The Best Kept Tower competition seeks to promote not only good maintenance of bells and their fittings but also good housekeeping in all aspects of the tower. This may even extend to promotion of ringing outside of the tower where this would be judged to be advantageous e.g. where a church might receive a large number of visitors.
The competition is split into several divisions, following a review in 2005. Towers now compete in the categories of Best Ground Floor Six, Best Upstairs Six and Best Eight and Over. This was done to recognise the particular problems which towers in these categories might face. In addition towers can be commended or highly commended by the judging team.
The results of the latest competition were announced at the Association AGM at Coaley on 17 April 2010.
Overall winner, Winner of the Eight and Over category and awarded the Bliss Trophy: St Marks, CheltenhamCommended: Painswick (also awarded the Chairman's Baldric)
Winner of the Upstairs Six category and awarded the Littledean and Purton Trophy: Lydiard Tregoze
Commended: Brislington and English Bicknor
Winner of the Ground Floor Six category and awarded the Great Peter Trophy: Great Rissington
Commended: Churchdown, Minchinhampton and Woodchester
This competition is now suspended by resolution of the AGM 2010
This page updated: 17/04/2010