C&S District Practice and Carol Service – Saturday 4th December from 3pm at Milford-on-Sea.
We ask that you take a lateral flow test before attending and do not come if the test is positive or you have symptoms.
Face covering preferred
Wishing you all a very happy new year for 2019.
There is an invitation and welcome to all at All Saints, Milford this evening (New Year’s Eve) from 7:30pm until 9:00pm. Rounds and call changes upwards.
Please support local towers, and if you’re en route to a party, and haven’t rung much over the festive season. I know that my brain is rather clogged with mince pies!
Festive wishes,
Peter Murdock-Saint
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.
Just a reminder about the Guild Education Committee’s full-day course on Stedman Triples, on Saturday 4th November, based at Milford on Sea.  A number or places have been filled but we still have a few places left and the closing date creeps ever closer.   If this is of interest to you, or if there are colleagues within your tower whom you think would find this interesting and of value to them, perhaps you would give them a gentle nudge to get their applications in a.s.a.p.   A whole day concentrating on just one method may be just what you need!
Link to Application form: Word version   PDF version
I have attached the details (both Word and pdf versions) for the Education Committee’s final full-day course for 2017, which will be STEDMAN TRIPLES on Saturday 4th November, based at Milford-on-Sea.
There are a limited number of places available so that we can ensure each student has as much concentrated tuition and back-up as possible. If you think this would appeal to you, or if you have fellow-ringers within your tower whom you think might enjoy this, then do please give it some consideration, pass the details around, and get your applications in; the closing date for the receipt of these is 19th October.
As always – any queries, let me know.
Many thanks.
Christine Knights-Whittome
For: The Guild Education Committee
Link to Application form: Word version  PDF version
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Sundays: 9.15am, and evenings by arrangement
Practices: Monday
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10am Inter-District 8-bell Striking Competition
Rules click here
St Peter and St Paul Church, Ringwood
BH24 1AL – 8 bells, 17-2-18 in E (If you need a map for parking, please click here)
3pm Guild Service, All Saints Church, Milford on Sea
– Greenbanks Close, Milford on Sea,SO41 0QJ
4pm Guild AGM Tea, All Saints Church Hall,
Milford on Sea
5pm Guild AGM, All Saints Church Hall,
Milford on Sea
6.30pm- 8pm Open Ringing, All Saints Church, Milford on Sea
10am Inter-District 8-bell Striking Competition,
St Peter and St Paul Church, Ringwood
BH24 1AL – 8 bells, 17-2-18 in E
3pm Guild Service, All Saints Church, Milford on Sea
– Greenbanks Close, Milford on Sea, SO41 0SQ
4pm Guild AGM Tea, All Saints Church Hall,
Milford on Sea
5pm Guild AGM, All Saints Church Hall,
Milford on Sea
6.30pm- 8pm Open Ringing, All Saints Church, Milford on Sea
Milford are ringing on Monday and then on Easter Monday, as well as all the bank holidays in May. Come along – all abilities welcome
Many congratulations to Erin Ingram (Milford) on scoring her first Quarter Peal. This was the first time that the Ingram Family have rung a quarter peal together. Andy and Sallie are long-standing members of the Guild Education Committee. Isla (who rang the treble) has now scored three quarter peals.
Winchester & Portsmouth Diocesan Guild
On Friday, 17 March 2017 in 38
Awbridge, Hampshire
Clock House Bells
Tenor: 1–1–2
1260 Plain Bob Doubles
1 Isla K A Ingram
2 Andrew J B Ingram (C)
3 Mike Winterbourne
4 John A Dodd
5 Sallie-Louise Ingram
6 Erin M E Ingram
1st Quarter (aged 9): 6
Rung for C&S District Quarter Peal Fortnight
On the 4th March we are running another charity concert at Milford-on-Sea featuring the Sway Handbell Ringers and the Bournemouth Male Voice choir
Poster for the event
Geoff Peck
Mon 19th Practice as normal 7:30-9pm
Christmas Eve
Crib Service ringing 2:15-3pm
Midnight Service ringing 10:30pm-11:15pm
Christmas Day ringing 9:15am – 10am
Boxing Day –Milford WILL be having a practice . Mince Pies!
Thank you to everyone that has come and rung with us through out the year. We wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a happy New Year
Successful afternoon at Milford for the Hinton Trophy. Results as below;
1 – Southampton (Cambridge Minor) – 15 faults
2 – Christchurch Priory (Plain Bob Doubles) – 21 faults
3 – Milford (Plain Bob Doubles) – 51 faults
Well done to all who took part! Pictured the winning Southampton band
District meetings seem to sneak up on you. Â We’ve the C&S district meeting at Milford on the 3rd of September.
Remember this is not just a district meeting, but there is general ringing and Hinton Striking trophy beforehand.
Posters;
Some really good follow-up from the Guild Plain Hunt course was had at Milford last night.
Just to let everyone know that we will be ringing on Easter Monday too. All Visitors welcome.
Sallie Ingram
Congratulation to Isla on ringing her first quarter peal during Firsts Fortnight. Thank you to the rest of the band.
Sallie Ingram Reporting
This afternoon’s Youth Practice at Brockenhurst was once again very successful. We have a pretty healthy number of young ringers across the District to draw from now, and despite the fact that not everyone can attend every one, numbers remain strong.
Ringing Master Sallie Ingram once again encouraged everyone to strike as carefully as they could, and as all those who are attending are making significant improvements over time, she has decided the time has come to enter a Youth Band in the Hartless Shield*Â this time around – this suggestion went down very well!
Rounds and Call changes were interspersed with Grandsire Doubles (called by Hannah), Grandsire Triples (with both Luke and Nicola ringing inside) and Stedman Doubles (which Nicola has worked on very hard recently during visits to Hordle). Â Not to mention hand made chocolate cookies and a bit of Plain Bob Triples on a smart phone…. the Ringing Down in Peal was a little bit creative – a reminder that people who have to leave practice nights before 9pm may not get enough practice at this important skill!
The towers represented were Brockenhurst, Hordle, Christchurch Priory and Milford on Sea.
Thanks once again to Julie for hosting the event at Brockenhurst. The light eight is ideal for the age range who ring (currently about 7 to 18) and there is plenty of space for any pre-ringers who come to ramble about safely away from the moving ropes!
… have been added on October 26th. Combining the best of the existing District Site with the enriched environment of the new Prototype Guild site and now awaiting feedback from the bands. Contact Ros to add your suggestions
The good thing about having our Youth practices each holiday, is there’s a bit less pressure on our time. The downside is  a couple of the regular attenders were on holiday. However, the 8 young ringers present included 3 new faces and 4 towers were represented.
Once again, Ringing Master Sallie Ingram (Milford) juggled different skill levels from rounds, call changes to Grandsire Doubles, and the highlight was probably the “Fast Call Changes” with only one over-18 ringing….. fast really did mean fast, sometimes with 2 changes called for the same row!
For young learners who ring heavy bells at home, we started with a session on Ringing Up – for some this was their first successful attempt and they were delighted at how manageable they found the bells! Once on to Rounds, the newcomers quickly got the feel for the fast ringing, and the need to pull gently, and all had plant of turns and enjoyed the practice.
Thanks once more to our hosts at Brockenhurst – next year’s 6 practices are scheduled to take place there as it is ideal.
Photo by Jack, Christchurch
The feet were from Brockenhurst, Christchurch, Milford and Ringwood
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