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Firsts Fortnight and Peal & Quarter Peal Festival
| Branch / Tower | Name | Date | First | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Cotswold Stow-on-the-Wold | Mark Travers | 14/10/18 | Covered to his first quarter of Grandsire Doubles. | |
| North Cotswold Bourton-on-the-Water | Rob Kilbey | 14/10/18 | Conducted his first 120. | |
| North Cotswold Great Rissington | Glenys Agg | 14/10/18 | Rang her first quarter - and rang it excellently. | |
| Forest Alvington | The Whole Alvington Band | 13/10/18 | Gave a bellringing demonstration and taster session for another tower and secured three new recruits. | |
| Association | Firsts Fortnight | 10/10/18 | The G&B Firsts Fortnight is now open! Get your Branch Secretary to enter your achievement onto the list and see it up there with all the others. Whatever you did (in ringing obviously) for the first time is eligible. |  |
Last BellBoard performances for Peal & Quarter Peal Festival:
| 15 Oct 2018 | Leonard Stanley (Erica Magnis Campanis) | 1260 Grandsire Triples | |
| 15 Oct 2018 | Woodchester (St Mary) | 1260 Plain Bob Doubles | |
| 14 Oct 2018 | Barnsley (St Mary) | 1296 Cambridge Surprise Minor | |
| 14 Oct 2018 | Great Rissington (St John the Baptist) | 1260 Grandsire Doubles | |
| 14 Oct 2018 | Iron Acton (St James the Less) | 5040 Surprise Minor (7m) |
News
- October 14th 2018 The G&B National Youth Contest Team have been busy over the last week. On Saturday 6 October they enjoyed a skittles match and on Saturday 13 October a youth training day instead of the Advanced Training Day scheduled to take place but sadly cancelled. A full report with picture is available here.
- October 10th 2018 The facility to record all your Firsts Fortnight achievements is now available! If you have done anything for the first time, no matter how small, tell your Branch Officers now and they can enter it into the list for all to see; you can even upload a photo. Officially Firsts Fortnight doesn't start until Saturday 13 October but for those who want to get going now you can. The Association Secretary has sent more information to your Branch if you want it.
- October 2nd 2018 Almondsbury bells in the Bristol Rural branch are in the process of being removed from the tower for rehanging. There will be no practice or service ringing until they are returned; probably some time in mid-January.
- October 1st 2018 The latest edition of Swindon Branch's quarterly newsletter
Belfry View is now on this site. It includes amongst other things reports on the branch striking competition and outing as well as details of the forthcoming branch AGM and the usual peal and quarter peal reports.
- August 19th 2018 Additional items have been uploaded to the website. Every obituary in all the Annual Reports back to 1960 is now available on the site.
- June 4th 2018 The latest edition of
Cirencester Branch News is now on
the branch's website. There are congratulations for weddings and striking competitions, reports on visits to the Cathedral and outings.
- May 12th 2018 The Association has a Data Protection Policy in compliance with the forthcoming General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). In association with the policy there is also a Privacy Notice for the Association and its website.
- May 2nd 2018 The latest edition of Strike Note, the Chippenham Branch newsletter
has been updated to reflect a change of date for the Branch Practice at Great Somerford. Instead of 12 May this will now take
place on 19 May. This issue also contains reports on the skittles evening and training morning and a preview of the Ring and
Ramble on Monday 7 May as well as the usual reports and peal / quarter peal lists.
- April 17th 2018 The unapproved minutes of the recent Association AGM are availablehere
- April 14th 2018 The results of the striking competitions for the Penn (eight bell) and Croome (six bell) trophies are now available on this site.
Forthcoming Events
You are advised to check any events, either at the branch website or with the branch secretary, before travelling.
Oct 18 : Forest branch, Lydney7:30pm 10 bell Practice
Oct 19 : Wotton branch, Chipping Sodbury
7:15pm Joint 8 bell Practice
Oct 20 : Bristol branch, TBA
3:00pm Striking Competition
Oct 20 : Forest branch, Newent
5:30pm Ringing
Oct 20 : Forest branch, The Dog at Over
7:30pm Annual Forest Supper
Oct 24 : Cirencester branch, Rendcomb
7:15pm Practice
Oct 27 : Stroud branch, tba
Branch Outing
Oct 27 : Bristol Rural branch, Thornbury
7:00pm Practice
Oct 27 : Swindon branch, South Marston
7:30pm Surprise Minor Practice
Nov 2 : Gloucester branch, Barnwood
7:30pm Surprise Major Practice
Nov 3 : Bristol Rural branch, tba
10:00am Training Day
Nov 3 : Gloucester branch, Barnwood
3:00pm Branch AGM
Nov 3 : Gloucester branch, Churchdown
7:30pm Ringing
Nov 5 : Forest branch, Lydney
7:30pm Practice
Nov 7 : Bristol branch, Henbury
7:30pm 8 bell practice
Nov 7 : Chippenham branch, Chippenham, St Andrew
7:30pm Surprise Major Practice
Nov 7 : Stroud branch, Horsley
7:30pm 8 Bell Practice
Nov 8 : Wotton branch, Cromhall
2:00pm Surprise Minor Practice
Nov 10 : Wotton branch, Dursley
3:00pm Ringing
Nov 10 : Stroud branch, Cherington
3:00pm Ringing
Nov 10 : Cirencester branch, Kemble
10:30am AGM
Nov 10 : Wotton branch, North Nibley
5:00pm Service, tea, branch AGM and ringing
Nov 10 : Stroud branch, Horsley
5:30pm Service, Tea, Branch AGM and Ringing
Nov 15 : Chippenham branch, Langley Burrell
7:30pm Doubles Practice
Nov 15 : Forest branch, Lydney
7:30pm 10 bell Practice
Nov 16 : Wotton branch, Chipping Sodbury
7:15pm Joint 8 bell Practice
