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C&S District Monthly Surprise Major Practices at Ringwood – Next Practice Thurs 6th Jan 2022

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A reminder for next Thursday’s Surprise Major practice at Ringwood, 7.15 – 9.00 pm, 6 Jan.  We’ll be keeping Cornwall as the special method.  We endeavour to cater for as wide a repertoire as is possible on the night.


NOTE: From 4 Jan until November 2022 the slip road from Ringwood on to the west bound carriageway of the A31 will be closed.   There appears to be no information on line about planned diversions but looking at Google Maps one option would be to travel east towards Poulner along “Southampton Road” from the roundabout/junction of the B3344/“The Furlongs”.  This will enable you to join the westbound A31 further up  Poulner Hill, adding about 5 minutes to your journey time.

Due to night time road closures in and around Ringwood we will be starting these practices, a little earlier than usual – 7.15 pm., allowing some to leave before detours come into force.  Commencing 2nd December and for the foreseeable future.  Finishing time will be 9.00 pm.

We had good support for the 4th November practice with single methods and 8-spliced.  It’s been suggested we re-introduce an occasional special method and Cornwall has been suggested.  

It will be good to have more support so that we can guarantee a wider ranging practice for all those coming along.  Feel free to forward this information to all who you think will be interested in joining in.


Ventilation-wise, I recollect the 4th November practice achieved 800 ppm CO2 within the ringing chamber, so pretty-well ventilated.  We also have a new heater that proved to be beneficial.

Alan Bentley

Ringwood

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Ringwood Advanced Practice Resumes – Thursday 7th October

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Ringwood Advanced Practice – First Thursday of the month, 7.30 – 9.15 pm, commencing October 7th.

The Ringwood ringers are happy for the advanced practices to re-commence in October albeit on a different evening. The change of evening has been set down so that all the local ringers will be able to attend all their regular practices, hopefully this will not impact significantly upon the advance practice and we can continue to ring the range of Surprise Major methods as in the past.

The local band are ringing with both stair doors open and the hatch to the chamber above the ringing chamber partly open, this appears to create a reasonable level of ventilation, I’ll be bringing along a CO2 meter so that we can monitor actual ppm levels during the practice. Wearing of face masks within the ringing chamber will be optional for everyone double Covid vaccinated, otherwise we would prefer ringers to wear one unless they have had a negative lateral flow test 2 days beforehand.

Looking forward to seeing everyone again.

Alan Bentley

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Sopley Tower re-opens for practice evenings

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Sopley tower re-open practice evenings!

Tower Captain, David Lay, with gladness, has informed us that their Tuesday evening ringing practices, are resuming from Tuesday 15th June 2021 from 8:00pm until 9:00pm; followed afterwards, by the usual visit to The Woolpack.

Please support your district’s local tower practices.

Contact: David Lay

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C&S District Carol Service TODAY!

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Saturday 5th December 2020 at 4:00pm via Zoom from 3:50pm

Meeting ID: 837 4437 8746

Passcode: e4KZZx

The meeting will be open for everyone at 3:50pm

I need to ask that you mute yourself on entering. You can all talk to each other at the end when you have your Mince Pies and Tea. (Unless you want your mice pie)

Alan Butler (Brownsea Island) will be presiding the service, and Peter Murdock-Saint (St. Peter’s Bournemouth) will be providing organ music from his home tower.

If there are any questions please don’t hesitate to contact me

LINK TO ORDER OF SERVICE BELOW:

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Contact Thomas Wilding

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Bournemouth St John’s, Surrey Road. 8-Bell Practice. Tuesday 10th March 2020

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This Tuesday, the 10th March 2020,  the 8-bell practice will focus on Grandsire Major.

Two things to say:

1         We will need help!

2         We will also be ringing everything from rounds & called changes upwards, so all abilities welcome as usual.

Penelope Samuel

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Method Monday at Sacred Heart, Bournemouth Monday 2nd March at 6:00pm

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Method Monday at Sacred Heart will be on Monday 2nd March 6pm to 7-30 pm. Beer and food at Wetherspoons as usual.

Depending on numbers we will be focusing on Cambridge surprise minor, Original minor and variable hunt bob doubles.
Plain hunting practice, Grandsire doubles and rounds and call changes as usual.
Hope you can make it.
Best wishes,
Ross
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Telephone: 07908 425033


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BEYOND BOB DOUBLES SOPLEY – 05.02.2020

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Hello all,
Our next practice is at Sopley on Wednesday 5th February.
When we last practised it was Little Bob Minor and spliced it with Plain Bob Minor, This time we’ll try go a step further and ring touches of spliced!
If time permits (it flies by) we’ll try plain courses of Single Oxford Bob Minor – basically Bob minimus plus triple dodges in 5/6. Watch the treble.
As usual, please let me know if you will/won’t be there, so I can assess whether we have a viable practice.
Hope to see you then,
Tim
PS Plus anything else you want to try

 

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Method Monday at Sacred Heart, Bournemouth Monday 2nd March at 6:00pm

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Method Monday at Sacred Heart will be on Monday 2nd March 6pm to 7-30 pm. Beer and food at Wetherspoons as usual.

Depending on numbers we will be focusing on Cambridge surprise minor, Original minor and variable hunt bob doubles.
Plain hunting practice, Grandsire doubles and rounds and call changes as usual.
Hope you can make it.
Best wishes,
Ross
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News from Ringwood

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Thank you to Alan Bentley from Ringwood who sent in the following news:

201912-Annie-Longstaff-bell-ringing
Alan teaching Annie how to ring

We have a new recruit at Ringwood, Annie Longstaff, who features in the Cathy Booth’s ‘Fun with Bells’

podcast ‘Learning to Ring’. She co-stars with another, but more experienced novice; b

oth ringers talk enthusiastically about their newly found hobby, the patience of their teachers and the friendliness of the other ringers:
https://funwithbells.com/learning-to-ring-lynda-haggie-and-annie-longstaff/
Annie has also submitted an entertaining article in ART’s latest Tower Talk newsletter:
http://www.learningtheropes.org/application/files/5915/7832/5054/Tower_Talk_14.pdf

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8 Bell Methods Practice Night at Bournemouth St. John’s, Surrey Road Tuesday 14th January 2020 from 7:30pm until 9:00pm

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Tuesday 14th January.  First  8-bell practice of 2020.  Bring your perfect vision to consolidate treble bobbing and to ring triples methods.

We will, of course, ring rounds, call changes & plain hunt so catering for all levels of ringing.

There is NO service ringing at St. John’s on

Sunday 12th or Sunday 26th due to combined morning service at St. Michael’s.

See you there!

Contact Penelope Samuel

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NEWS & Method Monday at Sacred Heart, Bournemouth Monday 30th December 2019 at 6:00pm

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Just a reminder what is happening during this next week.

Monday 30th December 2019 is Method Monday – 6:00pm until 7.30pm. Methods will be St Clements College Bob Minor and variable hunt doubles. We will also be ringing the usual repertoire, followed by beer and Wetherspoons pizza.

Tuesday 31st December 2019 – New Years Eve – Ringing at St Peter’s from 11:00pm with bubbles and nibblettes. Please let Peter know you are coming, so he can tell you how to get in and make the ascent!

Wednesday 1st January 2020 – Ringing for lunchtime Mass – 11.30am – 12.15pm (following an earlier quarter peal).

Sunday 5th January 2020 – usual ringing from 10:00am (also 9:15am at St. Peter’s).

Monday 6th January 2020 – Practice is cancelled due to a Solemn Mass in the Extraordinary Form in the church.  BUT we may be meeting elsewhere for something completely different….. Watch this space.

Kim

Archive, Beyond Bob Doubles, Christchurch And Southampton District, Headlines, Sopley Beyond Bob Doubles

BEYOND BOB DOUBLES SOPLEY – 04.12.2019

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Hello all,
Our next practice is at Sopley onWednesday 4th December.  This year there is no choir concert to dislodge us – they’re going somewhere warmer!
At our last practice we sucessfully concentrated on Little Bob Minor and spliced it with Plain Bob Minor, This time we’ll go a step further and ring touches of spliced!
If time permits (it flies by) we’ll try plain courses of Single Oxford Bob Minor – basically Bob minimus plus triple dodges in 5/6. Watch the treble.
As usual, please let me know if you will/won’t be there,
Hope to see you then,
Tim

 

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C&S District Practice at St. Michael’s, Southampton – Saturday 16th November – 2.30-4.30pm

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Here is the poster for the upcoming C&S District Practice in November.

St Michael’s, Southampton on Saturday 16th November from 2:30 – 4:30pm

All abilities welcome from rounds upwards.

Method of the Month: Stedman.

Sallie

C&S District Secretary

CS Dist Prac 20191116

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Method Monday at Sacred Heart, Bournemouth 04.11.2019

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Dear All,
This coming Monday 4th November is ‘Method Monday’ at Sacred Heart. 6:00pm until 7.30pm.
The method will be Single Oxford Bob Minor.  Also look up Cambridge, in case we have some visitors.
We will also be ringing rounds and call changes in between the methods. If this is your level, have a look at calling a few changes.
See you all on Monday 6 – 7.30, followed by beer and Wetherspoons Pizza.
Kim
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8 Bell Methods Practice Night at Bournemouth St. John’s Surrey Road 08.10.2019 at 7:30pm until 9:00pm

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Tuesday 8th October at 7:30pm (until 9:00pm) is 8 bell practice at St. John’s.  Following a series of well attended practices, we continue with Plain Hunt, Single Oxford Bob Triples, Plain Bob Triples, Stedman Triples, Grandsire Triples.  We will, of course, be ringing  other request methods & rounds & called changes as usual, so all ringers most welcome.

This is not an elite practice night.  All are welcome.

Contact Penelope Samuel

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Method Monday at Sacred Heart, Bournemouth 07.09.2019

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Dear All,
This coming Monday (7th Oct) is our next ‘Method Monday’.
The methods this month will concentrate on Touches of Little Bob Minor, we will also attempt Plain courses of Cambridge.
Plain hunters – Try ringing the treble to Little Bob Minor (it only goes upto 4th place). Intermediate ringers have a look at treble bob hunt.
We will also be ringing rounds and call changes in between the methods. If this is your level, have a look at calling a few changes.
See you all on Monday 6 – 7.30, followed by beer and Wetherspoons Pizza.
Kim
Method Monday starting at 6:00pm
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CANCELLED: C&S District Annual Trip Saturday 21st September 2019 to Axe Valley CANCELLED

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THIS OUTING HAS SADLY HAD TO BE CANCELLED DUE TO LACK OF CONFIRMED NUMBERS (FEWER THAN 8), MAKING THE DAY FINANCIALLY NOT VIABLE.

I would appreciate feedback – you can contact me via the link further down, below.

Best wishes,

Peter

 

Dear District!

Following the poster that went out to tower contacts last week, here are all of the finalised details I have been busy working on.  If all goes to plan, looks to be a great trip, in an Area of Natural Beauty.  Historical towers for ringers, bygone trams and cream teas along the coast for those that join us that do not ring.

Please let me know names and numbers as soon as you can, plus your lunch choices.  There is a downloadable pdf pack below, so you can print of all, or the pages you need. Also screen grabs of the pdf for instantaneous ease of viewing if you’re going paperless!

I hope to see many of you there! All are welcome.

Peter

Click here to contact Peter Murdock-Saint

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8 Bell Methods Practice Night at Bournemouth St. John’s Surrey Road 10.09.19 at 7:30pm

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Tomorrow – 10th – is 8 bell practice at St. John’s.  following a month of well attended practices, we are hopeful that we will  finally achieve a touch of Single Oxford Bob Triples.  We will, of course, be ringing  other Triples methods & rounds & called changes as usual, so all ringers most welcome.

This is not an elite practice night.  All are welcome.

Contact Penelope Samuel

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BEYOND BOB DOUBLES SOPLEY – Cancelled 04.09.19

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Thank you all for your replies and we would just about have had enough ringers for a practice.  However, I’ve just learnt that the no.3 stay is still broken and to avoid any further problems have decided to cancel this month’s practice.
Let’s hope we’re all back from hols etc next month and the stay repaired and we can have a really good practice then.
All the best,
Tim
Previously…to be carried forward for October:
Another month passes by and the hoiday season is receding.
After our success last month with Grandsire Monor we’ll continue on a minor theme again this month, and I propose that we try full touches on Wednesday (we got a bob course last month).
We’ve been ringing Plain and Little Bob Minor recently, seperately, so we’ll try a little splicing of these methods.  Ross circulated some notes to the Bournemouth ringers and I hope he won’t mind me making use of his notes with our group. Please find them attached.
Again’ if anyone wants to call a touch of anything, please let me know.
Please lets me know Yes/No if you’ll be able to come along.
I look forward to hearing from you,
Tim
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September District Practice, Meeting and Hinton Trophy Striking Competition 07.09.2019 Fawley.

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Dear all,

Here are the details of the next meeting. Apologies for the delay as we were trying to organise skittles for after the meeting, however that has proven too hard this year, watch this space for next year.

Everyone welcome to come along even if you are not taking part in the striking contest. If there are any teams for the striking contest, please let Colin Butler know.

A general poster for the Outing at the end of the month will be sent out after this e-mail. Please encourage all your members to come along. Full details will be released at the meeting.

Look forward to seeing you next week.

Sallie

Contact Sallie Ingram

Contact Colin Butler

PDFs below of Meeting and Hinton Trophy information:

September Practice and Hinton Trophy

September 2019 Agenda

ADM 2019 Minutes