Sincere thanks are due to everyone who has helped to make this year’s contest a success, and in particular to:
- the local organising team of Len Mitchell, Fr Simon Fisher and Hamish Corfield;
- the four judges for working so hard and listening to the test pieces over an 8-hour period;
- Dave Richards for installing the sound feed and providing HawkEar data to the judges throughout the day;
- all of the stewards and helpers;
- the incumbents and local ringers at all of the towers for allowing us to ring;
- the authorities at St Nicholas Pier Head for so generously allowing us the use of the church and facilities for the whole day;
- Tom Hinks for running the handbell workshop;
- Ian McCallion who has very generously made the HawkEar software available to this year’s contest free-of-charge;
- the Girdlers’ Company for their very generous financial support of this year’s contest;
- the Team Leaders for organising, motivating and coaching the teams;
- you, the participants, for taking part.
