The Essex Association of Change Ringers President: The Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of Chelmsford

This competition is held in the mid-afternoon on the first Saturday in July, before the 8-bell competition. Following the District heats, held earlier in the year, the winner and runner-up from each of the 6 districts are invited to enter. The event is arranged by the host district and is judged by an invited panel from outside the Association's boundaries. The object is to ring 240 changes of a Doubles method, (with tenor cover), or Minor method. Each team is then judged on their striking and rhythm whilst ringing their test piece.

Past winners

The following towers have won the six-bell competition since 1961:

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YEAR	WINNERS	YEAR	WINNER	YEAR	WINNERS
1961	Danbury	1962	Kirby-le-Soken	1963	Danbury
1964	Danbury	1965	Colchester St Leonard	1966	Colchester St Leonard
1967	Colchester St Leonard	1968	Barkingside	1969	Wormingford
1970	Wormingford	1971	Braintree	1972	Braintree
1973	Braintree	1974	Chemsford Cathedral	1975	Prittlewell
1976	Langdon Hills	1977	Chemsford Cathedral	1978	Danbury
1979	Danbury	1980	Langdon Hills	1981	Little Waltham
1982	Prittlewell	1983	Prittlewell	1984	Dagenham
1985	Braintree	1986	Danbury	1987	Dagenham
1988	Chemsford Cathedral	1989	Chemsford Cathedral	1990	Kirby-le-Soken
1991	Dagenham	1992	Dagenham	1993	Dagenham
1994	Danbury	1995	Dagenham	1996	Chemsford Cathedral
1997	Dagenham	1998	Chemsford Cathedral	1999	Dagenham
2000	Chemsford Cathedral	2001	Coggeshall	2002	Dagenham
2003	Kirby-le-Soken	2004	Chemsford Cathedral	2005	Downham
2006	Great Totham	2007	Chelmsford Cathedral	2008	Chelmsford Cathedral

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