Here are some details of ringing or cancellations that people have definitely confirmed with me. These have also been adjusted on the calendar. It is advised to check too before you travel.
Sacred Heart Cancelled on 15.04.19 and 22.04.19
Sacred Heart Ringing out the Easter Vigil Mass
St. Peter’s, Bournemouth Cancelled on 18.04.19
Ringwood Cancelled 17.04.19
Sopley WILL be ringing 16.04.19
Milford WILL be ringing 16.04.19
This post will be updated.
Dear District,
Here is a reminder of the regular monthly district practices. If your tower is running a monthly practice, and would like to be included on the list, and calendar online/printed events calendar, please let us know.
Please do support your local monthly district practices:
Every 1st Monday:
Sacred Heart Bournemouth 6:00pm-7:30pm Method Monday Contact Kim Matthews (focus on a method/touches/calling/splicing chosen by popular consensus) Join the email list to find out next times method.
Every 1st Wednesday:
Sopley 7:30pm-9:00pm Beyond Bob Doubles Contact Tim Kettle taking doubles methods to the next level with variants and splicing. Links between methods such as Winchendon and various St.s’ group of methods!
Ringwood 7:45pm-9:15pm Suprise Major Contact Elizabeth Davey
Every 2nd Tuesday:
St. John’s Bournemouth 8 Bell Practice 7:30pm-9:00pm Contact Penelope Samuel. Anything 8 bells goes on here, come and practice your triples methods, call changes and rounds on 8 bells.
Every 2nd Wednesday:
Lymington 7:30pm-9:00pm Doubles & Minor Practice Contact Colin Butler. Plain courses and touches of doubles and minor methods. Come and practice your calling too.
Every Thursday
St. Peter’s Bournemouth Bell Handling Night 7:30pm-9:00pm Contact Romy Coldman. Any aspects of bell handling on this heavy 8, covered by a unique array of excercises, to really get into the nitty-gritty of the nitty-gritty! Methods are not covered at this practice night.
It is advisable to inform the practice organiser if you plan to attend events, should the rare chance of a last minute cancellation happen, a message can be sent to you directly.
April’s practice will see us ringing spliced touches of St. Simon’s and St. Martin’s Bob Doubles. Also, touches of St. Clements Minor, and of course April Day.
Please join us; we can accommodate requests too.
Please do support the monthly district practices
NB. Other monthly district practices in April:
Monday 1st April: Method Monday at Bournemouth Sacred Heart 6:00pm
Wednesday 3rd April: Beyond Bob Doubles at Sopley 7:30pm & Surprise Major at Ringwood 7:30pm
Tuesday 9th April: 8 bell methods practice at Bournemouth St. John’s at 7:30pm
Wednesday 10th April: Doubles methods practice at Lymington at 7:30pm.
There is also the guild education day for Grandsire Doubles and Triples at Goodworth Clatford on Saturday 6th April, and Youth Team Ringing Practice at Brockenhurst at 3:00pm on Sunday 7th April.
Don’t forget right at the end of the month on Saturday 27th April we are at St. Peter’s for our monthly district practice starting at 6:00pm. More details about this nearer the time.
Dear Method Monday Ringers!
The practice this month will consist of:
Touches of spliced St. Simon’s Bob Doubles and St. Martin’s Bob Doubles.
Also, St. Clement’s Minor.
Practice begins at 6:00pm sharp!
ALL WELCOME
METHOD OF THE MONTH Double Oxford Minor.
Rounds and call changes upwards welcome as usual.
ALL WELCOME – do come and try out this ultra-light 3cwt ring of six! Excellent practice on ‘flighty’ bells! Nearest parking use Richmond Hill car park, turn immediate left after exiting the roundabout. There is no lavatory here, but there is a hotel across the road!
Dear Method Monday Ringers!
Don’t forget practice this evening at Sacred Heart 6:00pm until 7:30pm. The methods this month are Cambridge and All Saints.
There will be a pizza afterwards in celebrations of St. Agatha’s Day tomorrow (patron saint of bell ringing).
See you there!
Contact Kim Matthews
Happy New Year to Method Monday ringers!
January’s practice will see us launch into 2019 with Plain Bob Minor (with emphasis on Singles), and Stedman Doubles.
Please come along prepared to call and/or ring a touch.
Drinks afterwards.
Next month’s practice will be on 4th February at 6:00pm until 7:30pm.
Please see below for updated notifications we have received for District ringing times in December.
Hinton, St. Michael and all Angels.
Sunday 16th December: Dressing of the crib 10:30am for 11:00am followed by wine and mice pies.
Monday 24th December Christmas Eve: Nearly midnight service! 9:30pm for 10:00pm
Sopley, St Michael and all Angels.
Sunday 16th December: Service ringing 10:30am for 11:00am
Sunday 23rd December: Service ringing 10:30am for 11:00am
Monday 24th December Christmas Eve: Dressing of the Crib 3:30pm for 4:00pm, then Midnight Mass 10:45pm for 11:15pm.
Tuesday 25th December Christmas Morning: Service ringing 10:30am for 11:00am.
Sunday 30th December: Service ringing 10:30am for 11:00am.
Bournemouth, St John the Baptist (Surrey Road).
Sunday 16th December: NO MORNING RINGING, then 6:00pm for 6:30pm Carol Service.
Sunday 23rd December: Usual service ringing times. (9:00am for 9:30am)
Monday 24th December Christmas Eve: Dressing of the Crib 2:30pm for 3:00pm
Tuesday 25th December Christmas Morning: Usual Sunday service ringing time. (9:00am for 9:30am)
Bournemouth, St. Peter’s.
Sunday 16th December: 9:15am for 10:00am
Sunday 23rd December: 9:15am for 10:00am
NO RINGING FOR MIDNIGHT MASS
NO RINGING FOR CHRISTMAS MORNING
Sunday 30th December: NO RINGING
NO RINGING FOR NEW YEAR
Thursday night practices start back on 03.01.2019
(due to absence not enough ringers to form a band).
Bournemouth, Sacred Heart.
Sunday 16th December: 10:00am for 10:30am
Sunday 23rd December: 10:00am for 10:30am
Monday 24th December Christmas Eve: 4:30pm for 5:00pm, then Midnight Mass 11:00pm for 11:30pm. There is NO regular Monday night practice 6:00pm to 7:30pm.
Tuesday 25th December Christmas Morning: 10:00am for 10:30am.
Monday 31st December New Year’s Eve: There is NO regular Monday night practice 6:00pm to 7:30pm, but general ringing to see in 01.01.2019 from 11:30pm with booze and nibbles.
Ringwood, St. Peter & St. Paul.
Saturday 22nd December: Service ringing 5:30pm for 6:00pm
Sunday 23rd December: Service ringing 9:45am for 10:30am, then 4:00pm for 4:30pm.
Monday 24th December Christmas Eve: Carols in the market place 5:30pm for 6:00pm, then Midnight Mass 11:00pm for 11:30pm.
Sunday 30th December: Service ringing 9:45am for 10:30am
Milford-on-Sea, All Saints.
Monday 24th December Christmas Eve: NO Monday practice night.
Christchurch Priory.
Monday 17th December: NO Monday practice night.
Monday 24th December Christmas Eve: NO Monday practice night.
Monday 31st December New Year’s Eve: NO Monday practice night.
Christmas Ringing Times at Sacred Heart, Bournemouth
Christmas Eve – 16.30 – 17.00
23.00 – 23.30
Christmas Morning – 10 – 10.30
Practices cancelled Monday 24th and Monday 31st.
For December only, Method Monday will take place on the 2nd Monday of the month at 6:00pm (Monday 10th December). The month’s methods are touches of … St. Clement’s Minor, and St. Nicholas Doubles.
There will still be a regular practice on Monday 3rd December at the regular time of 6:00pm.
Dear District,
Here is a reminder of the regular monthly district practices. If your tower is running a monthly practice, and would like to be included on the list, and calendar online/printed events calendar, please let us know.
Please do support your local monthly district practices:
Every 1st Monday:
Sacred Heart Bournemouth 6:00pm-7:30pm Method Monday Contact Kim Matthews (focus on a method/touches/calling/splicing chosen by popular consensus) Join the email list to find out next times method.
Every 1st Wednesday:
Sopley 7:30pm-9:00pm Beyond Bob Doubles Contact Tim Kettle taking doubles methods to the next level with variants and splicing. Links between methods such as Winchendon and various St.s’ group of methods!
Ringwood 7:45pm-9:15pm Suprise Major Contact Elizabeth Davey
Every 2nd Tuesday:
St. John’s Bournemouth 8 Bell Practice 7:30pm-9:00pm Contact Penelope Samuel. Anything 8 bells goes on here, come and practice your triples methods, call changes and rounds on 8 bells.
Every 2nd Wednesday:
Lymington 7:30pm-9:00pm Doubles & Minor Practice Contact Colin Butler. Plain courses and touches of doubles and minor methods. Come and practice your calling too.
Every Thursday
St. Peter’s Bournemouth Bell Handling Night 7:30pm-9:00pm Contact Romy Coldman. Any aspects of bell handling on this heavy 8, covered by a unique array of excercises, to really get into the nitty-gritty of the nitty-gritty! Methods are not covered at this practice night.
It is advisable to inform the practice organiser if you plan to attend events, should the rare chance of a last minute cancellation happen, a message can be sent to you directly.
There will be no practice at Sacred Heart, Bournemouth on Monday 27th August at 6:00pm.
Please remember the following week (Monday 3rd September 6:00pm) is Method Monday. Spliced touches of Plain Bob Doubles/Minor with Little Bob, and Cambridge Doubles.
Methods for this practice:
Do come along for anything from rounds and call changes upwards.
Drinks afterwards at the Moon On The Square.
Its seems we are going to have several visitors this evening, so…
Can I suggest we all look up Cambridge and put the visitors to work?
Also for the treble ringers, have a look at treble bob hunt there will be people to stand behind.
This is all on top of Little Bob Minor and touches of Reverse Canterbury which we discussed last week.
See you all at 6.
Huge congratulations to Peter Murdock-Saint for not only ringing his first Quarter Peal on the Treble, but following up so swiftly with Tenor Behind, then Grandsire inside. (Click tower name for full details)
| Saturday, 7 July 2018 | Bournemouth (Sacred Heart), Dorset | 1260 Grandsire Doubles |
| Thursday, 14 June 2018 | Ringwood (SS Peter and Paul), Hampshire | 1260 Plain Bob Doubles |
| Sunday, 20 May 2018 | Ringwood (SS Peter and Paul), Hampshire | 1380 Plain Bob Doubles |
Next Monday 7th May will be our next Method Monday.
Even though it is Bank Holiday we will be ringing. Practice is from 6 – 7.30 followed by beer.
The methods we will concentrate on are Kent Minor and Stedman Doubles.
We will also be ringing other double methods and plain hunt as usual.
Look forward to seeing you all.
Kim
Dear All,
I’m afraid the practice next Monday (9th April) will have to be cancelled due to a Mass being said at 6pm (transferred from Holy Week).
Practices will commence again on Monday 16th April, we will also be practicing on the 2 Bank Holidays in May.
Practice will start at 6.15 on the 19th, Due to a short service at 6pm.
Sorry for the late notice, I only found out this morning and have been out all day.
So look up All Saints and Stedman. Pub time will start at the usual time of 7.30pm.
Dear All,
Hope you have all enjoyed the snow?
March has seemed to creep up really quickly and I have forgotten to let you all know the methods for this Monday.
So come prepared to ring Cambridge Minor and spliced St Simon’s and St Martin’s.
Practice starts at 6pm and finishes at 7.30, followed by beer.
Look forward to seeing you all
Kim
Guild of Saint Agatha
Bournemouth, Dorset
Sacred Heart
Sunday, 4 February 2018 in 51 mins (3–2–6 in E♭)
1600 Grandsire Doubles
1 Kim Matthews
2 Ross A Bradley
3 Paul R Smith
4 Richard Picker
5 Phil Clarke (C)
6 James Blake
1st QP at 1st attempt 6.
Conducted by the grandfather of 6
Birthday compliment to Ian R Newbery
Rung for Guild of St Agatha quarter peal week.
FUNERAL- Friday 2nd March at 1.30 – Ringing 1pm following the 12.15 Mass
I have just heard from his daughter that Mike Baverstock has died. He used to be a Sacred Heart Ringer many years ago.
Mike specifically asked Caroline if he could have the bells at his funeral. Caroline also learnt to ring alongside 2 other friends (one which was Ron Pikes daughter).
This Monday 5th February is our next Method Monday.
We are going to ring touches of St Clements and re try New Bob Doubles with a side helping of All Saints.
Don’t forget we also welcome new conductors who want to try their hand at calling touches.
As it St Agatha’s Day we will not be drinking in the Moon in the Square, but going out for pizza.
Everyone is very welcome to come and join us for ringing and pizza.
Kim
Thank you everyone for all your hard work over Christmas all the bells of Bournemouth were rung.
There will be New Years Eve ringing at Sacred Heart, meet at the tower at 23.30.
The practice on Monday 1st has been cancelled. So the following Monday 8th January will be our Method Monday.
Methods will be St Clements Minor and New Bob Doubles.
Kim
This years ringing programme is as follows:-
Normal Sunday ringing plus
Sunday 17th December – St Johns Carol Service 18.00 – 18.30
Sunday 24th December – St Johns 15.30 – 16.00
Sunday 24th December – St Peters 15.15 – 16.00
Sunday 24th December – Sacred Heart 16.30 – 17.00
22.45 – 23.30
Monday 25th December – As usual Sunday Morning Times
Sacred Heart Practices are cancelled on Monday 25th December and Monday 1st January
St Johns Practice cancelled on Tuesday 26th December.
As there are alot of people away please help out for as many of the extra services as you can. On Christmas Eve there will be a coffee gathering between St Peters Ringing and Sacred Heart, in the afternoon.
On New Years Day there will be a quarter peal attempt at Sacred Heart (Band already fixed) at 11am. This will be follwed by lunch and a beer or two afterwards if people would like to join us, probably in the Moon in the Square. There is no arrangements as yet for any New Years Eve ringing, if you would like to ring the New Year in can you please let me know.
Happy Ringing
Dear All,
This is just a reminder that this coming Monday (4th) is Method Monday.
The methods will be St Nicholas Doubles and touches of Kent. All budding conductors please come armed with some touches.
Followed by beer.
