Striking Competition – Wimborne Minster Bell Ringers

Branch Striking Competition Results

August 13, 2023 wimborneringers

The Wimborne Band entered 3 teams into this year’s East Dorset Branch Striking competition.

Team X included 2 of our recent recruits (Ben on the treble, Ewan on the tenor) and rang Grandsire Doubles with only 24 faults. They achieved 4th place.

Team Y also rang Grandsire Doubles and were given 12 faults and good feedback, achieving 3rd place overall.

2nd Place was secured by the team from Blandford with only 7 faults.

Wimborne Z rang a very elegant 120 of Grandsire Doubles and were given only one fault overall, and won the competition.

Branch Bonanza at Shroton

September 2, 2022 wimborneringers

The East Dorset Branch Bonanza at Shroton on July the 30th included 2 striking competitions, a cake competition and another for Limericks, as well as a traditional Ringers’ Tea.

The Novice Shield was claimed this year by Witchampton, a brilliant result for this newly-trained band. Well done!

The main competition was won by the Wimborne P team, with the Q team coming second, by just one point!

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Striking Success

May 24, 2022 wimborneringers

Wimborne Minster win the Salisbury Guild 8- bell Striking Competition.

Following a two-year gap whilst the competition was suspended, the Wimborne band regained the Guild Trophy at the competition held at Broadchalke on Saturday 14th May. Ringing the test piece of 160 changes of Plain Bob Major the band beat teams from Calne, Melksham, Dorchester and West Dorset to gain first place for the fifth time in the last six competitions.

The team had practised the test piece each Tuesday at Wimborne for the past few weeks, but the bells at Broadchalke provided an extra challenge and with only a five-minute practice slot immediately before the performance it took a while for the band to settle into a steady and regular rhythm. The judges commented that the ringing improved considerably during the second half of the touch, and finished in good style.

The photograph shows the band displaying the trophy with the Rector before ringing for the Parish Eucharist the next day.