St Michael and All Angels Church, at Swanmore in Ryde was the tower with some notable firsts on Sunday.
The first first was for 16-year-old Jake Saddington who, as a Swanmore-taught ringer, rang his first quarter peal covering on the 6-bell simulator. May congratulations are due to him for all his hard work in getting to this stage at a fairly rapid rate.
Kieran Downer clocked up another first with ringing his ‘first’ on the ‘new’ treble.
The final first is recording that this is the first ever 6-bell quarter peal recorded for this tower, albeit on a simulator. Well done to all the team at Swanmore for all their enthusiasm and hard work in getting a team up and running.
The event is recorded for Ringing World as follows:
Sunday, 29 April 2018 in 40 mins (Sim)
1260 Grandsire Doubles
1 Kieran Downer (C)
2 Tristan Allen
3 Barry Downer
4 John R Stock
5 Margaret Downer
6 Jake Saddington
1st quarter peal – 6. Jake is the first Swanmore taught ringer to ring a quarter peal.
1st 6-bell quarter in the tower and 1st on the treble.
Well deserved congratulations all round.
