Bell Ringers Win Call Change Competition

On Saturday 21^st September 2024, St Andrew’s bell ringers entered a team in the District Call Change Competition at Leytonstone church.

Each team of six ringers had three minutes practise to get used to a different set of bells.

This was followed by five to eight minutes of competition ringing. The order of the bells was changed regularly and the accuracy of the striking assessed by two judges sitting in the churchyard.

Our team rang very well and was placed first out of the six teams that took part.

Bell Ringers Perform Well In Essex Striking Competition

On Saturday 29^th June 2024, St Andrew’s bell ringers represented our district in the Essex Striking Competition at Great Easton.

We were competing against ten other teams from all over Essex. Each team rang 240 changes of their chosen method and were judged on the accuracy of their striking.

Our team rang well and finished in 6^th place out of 11 teams with an accuracy score of 75%.

Well done to our successful team of James, Michelle, Marianne, Nick, Clive & Mark shown in the photo below.

Bell Ringers Win Call Change Competition

On Saturday 23^rd September 2023, our team of 6 bell ringers travelled to Loughton church for the annual district call change competition.

We were drawn to ring first and, after some initial nerves, settled into about 5 minutes ofconfident ringing.

There were 4 other teams, all of us judged on the evenness of our ringing whilst the conductor changed the order of the bells.

At the end of the competition, Hornchurch were declared the winning team, having scored the fewest number of faults (errors).

The full results were as follows:

• 5^th place: Walthamstow, St Mary: 62.5 faults
• 4^th place: Walthamstow, St Saviour: 53 faults
• 3^rd place: Loughton: 49 faults
• 2^nd place: Epping: 45.5 faults
• 1^st place: Hornchurch: 16.5 faults

Well done to all those who took part.

Bell Ringers Striking Competition Success

On Saturday 10^th June 2023, St Andrew’s bell ringers entered a team into the SW Essex Striking Competition heats at Dagenham.

We rang for about seven or eight minutes and were judged on the accuracy of our ringing.

We rang well and finished in 2^nd place behind West Ham but ahead of Walthamstow, St Mary who came 3^rd.

Congratulations to our band of ringers, who are shown in the photograph below.

Those taking part were (L-R in the photograph):

1. Mark Lendon
2. Julie Bloomfield
3. Michelle Stephenson
4. Ethan Musham
5. Clive Stephenson
6. James Riley