On Saturday 11th October the White Rose 12 Bell Competition will be hosted at Bradford Cathedral by the Yorkshire Tykes, the YACR youth ringers.
This event brings together teams from the churches in Yorkshire who regularly ring on 12 bells, so this year we have 8 teams from Leeds Minster, York Minster, York St Martin’s, Ripon Cathedral, Stockton on Tees, Beverley St Mary, Huddersfield and the young ringers team Yorkshire Tykes. The ringing will take place from 11am to 3.00pm with teams aiming to produce the most accurate ringing possible. The judges will be hidden away in an office inside the Cathedral and will deliver the results at about 3.30pm and award the trophy.
The Yorkshire Tykes is a group of youth bell ringers made up of under 18s from around Yorkshire. The group entered the White Rose 12 bell contest for the first time at Ripon Cathedral in 2023. They entered the contest again on 5th October 2024 coming in an amazing 2nd place of the seven teams entered, overcoming some experienced 12 bell bands.
Visitors are most welcome to come and hear the ringers compete.