BEDFORDSHIRE ASSOCIATION OF CHURCH BELL RINGERS

Update

Latest news and information for all towers and ringers in Bedfordshire

June 2022
Please forward to other ringers in your tower and print off a copy for your tower notice board.

Ringing for the Platinum Jubilee
of HM The Queen
Thursday 2 - Sunday 5 June

Do enjoy the coming Jubilee Bank Holiday weekend, particularly if you are taking part in any celebratory ringing!
Please add details of any special ringing at your tower to BellBoard, where an event has been set up for all ringing for the Platinum Jubilee, whether a peal, quarter, touch or rounds and call changes:  https://bb.ringingworld.co.uk/event.php?id=14297
If you are not able to access Bellboard, please send full details of your ringing (ie tower, ringers, no of changes, method/rounds/call-changes, any footnotes) to backtoringing@bacbr.org.uk

The following information regarding is taken from the CCCBR website https://cccbr.org.uk/2022/01/12/hm-queens-jubilee/ ...

After the Bank Holiday weekend, details of the ringing that took place for both the Accession Day and over the Jubilee Weekend will be collated and presented to Her Majesty with the grateful thanks of the bellringing community for her unique service to the nation and Commonwealth

Forthcoming Training Sessions and Meetings

Meetings in June are as follows:
 

Bedford District
4 June   No meeting (Jubilee weekend)
2 July    District Outing, QM, Picnic tea. Details to follow.

Biggleswade District
11 June 15.30 - 17.30  Old Warden (6). Afternoon ringing.

Luton District
25 June  19:00  Silsoe (6) Evening Ringing

Please do support District Meetings. They are a great opportunity for

• less experienced ringers to progress and to consolidate what they may have learned at training sessions.
• more experienced ringers to support those who are learning - we were all learners once! - and ring something with other experienced ringers too!
• having a sociable time!

Don't forget - you are welcome to go along to meetings in any District, not just your own!  For details of all forthcoming District events please see: https://www.bacbr.org.uk/districts/ 

Second Saturday Training
 
at the R J Sharp Ringing Centre 
at St Andrews Biggleswade

Next session:
11 June 10.00 - 12.00

Open to all Bedfordshire ringers.  The sessions are aimed at less experienced ringers who can handle a bell but want to improve technique, confidence and progress.
For more details, please contact Philippa Whittington, pw48@btinternet.com or Sue Silver, vicepresident@bacbr.org.uk

Association Surprise Major Practice
 

Next practice:
Saturday 20 August, 10.00 - 12.00
Tower tbc

Dates for your diary

Beer, Bells and Bangers
Blunham Church

Saturday 23 July 14.00 - 16.00

Please do support this event to help raise funds to repair the bells. Details below:


 

Other News and Events

From the Association AGM ...

Thank you to everyone who attended the Association AGM at Campton on Saturday 21 May, and to the 30+ members and friends who enjoyed the Supper and Quiz afterwards.

At the AGM:

• Sarah-Louise Ward was elected as Honorary Secretary. A huge thank you to Penny Bellis for all her hard work over the past few months. Other officers remained the same.
• It was agreed that a full review of the Association's objectives, structure and roles will take place over the next 12 months. This will be a fully consultative process. Please look out for more details in the July update.

Full minutes will be available on the website in due course.

A reminder to the General Committee that our next meeting is on Saturday 18 June, 9.30am at All Saints, Campton, 

Updates from the Central Council of Church Bellringers

Please keep an eye on the Central Council website for updates on the latest coronavirus guidance, plus lots of other helpful information!
https://cccbr.org.uk/

North West Ringing Course 

Thursday 11 - Sunday 14 August 2022

This is a new Residential Ringing Course based in the NW but open to ringers from everywhere ... even Bedfordshire! The course is aimed those who are no longer at the early stages of learning, but are not yet experts, so students will typically be comfortable ringing touches of a few methods, and now want to extend their skills to the next level. If this might be you, have a look at https://nwringingcourse.uk/ 

Linda Garton
President, BACBR 
backtoringing@bacbr.org.uk

www.bacbr.org.uk

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