National Twelve-Bell Striking Contest

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|name = National 12-Bell Striking Contest

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|country = United Kingdom

|years_active = {{age|1975|05|31}}

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|prev = 22 June 2019

|next = 25 June 2022

|activity = Change ringing

|genre = Competition

|website = {{URL|http://www.12bell.org.uk}}

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The National Twelve-Bell Striking Contest is the principal change ringing striking competition in the United Kingdom. It has been held annually since 1975, and is open to any tower where 12-bell ringing is practised regularly. The winners of the competition are awarded the Taylor Trophy.{{cite web |url=http://www.12bell.org.uk/ |title=Home |website=12bell.org.uk}}

In recent years the competition has become more regimented; it is now common practice that eliminators are held in good time before each year's final, and that all teams must qualify in the eliminators to compete in the final (with the occasional exception of teams representing host towers). The eliminators are usually held in March, all on the same day, and the final is usually held on the fourth Saturday in June.

The 2006 competition was featured in the Marcus Brigstocke BBC television programme Trophy People.{{Cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007d56n|title = BBC Four - Marcus Brigstocke's Trophy People, Series 1, Bell Ringing}}