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

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 qualified for the final.

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

Notes on the recordings
An AKG C391B 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 give a good impression of the bands' performances.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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