Results of the Best Kept Tower competition. This competition is not longer contested by resolution of the 2010 AGM. It was replaced by the Tower of the Year competition.
Prior to 2005 there was a single competition category and the only trophy awarded was the Bliss Trophy. Judging took place in a number of regional rounds resulting in three finalists.
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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
2009:
Overall winner, and awarded the Bliss Trophy: St Christopher, CheltenhamSecond Place and awarded the "Littledean and Purton" Trophy: English Bicknor
Third Place, Winner of the Eight and Over category, and awarded the Great Peter Trophy: Chippenham, St Andrew
Highly Commended and awarded the Chairman's Baldric: Much Marcle (Although Much Marcle tower is not in the G&B the band are almost all members of Forest Branch)
2008:
Winner of the Ground Floor Six category and awarded the Great Peter Trophy: Great RissingtonWinner of the Eight and Over category and awarded the "Littledean and Purton" Trophy: St Andrew, Chippenham
Winner of the Upstairs Six category, overall winner, and awarded the Bliss Trophy: Brislington
Winner of the Chairman's Baldrick: St Mark, Cheltenham
Highly Commended: Churchdown, Welford on Avon, St Christopher, Cheltenham and St Mark, Cheltenham
2007:
Highly Commended: Ebrington and ChurchdownMost Highly Commended and awarded the Chairman's Baldric: Gloucester Cathedral
Winner of the Ground Floor Six category and awarded the Plain Bearing Trophy: Great Rissington
Winner of the Upstairs Six category and awarded the Great Peter Trophy: St Christopher, Cheltenham
Winner of the Eight and Over category, overall winner and awarded the Bliss Trophy: Painswick
2006:
Highly Commended: Brislington, Leonard Stanley, St Marks, Cheltenham and TwyningMost Highly Commended and awarded the Chairman's Baldric: Kingsdown
Winner of the Ground Floor Six category and awarded the Great Peter Trophy: Great Rissington
Winner of the Upstairs Six category, overall winner and awarded the Bliss Trophy: Lydiard Tregoze
Winner of the Eight and Over category and awarded the Plain Bearing Trophy: Painswick
2005:
Highly Commended: Great Rissington, Lydiard Millicent, Kemble and St Christopher, CheltenhamMost Highly Commended and awarded the Chairman's Baldric: St Marks, Cheltenham
Winner of the Ground Floor Six category, overall winner and awarded the Bliss Trophy: Charlton
Winner of the Upstairs Six category and awarded the Great Peter Trophy: Whitminster
Winner of the Eight and Over category and awarded the Plain Bearing Trophy: Blunsdon
2004: Winner of the Bliss Trophy: St Andrew, Chippenham Finalists: St Christopher, Cheltenham and Churchdown |
2003: Winner of the Bliss Trophy: Wroughton Finalists: Great Rissington and Whitminster |
2002: Winner of the Bliss Trophy: Mangotsfield Finalists: Great Rissington and Hempsted |
2001: Winner of the Bliss Trophy: Whitminster Finalists: Tewkesbury Abbey and Thornbury |
2000: Joint Winners of the Bliss Trophy: Great Rissington and Lydiard Tregoze |
1999: Joint Winners of the Bliss Trophy: Great Rissington and Lydiard Tregoze |
1997: Winner of the Bliss Trophy: Woolstone Runner up: Churchdown |
1994: Winner of the Bliss Trophy: jointly Henbury and Winchcombe Certificate of Merit: Great Rissington |
1987: Winner of the Bliss Trophy: Great Somerford |
1986: Winner of the Bliss Trophy: Highworth Runner up: Newent and Winchcombe |
1985: Winner of the Bliss Trophy: Newent Runner up: Highworth |
1984: Winner of the Bliss Trophy: Lacock Runners up: Standish and Frampton Cotterell |
1982: Winner of the Bliss Trophy: Rodbourne Cheney Runners up: Newent and Haresfield |
1981: Winner of the Bliss Trophy: Haresfield |
1980: Winners of the Bliss Trophy: Wroughton and Bristol, St Ambrose Runner up: Leckhampton |
1979: Winner of the Bliss Trophy: Frampton Cotterell |
1978: Winner of the Bliss Trophy: Upton St Leonards |
1977: Winner of the Bliss Trophy: Hatherop |