Simulator Toolbox

3.8. Simulator striking competitions

Chester Diocesan Guild Striking Ladder

The Chester Diocesan Guild runs a "striking ladder" similar to the table tennis or squash ladders of our youth. The referee or judge can be human or technology can be used, in the form of recording the striking on a simulator and submitting it for analysis.

CDG Striking Ladder

The Isle of Dogs striking challenge

The Isle of Dogs have a simulator, connected to all of the bells, so they can record two touches of 120 changes in Abel and the file can be marked by the 12 bell competition striking analysis software (CAS). As the judge is a computer, it is 100% consistent each time it is used, and produces a percentage score which enables easy comparison.

Isle of Dogs Striking Challenge

Orange County individual striking challenge 

Doug Nichols was able to use Virtual Belfry with a group of ringers at Orange, New South Wales, to measure how their striking accuracy improved over the course of a year with the use of a simulator.

Orange New South Wales