The Spring meeting took place on Saturday 22nd April in the Wellingborough branch. While the weather forecast hadn’t been brilliant, the weather turned out quite reasonable, with some sunny patches amid the clouds that were scudding past overhead.
Ringing started at Mears Ashby before the contest and ringing at Orlingbury. Six teams had entered, and these were judged by Garry and Sue Mason from Leicester.
After an excellent tea, the judges gave their verdict on the ringing. They commented on how good the ringing had been throughout and that it had been a pleasure to listen to.
Results:
|
Team |
Tower |
Ringing |
Faults |
Position |
|
1 |
Orlingbury |
Call changes |
22 |
5th |
|
2 |
Rushden |
Doubles |
14½ |
3rd |
|
3 |
Desborough |
Call changes |
46 |
6th |
|
4 |
Cathedral |
Minor |
14 |
2nd |
|
5 |
Towcester |
Minor |
6 |
1st |
|
6 |
Patishall |
Doubles |
21 |
4th |
Towcester troubled the judges’ pencils the least and were declared the winners.
At the short business meeting, an application for a grant from the Bell Repair fund was proposed for work at Harrington, as part of a larger project to introduce facilities in the church and improve accessibility. A grant of £10,000 towards the bell related works was approved by the meeting.
The 100 Club draw for April was made, with Ruth Stokes, Richard Yates and Sue Groom coming out of the purples bags as winners.
The raffle for the BRF raised £94.
Annual Reports for 2022 and the April edition of the newsletter were both also distributed to branches for onward distribution to towers.
