September 2011

We did it - 100% quarter peal success in September! Ok, so it was only a 3-Sunday ringing month but hey! What was also particularly pleasing was that each of the 3 quarters scored was a first for someone. Martin rang his first ‘treble to triples method’ in a quarter of Grandsire Triples, Kat rang her first quarter of Plain Bob Major and I rang my first quarter of a Surprise Major.

Talking of “our” Kat; we do miss her. She did brilliantly in her A Levels and has gone off to University to study Veterinary Science at the Royal Veterinary School, University of London. Hopefully she will come and ring with us whenever she is home.

Another outstanding success in September was our performance at the Guild Striking competition this year. The aim of the Striking Competition is to promote and improve the standard of Sunday Service ringing for those participating members of the Guild. In essence it’s a test of how good you can make the bells sound. It’s hard enough ringing the bells well - evenly spaced and with not gaps or crashes - but at a church where you do not normally ring it is even more difficult.

Anyway!...... The Guild 6 Bell Competition was held at Witchampton on Saturday 10th September - our band was Hayley Newman, Linda Hough, Angie Jasper, Tim Rose, Julian Newman and David Haysom – and we came 1st out of 9 bands with 14 faults, narrowly beating Wimborne who had 14.5 faults. The judges comments were: “Brilliant piece of ringing, lovely rhythm and speed. Excellent.”

The Guild 8 Bell Competition was held at Cranborne also on Saturday 10th September – We entered as part of The East Dorset Branch band which was made up of 4 Swanage ringers and 4 Wimborne ringers – and we came 1st out of 3 bands.

Well done Swanage!