Striking Competition 2010
Striking Competition 2010
Dartford was the venue for the 2010 Striking Competition. Most bands rang the back 6 which proved to be a fair challenge for a striking competition and overall the ringing was of a high standard all day. Jonathan Slack (Stepney) and Matthew Rayner (West Ham) had agreed to be the judges. Once they had had a trial ring and been ensconced in one of the rooms in the church hall the competiton began. Each band had 2 minutes practice and rang 240 changes of a method of their choice. Once everyone had rung, the judges quickly agreed on the order and, after the 120 club draw, made the following comments about each band. Band 1 - Positive piece of ringing. Slightly slow handstroke leads. Band 2 - After trying bells surprised a band tried minor. Positive piece of ringing that got better as it went on. Band 3 - Grandsire good idea to ring as sounds nice. Again leading caused the problems. Band 4 - Surprised that they rang the front 6. First part of each course ok but couldn't keep it up. Band 5 - Some leading was slow. Ringing got more confident. Slight trip in middle. The results were then given in the time honoured reverse order as follows:
Position |
Rung |
Tower |
Method |
Peal Speed |
Percentage |
1st | 2nd | Beckenham "George" | Cambridge S Minor | 3h 4m | 93% |
2nd | 3rd | Chelsfield | Grandsire Doubles | 2h 53m | 90% |
3rd | 1st | Crayford | Plain Bob Doubles | 3h 12m | 88% |
4th | 5th | Beckenham "Dragon" | Plain Bob Doubles | 3h 4m | 86% |
5th | 4th | Erith, Christ Church | Reverse Canterbury | 2h 57m | 46% |
The trophy was presented to David and Beckenham now go forward to the County competition which is to be held in our District in September.
