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Six Bell Competition |
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Eight Bell Competition |
Six Bell Striking Competition for the Anderson Rose Bowl
Rules of the competition:
1) Bands for the competition shall consist of paid up ringing
members from one tower, but two ringers from other towers in the same District
will be permitted. No person shall ring with more than one band in a
competition. University bands may contain ringers from their society who are
not necessarily listed under the university tower, but they must be members of
the Association.
2) Each district may enter a maximum of three teams. This can be done via a district eliminator competition, or any other suitable means decided by the district.
3) The test piece shall be a minimum of 360 changes of doubles, minor or call changes. When call changes are rung at least 20 pairs of bells shall be changed with at least 3 bells sharing the leading. Marking is to commence when the first pair of bells is changed. If a call change test piece shall exceed 360 changes then a pro-rata adjustment may be applied by the judge.
4) The District Secretaries must inform the Ringing Master of the District in which the competition is to take place of the names of the competing bands from their district heats, not less than one week before the date of the competition.
5) A Committee for the day, consisting of one member from each competing band shall arrange and oversee the draw for the order of ringing, and settle any matter of dispute. It shall elect one of its constituents as Chairman.
6) The draw for the order of ringing shall take place at 2.15 p.m. and the first band drawn shall commence ringing immediately the draw has taken place. (The order of ringing shall be concealed from the judge)
7) A representative of the band to ring last shall witness the first band's performance in the tower. The second band shall be witnessed by a member of the first etc. These representatives (witnesses) shall report any irregularities to the Committee and shall act as timekeepers for the competing band if so requested. In the case of call change bands, the representative shall indicate periodically the number of changes rung and advise the conductor when 360 changes have been completed.
8) The bells may be rung to determine rope lengths, followed by a practice piece of no more than five minutes.
9) The test piece, which may be preceded by up to two minutes of rounds, shall then be rung. It shall be announced by ringing the tenor bell at least two whole pulls.
10) Whenever there are more than 6 entrants to the competition, the logistics may be changed in advance, to help meet practical considerations for the local tower, or the bands involved. A committee composed of a representative of the local ringers, the General Secretary and the District Ringing Master would be formed. They may consider any items related to the running of the competition, which would help resolve practical difficulties which arise from the large number of teams (such as, but not limited to, the length of the test piece and the operation of the draw).
Eight Bell Striking Competition for the Freda Burton Cup and the Presidents' Plate
Rules of the competition:
1)
Bands for the competition shall consist entirely of paid up Ringing Members from
one tower, but three outside ringers shall be permitted, providing that they are
paid up Ringing Members of the Association. No person shall ring with more than
one band in any competition. University bands may contain ringers from their
society who are not necessarily listed under the university tower, but
they must be members of the Association.
2) The test piece shall be a minimum of 224 changes of triples or major or call changes. When call changes are rung at least 20 pairs of bells shall be changed with at least 3 bells sharing the leading. Marking is to commence when the first pair of bells is changed. If a call change test piece shall exceed 224 changes then a pro-rata adjustment may be applied by the judge.
3) The Ringing Master of the district in which the competition is to take place shall be informed by the captain of each competing band not less than one week before the date of the competition.
4) A committee for the day, consisting of one member from each competing band shall arrange and oversee the draw for the order of ringing, and settle any matter of dispute. It shall elect one of its constituents as Chairman.
5) The draw for the order of ringing shall take place at 2.15 pm and the first band drawn shall commence ringing immediately the draw has taken place. (The order of ringing shall be concealed from the Judge.)
6) A representative of the band to ring last shall witness the first band's performance in the tower. The second band shall be witnessed by a member of the first, etc. These representatives (witnesses) shall report any irregularities to the Committee and shall act as timekeepers for the competing band if so requested. In the case of call change bands, the representative shall indicate periodically the number of changes rung and advise the conductor when 224 changes have been completed.
7) The bells may be rung to determine rope lengths, and a practice piece of no more then five minutes can be rung.
8) The test piece, which may be preceded by up to two minutes of rounds, shall then be rung. It shall be announced by ringing the tenor bell at least two whole pulls.
9) Whenever there are more than 6 entrants to the competition, the logistics may be changed in advance, to help meet practical considerations for the local tower, or the bands involved. A committee composed of a representative of the local ringers, the General Secretary and the District Ringing master would be formed. They may consider any items related to the running of the competition, which would help resolve practical difficulties which arise from the large number of teams, such as the length of the test piece and the operation of the draw.
10) The Presidents’ Plate competition shall be awarded for the best call change band. Call change ringing teams would normally be entered into this competition, but can elect to enter the Freda Burton Cup instead, when informing the District Ringing Master of their entry. As per the sprit that has been traditional with this Association’s Competitions, bands are encouraged to ring Call Changes or methods of a similar complexity to what they are normally comfortable with.
Last updated 11th June 2007