National 12-bell Striking Contest

for the Taylor Trophy

2025 Contest

Chief Judge: Thomas J Hinks

Picture of the church of St Mary Redcliffe

The final of the 2025 National 12-bell Striking Contest will take place at St Mary Redcliffe on Saturday 28th June. The test piece will be a touch of Stedman Cinques.

The draw for the qualifying contests took place at the committee meeting on 1st December:

BeverleyLiverpoolRotherhamShrewsbury
Beverley
Leeds
Melbourne
Stockton on Tees
St Paul’s
York		Cheltenham
Chester
Guildford
Liverpool
Reading
SRCY
Worcester		ASCY
Cambridge
Leicester
Norwich
Oxford
Sheffield
Southwark		Birmingham
Chilcompton
Exeter
Hursley
Portsmouth
Towcester
Truro

The qualifying contests will be held on Saturday 22nd March at:

  • Beverley, St Mary
  • Rotherham, All Saints
  • Liverpool, St Nicholas
  • Shrewsbury, St Chad.

The test piece for the qualifiers will be:

255 Stedman Cinques
2314567890E
21364E59780    1.4.s8.10.s12.17.21
2143658709E    1.4.5.s10.11.16.20 (20)

The test piece for the final will be:

252 Stedman Cinques
2314567890E
25341678E90    1.6-11.13.15 (20)
2314567890E    4.5.7.9.11.13.14.17.19.21

The committee has recently undertaken a survey into how to define good ringing, the results of which are published here.

2025 marks the 50th anniversary of the first National 12-bell Striking Contest which was also held at St Mary Redcliffe on 31st May 1975. Five teams competed for the Emlyn Hancock Trophy.