The 2025 Ringing World National Youth Contest was held in Birmingham on Saturday 5th July. Our headquarters for the day was the iconic St Martin in the Bullring, right in the heart of the city, where over three hundred young ringers had the chance to ring on the UK’s only ring of sixteen bells.

The results are as follows.

Method Ringing on Eight Bells (Edgbaston)

Position	Team Name	Score
1	Yorkshire Tykes (Whitechapel Trophy)	9.5
2	Winchester & Portsmouth	9
3	Oxford D G	8.5
4	Essex Young Eagles	7.5
5=	Sussex Young Ringers	6.5
5=	Kent Young Ringers	6.5

Method Ringing on Six Bells (Edgbaston)

Position	Team Name	Score
1	Brumdingers	9
2	Surrey Strikers	8.5
3	Norfolk Young Ringers	8
4	Winchester & Portsmouth	7.5
4	Fen Tigers	7.5
6	Daventry Young Ringers	7
7	Yorkshire Tykes	6.5
7	Coventry Spires	6.5
9	Nottinghamshire Young Ringers	6
10	Bath & Wells	5.5
10	Gloucester & Bristol	5.5

Call Changes on Eight Bells (Erdington, St Barnabas)

Position	Team Name	Score
1	Worcester Cathedral	9
2	Bucks & Berks	8.5
3	Young @ Herts	7.5
4	Foundry Foxes	6.5
5	Cymru	6

Call Changes on Six Bells (Erdington, St Barnabas)

Position	Team Name	Score
1	Three Spires (Robert Lewis Trophy)	9.5
2	Derbyshire Young Ringers	9
3	Yorkshire Tykes	8.5
4	Cumbrian Herdwicks	8
4	Gloucester & Bristol	8
6	Guildford Young Ringers	7.5
7	Fen Tigers	7
7	Essex Young Eagles	7
9	Cornish Pasties	6.5
9	Go Bellistic (Salisbury DG)	6.5
11	Lincolnshire Poachers	6
11	Cheshire & North Staffs	6

Beginner Call Changes on Eight Bells (Moseley, St Mary)

Position	Team Name	Score
1	Coventry Spires	8
2	Bedfordshire Young Ringers	7
3	Norfolk Young Ringers	6

Next year’s contest will be on Saturday 4th July in Nottingham.

If you are interested in volunteering to help this inspiring day run smoothly for all the young ringers, please get in touch: rwnyc@ringingworld.co.uk