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North Staffordshire Association

of Change Ringers

Striking Competitions

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Introduction

The Association holds two striking competitions each year. A six-bell competition is usually held in June, with an eight-bell event usually held in October. The dates have changed over the years.

Competition Rules

Six Bell Contest

  1. The competition is open to any Sunday service band within the Archdeaconry of Stoke-on-Trent.
  2. The venue(s) will be decided each year by the committee.
  3. A tower may enter more than one team. No person may ring in more than one team.
  4. Each team may include one visitor.
  5. The order of ringing will be decided before the competition by any method the committee decides and a representative of each team will be notified.
  6. The test piece will consist of 120 or 240 changes of method ringing (Minor or Doubles) or alternatively 4 or 8 minutes of call changes. The length of the test piece will be decided according to the number of teams entering. If the shorter test piece is used, each team will have 15 minutes to complete both practice and test piece; if the longer test piece is used each team will have 20 minutes to complete both practice and test piece.
  7. If call changes are rung every bell except the tenor must be called to lead and no bell shall be called to move more than one place at a time.
  8. The signal to the judge(s) to begin marking the test piece is the ringing of the treble bell for two whole pulls. The rounds before and after the test piece will be marked. Failure to stand will not be penalised.
  9. Any team failing to complete the test piece at the first attempt (for other than mechanical reasons) shall be eliminated from the competition.
  10. The winning team will be presented with the Anderson Trophy. The Archdeacon Borrett Cup will be awarded by the committee for merit. Both trophies are to be retained for one year and then returned to the Honorary Secretary. "
  11. The decision of the judge(s) is final.

Eight Bell Contest

Rules 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9 and 11 are the same as for the six-bell competition.

  1. Each team may include one or two visitors.
  2. The test piece will consist of at least 224 changes of method ringing (Triples or Major) or 8 minutes of call changes, all changes being marked. Each team will have 20 minutes to complete both practice and test pieces.
These rules have been varied to suit the circumstances of each year's competition. The main variation is the inclusion of joint teams where there are insufficient teams available under the rules listed. Such variations are informal and do not set a precedent for future contests.

Archive of Results

Six-bell Contest

Eight-bell Contest

Year Location Winner Further Details
2008 Seighford Stone Further Details
2007 Stowe-by-Chartley Stafford Further Details
2006 Seighford Burton upon Trent (S Modwen) Further Details
2005 Bucknall Stafford (X) Further Details
2004 Keele Stafford Further Details
2003 Swynnerton Eccleshall (Reds) Further Details
2002 Kingsley Stafford Further Details
2001 Brown Edge Eccleshall Further Details
2000 Betley Eccleshall Further Details
1999 Haughton Stafford Further Details
1998 Cheddleton Keele Further Details
1997 Seighford Stafford Further Details
1996 Alstonefield Stafford (A) Further Details
1995 Church Eaton Gnosall Further Details
1994 Betley Eccleshall Further Details
1993 Swynnerton Eccleshall Further Details
1992 Keele Stafford Further Details
1991 Ingestre Eccleshall (A) Further Details
1990 Bucknall Stoke Further Details
1989 Cheddleton Kidsgrove Further Details
1988 Barlaston Kidsgrove Further Details
1987 Keele Keele Further Details
1986 Seighford Eccleshall (A) Further Details
1985 Betley Stafford Further Details
1984 Dilhorne Stafford Further Details
1983 ? Stoke Further Details
1982 ? Stafford Further Details
1981 ? Stafford Further Details
1980 ? Gnosall Further Details
1979 ? Stoke Further Details
1978 ? Kidsgrove Further Details
1977 ? Newcastle Further Details
1976 ? Kidsgrove Further Details
1975 ? Kidsgrove Further Details
1974 ? Newcastle Further Details
1973 ? Newcastle Further Details
Year Location Winner Further Details
2008 Eccleshall Eccleshall Further Details
2007 Wolstanton Stafford Further Details
2006 St Modwen's, Burton Upon Trent Stafford Further Details
2005 Tunstall Stafford Further Details
2004 Rolleston on Dove Stafford Further Details
2003 Rocester Eccleshall Further Details
2002 Broughton Eccleshall Further Details
2001 Alton Eccleshall Further Details
2000 Gnosall Gnosall Further Details
1999 Alton Stafford Further Details
1998 Norton in the Moors Keele & Madeley (Joint team) Further Details
1997 Eccleshall Eccleshall Further Details
1996 Stafford Eccleshall Further Details
1995 Tunstall Eccleshall + Stafford (Tie) Further Details
1994 ? Further Details
1993 Cheadle RC Eccleshall Further Details
1992 Newcastle Stafford Further Details
1991 Norton in the Moors Stafford Further Details
1990 Broughton Stafford Further Details
1989 Audley Stafford Further Details
1988 Eccleshall Kidsgrove Further Details
1987 Kidsgrove Stafford Further Details
1986 Stone Eccleshall Further Details
1985 Draycott in the Moors Stafford Further Details
1984 ? Tunstall Further Details
1983 ? Stoke Further Details
1982 ? Stoke Further Details
1981 ? Newcastle Further Details
1980 ? Newcastle Further Details
1979 ? Stafford Further Details

Data Sources, Errors and Omissions

The winning team's name is taken from the relevant trophy. The earliest details for the six bell contest are for 1973, and 1979 for the eight bell contest. Our thanks go to Tim Hine for recording these details for publication here.

Data for six bell contests held since 1984, and eight bell contests since 1985, is taken from back issues of the Association Newsletter. This includes locations, team ranking orders, individual scores, judge's details, etc. Our thanks go to Lee Cooke who patiently reviewed the newsletter archives for this information.

From 2005 onwards details will be recorded as the results are announced.

Various single items of data have been obtained from relevant people such as team members, judges and Association officers. There are a number of omissions for various years. Does anyone know any of the missing details? If so, please e-mail corrections and new information to . All contributions will be gratefully received.


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