A quarter peal was rung to remember with gratitude, and to honour, those Island ringers who died during WW1.
A quarter peal was rung to remember with gratitude, and to honour, those Island ringers who died during WW1.
Ringing is as normal, since August 6th, at Shorwell on the Ilse of Wight
Info from Dove
headJulie McDonnell Bob Doubles – £10,000 has been pledged to the charity “Strike Back Against Blood Cancer” if 100 quarter peals are scored before the end of 2016. Here’s one for the Island – with many thanks from the Birmingham School of Bell Ringing.
Birmingham School of Bell Ringing
Shorwell, Isle of Wight
St Peter
Thursday, 4 August 2016 (9–0–5)
1260 Julie Mcdonnell Bob Doubles
1 Stephen P Noyes (C)
2 D Rose W Horton
3 Clare McArdle
4 Francesca L Cinderey
5 Arthur J Reeves
6 Stephanie J Warboys
Rung after the successful completion of the BSoBR Summer School prior to the presentation of the Sarah Beecham Youth Group award to Brighstone by ART
News from Shorwell. There will be no ringing for about six weeks because three of the headstocks have developed small cracks and have been taken away by Nicholsons for treatment.
With just one more practice today at Carisbrooke to go, the countdown to the Inaugural South East Youth Striking Contest on Saturday has begun for our young ringers.
W and P’s team has 8 young people .. four from Guernsey (students at Elizabeth College and also ringers at Town Church) and four from The Isle of Wight (Brading, Brighstone Newport and Shorwell towers).
It is quite interesting to see what they will all be getting up to all day.
Guild Master Viv Knobbs said;
We wish all of them the very best of luck!
Word reaches my ears that two more ‘firsts’ were achieved last night at Shorwell Distict Practice. Jane Johnson and Cerise Moody both rang at Shorwell for the FIRST time! Well done.
District practice tonight at Shorwell 6pm to 7.30. All welcome. There will be refreshments available, courtesy of Irene, in aid of the young ringers’ fund. So come with some spare change!
Sundays: Ringing variable, please phone Tower Secretary
Practice: Saturday 5.00pm (by arrangement)
Telephone: 01983 526659
Now have the final list of Peals and Quarter Peals rung for 2015 at Island Towers.
1 Peal was rung at each of the following, 6 peals in all for the year: Freshwater (Jan); Carisbrooke (Apr); Newchurch (Aug); Chale (Nov); Whitwell (Nov); and Shorwell (Dec).
63 Quarter Peals were rung in 2015 by 9 of our towers:
Brading 19; Ryde 18; Brighstone 9; Chale 4; Godshill 4; Newchurch 4; Arreton 2; Niton 2; and Carisbrooke 1.
Ryde having massively upped their game from the average 6 Quarter Peals in the last few years.
There have been many more attempts at both and all who took part in any ringing, and all those that recorded ‘firsts’ in any ring, are to be congratulated on keeping ringing alive and to the fore on the Island. Well done all and especially so to the few conductors we have to rely on to help us out!
I should also say this is by only Island ringers, there have been visiting ringers but these are not recorded in our District Records.