Ringing for Stedman

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Published: Sunday, 29 September 2013 23:24

Ringers of Sussex are invited to mark the Tercentenary of the burial of Fabian Stedman.

Fabian Stedman is probably the most famous ringer and he had an enormous influence on the development of change ringing by publishing the first books on the subject. He was buried on 16th November 1713.

The Central Council is encouraging all ringers to mark this anniversary by ringing on or as close as possible to Saturday 16th November 2013, and to use the event to seek as much publicity as possible for your ringing, local bands and for ringing in general. John Harrison (CCCBR PR Committee)

Take a look at the Central Council website for touches of Stedman (300 changes), peal and quarter peal compositions and find yours

A Vision - update

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Published: Sunday, 21 July 2013 23:22

Just to keep you up to date:

The eight discussion groups held across the Association are now complete and thank you to the local ringers for making the venue arrangements.

Also, thank you to the 142 ringers from 69 different towers who came along to the groups to meet with us and to those of you who have sent comments via email.

We very much appreciate your time and contributions. All the ideas, comments, suggestions, views will be considered by the working group at their next meeting at the end of July.

It has certainly been a valuable opportunity to meet with so many of you across the County and to hear your views on the current state of ringing in

Nigel's LEJOG - he did it!

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Published: Friday, 07 June 2013 23:18

From Nigel Gale:

I'm delighted to report that I reached John O'Groats yesterday lunchtime, to schedule, just under 12 days after leaving Land's End. After a long train ride south today I am now safely back home in Horsham.

It was a thoroughly enjoyable expedition, all 1060 LEJOG miles of it (plus around another 140 "other" miles). I was extremely lucky with the weather: mostly had a following wind, only about 3 hours of rain in the whole time, and - remarkably - not a single puncture. It could hardly have gone better. If anyone is considering doing the same or something similar, I definitely recommend it.

The full report appears in the latest edition of Soundbow - available from Kathy Howard and in the meantime I would like t

Bells at the South of England Show

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Published: Wednesday, 29 May 2013 23:13

Penelope Keith visited us at the Church Tent at the South of England Show at Ardingly. Here she is enjoying a lesson with Alan Collings with Dewby's Bells - a mini ring of 8 bells.

The Association had a fantastic three days as part of the Church Tent - all thanks to the volunteers who agreed to take part - and we collected contact details for 50 people interested in finding out more locally. More pictures appear on the Gallery Page and a full report to appear in Soundbow Summer 2013.

For those interested in finding out more and perhaps having a go at ringing church bells - two follow up mornings have been arranged on Saturday 29 June at Shipley and Southover (Lewes) towers.

If you would like to know more, contact Marisa H