeping, St. Nicholas

After tea, the 100 club result was drawn, the results of which are here. Then the judges stepped forward to announce the results, starting with the Edward Colley Plate. The judges in question were Barry Brown from Ansty, Leicestershire and Mark Pendery from Ratby, Leicestershire.

Barry Brown and Mark Pendery The judges for The Plate

The Results for The Edward Colley Plate
Position	Team	Method	Faults	Peal time
1st	Deeping St. Nicholas	Call Changes	79	2h 39m
2nd	Bottesford	Plain Hunt on 5	81	2h 59m
3rd	Rippingale	Reverse Cantebury Doubles	88	2h 56m
4th	Alford (B)	Call Changes	89	2h 42m
5th	Stow	Call Changes	99	2h 39m
6th	Grantham	Call Changes	110	2h 51m
7th	Coningsby/Tattershall	Plain Bob Doubles	125	2h 51m

So a good result for the local band from Deeping, St. Nicholas. After the band had been presented with The Plate, the judges for the John Freeman Cup stepped forward to announce the results. The judges in question were Sue and Derek Jones from the Peterborough Guild.

Sue and Derek Jones The judges for The Cup

The Results for The John Freeman Cup
Position	Team	Method	Faults	Peal time
1st	Messingham	Plain Bob Doubles	50.5	3h 00m
2nd	Kirton-in-Holland	Plain Bob Doubles	52	2h 59m
3rd	Lincoln Cathedral	Plain Bob Doubles	52.5	3h 09m
4th	Barton-on-Humber	Plain Bob Doubles	58	3h 15m
5th	Market Deeping	Call Changes	59	3h 06m
6th	Bourne	Plain Bob Minor	84.5	2h 59m
7th	Alford (A)	Grandsire Doubles	89	3h 07m

The Messingham band, with The John Freeman Cup

So the cup goes to the band from Messingham. After the presentation, the raffle was drawn and shortly after that people made their way home.

Congratulations to all those who took part in the competition and many thanks to the organisers, the judges and the team that provided the tea.

Jonathan Clark (Webmaster)