2016 London 12 Bell Competition
On the morning of the 22nd October, 2016, several ringers, including several UL ringers gathered at the church…
On the morning of the 22nd October, 2016, several ringers, including several UL ringers gathered at the church…
The Seventh London 12-bell Competition for the Whitechapel Trophy will take place on Saturday October 24th 2015 at St Giles’, Cripplegate, London EC2 by kind permission of the Rector, The Rev Katharine Rumens and assistance of Gwen Rogers. The draw will take place at 10.45am and competition ringing will commence at 11.30am. Bands will ring …
7th London 12-bell Competition for the Whitechapel trophy 2015 Read More »
Dear All, This coming Saturday 30th May is the Middlesex Association eight-bell Striking Competition at Sunbury-on-Thames. Time: 15.30 – 17.00 A band can be entered on the day. Sunbury has a railway station, so should be fairly easy to get to. It would be nice to enter a team for the UL, so if you …
The London 12 bell competition this year was held at St Mary le Bow, providing a significant challenge to all the bands on these less-than-easy bells. The pub arranged for the day was the Fine Line, and so it was that bellringers from all over London gathered for bacon sandwiches and the first drinks of …
London 12 bell competition 2014 – St Mary le Bow Read More »
Hi all, An absolutely massive thank-you to everyone who worked so hard yesterday to make the London 12 bell contest at Magnus such a success. It was a brilliant day and that was due to a lot of people, who I won’t even try to name, as it would be an incredibly long list, doing …
The London 12 Bell Competition for the Whitechapel Trophy this year was hosted by the University of London Society. The UL is not one of the larger societies taking part in the competition, but what it lacks in size it more than makes up for with youthful enthusiasm. Having taken on the organisation of the …
This year, the UL entered the Middlesex 8-bell competition, organised by Tom Lawrence and held at Garlickhythe. This was the second time that we have entered the competition. Unfortunately due to the cross-over between the old and new Master there was some confusion of how the band was going to be organised. Fortunately, we managed …
This year the UL were invited by Tom Lawrence to take part in the Middlesex Diocesan Guild and London County Association striking competition to be held at Isleworth. Invitation accepted, so in true UL style, a practice was arranged the Thursday before, without all the band and rung in fine style. Saturday dawned, bright and …
Photo thanks to: Clare Dyer [AFG_gallery id=’23’] The London 12-bell competition this year was hosted by the Cumberlands and held at Shoreditch Church. The day started at 10am with tea coffee and bacon rolls provided in the church hall. These were supplemented by some with chunks of Chinese crispy duck courtesy of Luke Camden who …
This was the inaugural London 12 bell competition and was held at St Magnus the Martyr, where a new ring of bells had been installed earlier in the year and which is rapidly becoming famous for the excessive amount of tower movement! The test piece was half a course of Cambridge Surprise Maximus and the …