#  2015 Monmouth Branch Striking Competition 

 

   Details    Written by: Webmaster    Category: [News](/news)     Published: 17 May 2015     Created: 17 May 2015     Last Updated: 17 May 2015     Hits: 4078  ![](/images/CategoryIcons/Monmouth_Crest_75-78.webp)This year's Monmouth Branch Striking competition was held at Nash on Saturday 16th May 2015 on what proved to be a lovely sunny afternoon. Once the pub opened the setting was perfect!

 The event also incorporated the Branch's now annual cake-baking competition. Standards in both the ringing and baking proved to be high.

 There were six bands in both the called change and method-ringing sections and five cakes in the baking competition. The ringing was judged by Andrew & Yvonne John from Cadoxton and the baking competition was judged by the Association Chairman, John Vesey from Llandaff Cathedral.

 After a "bring and eat" buffet tea, the results of the competitions were announced.

 3rd place in the cake-baking competition was awarded to Marion Bennett and 2nd place to 10-year-old Jasmine (the judge really liked this cake!). However, there could only be one winner and this was the fantastically decorated "work of art" from Carol Brown.

 **Pictures: Carol Brown's "Work of Art" cake**

 ![](/images/News/2015MonBrStrComp/Cake1-1.jpg)![](/images/News/2015MonBrStrComp/Cake1-2.jpg)

 After much deliberation, Andrew and Yvonne judged the ringing as follow, the bands being listed in order of ringing:

 **Called Change section**  
 1. St Mellons "A" *50.5 faults*  
 2. Rumney *56 faults*  
 3. St Mellons "B" *58 faults*  
 4. Shirenewton *34.5 faults*  
 5. St Woolos, Newport *17.5 faults*  
 6. Caldicot *70 faults*

 **Method section**  
 1. Rumney City *29 faults*  
 2. St Woolos *11 faults*  
 3. Bassaleg *80 faults*  
 4. Rumney United *5 faults*  
 5. St Mellons *16.5 faults*  
 6. Caldicot *no score*

 Congratulations to St Woolos, Newport & Shirenewton and also to Rumney and St Woolos, Newport who go forward to represent the Branch in their respective sections at the Association Striking Competitions on Thursday 2nd July 2015.

 **Picture: Matthew Turner of Rumney and Peter Bennett of St Woolos, Newport with the trophies**

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