From:                                         Bedfordshire Association of Church Bell Ringers <president@bacbr.org.uk>

Sent:                                           01 March 2023 12:20

To:                                               Tower Contact

Subject:                                     Update March 2023

 

 

BEDFORDSHIRE ASSOCIATION OF CHURCH BELL RINGERS


Update

Latest news and information for all towers and ringers in Bedfordshire

 

March 2023
Please forward to other ringers in your tower and print off a copy for your tower notice board.

 

There's a lot happening in the next couple of months!
Please do pass on information as appropriate and respond if requested to do so!

 

 

 

Ring for the King!

Our aim: To ring the bells at every ringable tower in Bedfordshire on or around Saturday 6 May for the Coronation of King Charles III

 

Is your tower ready? Read on to find out two ways in which the Association can assist with your preparations to Ring for the King between Friday 5 May - Monday 8 May ... and how you can help other towers too!
 

1. Allocating ringers to towers where they are needed


Christine Williams has very kindly offered to co-ordinate Ringing for the King across the county, to ensure that (as far as possible) all towers have enough ringers to ring at some point during during the Coronation weekend. To enable her to do this, we need some information from you please:

  • All Tower Captains (or Tower Correspondents): So that we know which towers have enough ringers of their own and which are likely to need assistance, please complete the short Ring for the King Tower Survey by clicking on the link below. It will take only a couple of minutes to complete. Please complete by Friday 24 March

                 https://forms.gle/sqdc2AwEdpBgYX557 

  • All Ringers: If you are willing to assist at towers in addition to your own, please complete the short Ring for the King Ringers' Survey below. Again, it will only take a couple of minutes to complete. Please complete by Friday 14 April

                  https://forms.gle/Kk5dGssZ7bvTnxnk7 

The exact timings of the Coronation on 6 May are yet to be made public, and therefore your plans may not be finalised. However, please respond to the surveys above as best you can at this stage.


2. Ring for the King Bell Handling Sessions

We are organising a series of Saturday morning training sessions, aimed at anyone who is currently learning to ring at a tower in Bedfordshire but not yet able to ring independently. These concentrated bell handling sessions, with experienced tutors, are intended to supplement bell handling lessons at the students' home towers so that they are hopefully able to ring rounds at their own tower for the Coronation.

Each session will be for 90 minutes
Max 2 students per tutor.
We will be asking for a donation of £5 cash per session per student, for tower donation/any refreshments, payable on the day.
Signing up for these sessions is essential via the Eventbrite links below

We would ask that students sign up for a maximum of two sessions. Depending on demand, additional sessions may be possible. Details are as follows:

25 March
R J Sharp Ringing Centre at St Andrew's Biggleswade
Session 1: 10:00-11:30 
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ring-for-the-king-bell-handling-biggleswade-25-march-1000-tickets-565112676227
Session 2: 11:30-13:00 
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ring-for-the-king-bell-handling-biggleswade-25-march-1130-tickets-565236957957

1 April
St Mary's, Haynes, 11:00-12:30 
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ring-for-the-king-bell-handling-haynes-1-april-1100-tickets-565333476647
St Peter's, Sharnbrook 11:00-12:30 
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ring-for-the-king-bell-handling-sharnbrook-1-april-1100-tickets-565357749247

15 April, 
St Mary's, Haynes 11:00-12:30
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ring-for-the-king-bell-handling-haynes-15-april-1100-tickets-565342232837
St Peter's, Sharnbrook 11:00-12:30 
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ring-for-the-king-bell-handling-sharnbrook-15-april-1100-tickets-565368451257

Please use the links to respond to the surveys and register for the bell handling sessions if at all possible, as these then automatically produce spreadsheets, saving us a huge amount of work! However, if you have difficulty, please email president@bacbr.org.uk 

 

 

Forthcoming Training Sessions and Meetings

Saturday Ringing Meetings  


4 March     Cranfield (6)   Evening ringing 19:00-20:30  Focus: Rounds and listening for                                               your bell / Bob Doubles / Stedman 
11 March   Clifton (8)       Afternoon ringing 14:00-16:00 followed by a Service of
                                        Thanksgiving for the lives of Sheila and Stan Ashton. Tea and                                                cake available after the Service.
25 March    Woburn (8)   Evening ringing  19:00-20:30
1 April         Bedford, St Andrew (8)    Service, Tea, Bedford District Meeting, Evening
                                         Ringing 15:00-20:30
15 April       Northill (6)     Afternoon ringing 15:30-17:30
22 April       Flitwick (6)    Luton District Meeting 18:30; Evening Ringing: 19:30

Don't forget, everyone is welcome to go along to any of these events, not just those in your own area!  For details of all forthcoming events please see: https://www.bacbr.org.uk

 

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

Next session: 8 March, 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 Sue Silver, vicepresident@bacbr.org.uk

 

 

Association Surprise Major Practice
 

Sunday 16 April, 15:00-17:00
Venue tbc

 

Thank you to everyone who supported last month's successful and enjoyable practice at Clifton. 17 people attended, and we rang Cambridge, Yorkshire, Superlative and Bristol.

Please put the date of the next practice in your diary if you:

  • can already ring Surprise Major inside
  • or have rung the treble to Surprise Major and have learned Cambridge S Major
  • or have rung Surprise Minor and would like to extend this to Major,

Dates for future practices: All 3rd Sundays (apart from December) on alternate months, as follows: 18 June, 20 August, 15 October, 3 December. 14:30 - 16:30  Venues tbc.

 

 

Dates for your Diary
 

 

Association AGM
followed by a Quiz Evening & Supper

Saturday 20 May at Flitton

Book the date now. Details to follow.

 

 

Other News and Events

 


Ring a First in February 

Congratulations....
to everyone who rang a First in February, and thank you to all who organised ringing or supported others to achieve a First. These included:

 

First Quarter: Sue Chandler, Jane Edis (and second Quarter a few days later), Neil Goodwin, Angela Newberry, Simon Smith, Peter Williams, Peter Wright.
First Quarter inside: Penelope Bellis, Andrew Wheeler, Karen Rogers (a few days early!), Karen Humphreys (and first Quarter as conductor a few days later), Glynda Easterbrook (first inside for 10 years).
First Quarter for a long time: Simon Baxter (45 years), Marguerite Smith (31 years)
First Quarters in a method: Tom Salkield (Grandsire Doubles),Terry Brown and Godfrey Foat (Ipswich S Minor), Stuart Cracknell and Susan Melvin (Single Oxford Minor), Angela Blackburn and Kristian White-Spunner (Lessness S Major)
Plus ... First on the new ringing room floor at Henlow!

Details of these and other achievements recorded on BellBoard can be viewed here:
https://bb.ringingworld.co.uk/event.php?id=16155

 

 

Bedfordshire Young Ringers

it is hoped that events for Young Ringers will resume soon. These will be open to all ringers aged 19 or under, of all abilities, whether learning to handle a bell or beyond! 
A great opportunity to have lots of fun, make new friends, ring with others of their own age, make progress with experienced tutors ... and eat cake! What's not to like?! 

 

If there are Young Ringers at your tower who might be interested in coming along please let Linda know by emailing president@bacbr.org.uk 

 

 

 

Updates from the Central Council of Church Bellringers

 

Do keep an eye on the Central Council website for wider ringing news, including the very readable weekly President's Blog (that's the CC President, not Linda!), resources and helpful information!   https://cccbr.org.uk

 

 

BOOKING FOR EVENTS
We often ask you to commit to events in advance via Eventbrite so that we know that they are viable and to assist planning. If you have registered, we can then also easily communicate any changes or additional information to you.
We do realise that Eventbrite is not everyone's cup of tea! However, using it to register for events makes admin for the organisers SO much easier ... saving us time and effort which we can then put into organising more and better events!! It also enables us to find out other information from you to assist with organisation.
Eventbrite does not cost us anything and is quick and easy for you to use. 
We will only ever use your data for the purpose which it was given and will never pass on to third parties. 

 

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Linda Garton
President, BACBR 
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