Bell Ringers Win Call Change Competition

Competitions,

On Saturday 23rd 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:

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

Well done to all those who took part.

The winning team: Clive Stephenson, Jane Harper, Michelle Stephenson, Ethan Musham, Mark Lendon and James Riley
Jane collects the winning trophy

Bell Ringers Striking Competition Success

Competitions,

On Saturday 10th 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 2nd place behind West Ham but ahead of Walthamstow, St Mary who came 3rd.

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