{"id":914,"date":"2013-09-08T11:20:16","date_gmt":"2013-09-08T11:20:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bicesterbranch.org.uk\/?p=914"},"modified":"2021-02-08T13:40:56","modified_gmt":"2021-02-08T13:40:56","slug":"bbq-and-striking-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bicester.odg.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/2013\/09\/08\/bbq-and-striking-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"2013 BBQ and Striking Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Saturday 7th September approximately 33 ringers and their families descended on Islip for the annual branch BBQ and Striking competition.<\/p>\n

The evening started at 5:30pm with a bout of rain, but thankfully we were able to take shelter in Kathryn’s house, and in Islip tower as we started the striking competition.<\/p>\n

First up we’re Bicester tower who were keen to repeat their success following the win last year, followed by Islip and Charlton. The competition consisted of 2 minutes practice followed by ringing the treble to signal to the judges, and then the competition piece – 1 minute of rounds followed by the bands chosen method (all bands chose Grandsire Doubles as it happens, Bicester ringing a 120 and the other teams ringing 4 plain courses). The competition was judged by friends from the Witney & Woodstock branch (Alison Merryweather-Clarke, Louise Brown and Liz Lawrence).<\/p>\n

Once the competition pieces were over the Guild Secretary, his wife and Alison Merryweather-Clarke came up for a course of Grandsire Triples before ringing down and retiring to Kathryn’s where we enjoyed the feast prepared for us by Kathryn, Teresa and Sally.<\/p>\n

At about 9pm following lots of jokes about who was best, the judges gave us their comments on the ringing and the results, which were:<\/p>\n

3rd place – team 3 (Charlton) with 94%
2nd place – team 1 (Bicester) with 95%
1st place – team 2 (Islip) with 96%<\/p>\n

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The Islip band was presented with the trophy and champagne. Congratulations to Islip!<\/p>\n

The puddings were then brought out and the champagne drunk by the winning team.<\/p>\n

Despite the rain at the start of the evening, it was a great event and lots of fun was had by all.<\/p>\n

(Bicester may not have won, but we will gladly back Islip going forward to the Guild competition in October).<\/p>\n\n\n

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On Saturday 7th September approximately 33 ringers and their families descended on Islip for the annual branch BBQ and Striking competition. The evening started at 5:30pm with a bout of rain, but thankfully we were able to take shelter in Kathryn’s house, and in Islip tower as we started the striking competition. First up we’re … <\/p>\n

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