REPORT OF RINGING DAY SEPT 2026
A very successful 6 Bell striking competition and ringing day was held on 19th September at Elizabeth College in Guernsey.
Ringers from across the islands came together at EC to ring on the 10 Saxilby simulator bells there and compete in our inter island striking competition. We even had a mini ring (8 bells) set up to keep people busy between touches.
A fantastic day was had with lots of different levels of ringing, from beginners really cracking on with some call changes on 9 and anything from Stedman triples, 3 leads of Bristol to Yorkshire major.
The competition itself is open to all levels and as always there was fierce competition between the 8 teams. This autumn open competition means we had 2 youth teams from Elizabeth College and a team from almost all other Towers in the Branch. Congratulations to Town Church 1 who came on top this year.
Due to some travel logistics with judging we used Hawkear and had a non ringing person (yes they exist!) operating the software. This was incredibly successful and we all thank Duncan Loweth for making it happen, as well as organising the ringing day at EC.
The results were as follows:
As with all ringing days, much tea/cake/sandwiches were consumed and as always a great thank you to all the helpers involved. Looking forward to the 8-bell in competition in Alderney in the spring!
Jennnifer Hill
