National Twelve Bell Striking Contest 2010

288 Cambridge S Maximus rung by the Ancient Society of College Youths
Winner's Recording (13'34") ©ARU 2010
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Three eliminators for The National Twelve Bell Striking Contest for the Taylor Trophy took place on Saturday 27th March 2010 in London. One of them was held at St Magnus the Martyr, Lower Thames Street (26-3-9 in D) and the judges were Martin Whiteley (Chief), Peter Furniss, Robert Newton and Stephanie Pattenden. The first three teams qualify for the final.

see www.12bell.org.uk for further information

Notes on the recordings
An AKG SE300B microphone was suspended 4m above the bells and fed an Apogee analogue to digital converter. The judges listened to this feed on Rogers dB101 speakers and simultaneously it was recorded on an Apple MacBook. These recordings of the feed should give a reasonably true impression of the bands' performances.

1st	Team 5: Ancient Society of College Youths with 88%. Peal speed: 3hrs 25m. download file [19MB]

2nd	Team 3: Melbourne with 77%. Peal speed: 3hrs 23m. download file [18MB]

3rd	Team 6: Leeds with 71%. Peal speed: 3hrs 21m. download file [18MB]

4th	Team 2: Stockton-on-Tees with 68%. Peal speed: 3hrs 18m. download file [17MB]

5th	Team 7: Guildford with 64%. Peal speed: 3hrs 18m. download file [18MB]

6th	Team 1: Reading with 56%. Peal speed: 3hrs 38m. download file [19MB]

7th	Team 4: Bristol with 55%. Peal speed: 3hrs 19m. download file [17MB]

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