KIMPTON CUP			2008	Saturday 27 September		at St Mary Apsley End
Judges		Andrew Keech from Kempston Nigel Herriott from St Lawrence, Reading
General Comments		The judges had been able to ring up and then ring Cambridge. The bells are slow turning and many bands struggled to set the right speed.
Place	Draw	Band / District	Bell	Method	Faults	Comments
FIRST	7	Hemel Hempstead Western	Treble 2nd 3rd 4th 5th Tenor	Plain Bob Minor Peal time 2hrs 52mins	63	Nice ringing, well controlled. Tenor sometimes slow at hand. Good to listen to.
SECOND	4	St Peter's St Albans	Treble 2nd 3rd 4th 5th Tenor	Plain Bob Minor Peal time 3hrs 9mins	99	Good ringing. Good pace by tenor and other bells kept the same pace. Some inconsistent leading; treble sometimes too early.
THIRD	3	Ware Eastern	Treble 2nd 3rd 4th 5th Tenor	Grandsire Doubles Peal time 2hrs 54mins	146	Good rounds at start showed potential; had settled by half way so 2nd half better. Bold leading by the treble but other bells did not follow.
4th	9	Hatfield St Albans	Treble 2nd 3rd 4th 5th Tenor	Plain Bob Doubles 2hrs 57mins	155	Overall good feel. Tenor quite quick especially at hand. Rest of band good with nice rhythm. Several clean rows. Nice finish.
5th	6	Tewin Eastern	Treble 2nd 3rd 4th 5th Tenor	Grandsire Doubles Peal time 3hrs 10mins	156	Tenor set a good beat but bells 1-5 did not achieve a good rhythm. Each change ended well but was otherwise variable; lots of clips.
6th	1	Apsely End Western	Treble 2nd 3rd 4th 5th Tenor	Cambridge Minor Peal time 2hrs 52mins	210	Brisk pace by comparison with others. Several rounds to start but did not settle so struggled to set rhythm. The treble struggled; several mistakes and some clipping all through but also some clean rows.
7th	2	Sandon Northern	Treble 2nd 3rd 4th 5th Tenor	Plain Bob Doubles Peal time 3hrs 11mins	270	Rang plenty of rounds to start but never really settled. Two big mistakes. Many leading faults but good tenor ringing.
8th	8	Abbots Lnagley Watford	Treble 2nd 3rd 4th 5th Tenor	Grandsire Doubles 2hrs 53mins	320	Rang too fast and did not settle. One very large mistake from which they did not recover.
9th	5	Barley Bishop's Stortford	Treble 2nd 3rd 4th 5th Tenor	Call changes Peal time 3hrs 20mins	338	Slowish pace. Rang each change with the same faults which were not corrected.