The Essex Association of Change Ringers   President: The Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of Chelmsford

The Ridgman Trophy 10 bell striking competition took place on Saturday 15th June on the back 10 at Surfleet in Lincolnshire. The judges were Richard Smith and Michael Purday, the test piece half a course of Cambridge S. Royal. The locals arranged the use of the garden at the Mermaid Inn across the road from the church and supplied plentiful cake and coffee, arranged boat trips along the river and a necessary shelter from the thunder storms under the not-quite-so-waterproof gazebo. The judges declared the results as follows:

1st	Bedfordshire	30 faults (peal speed: 3h1)
2nd	Lincoln	42 faults (3h4)
3rd	Ely	47 faults (3h5)
4th	Norwich	51 faults (3h12)
5th	Peterborough	57 faults (2h59)
6th	Suffolk	67 faults (3h19)
7th	Essex	83 faults (3h5)
8th	Cambridge University	102 faults (3h3)

Representing Essex were: Paul Cammiade, Vicki Chapman, Hilary Donoghue, Cecile Cross, Roger Collins, John Harpole, Matthew Rayner, John Hall, Colin Chapman and Brian Meads (c).

Next years competition will be hosted by Essex on 7th June 2014.

Vicki Chapman
General Secretary
(Wednesday 19 June 2013)