Welcome to our Web site.
We are an association of change ringers covering the Church of England's Bristol and Gloucester Dioceses.
Tower details are listed here, along with an explanation of change ringing and a sprinkling of links and pictures.
New Visitors Start Here
Find towers and ringing times by visiting the Branches page, or find out more about change ringing, including a short downloadable video.
News
- July 16th 2014 Registration is now available for the Autumn Training Day which takes place, as usual, in Wotton under Edge on 11 October. Courses on offer range from St Simon's Doubles to Belfry Maintenance and Correcting Oddstruckness. Online registration
is available here. Alternatively you can download and print full
course details and an
application form. The closing date is 15 September.
- July 7th 2014 The G&B Youth Team took part in the Ringing World National Youth Contest at Worcester on Saturday July 5th.
They produced some excellent ringing in the practice piece but unfortunately a method mistake in the test piece resulted in an A- by the judges and 2nd place in the method ringing category. In their summing up the judges singled out the team's performance as having 'the potential to be great'. Full story with pictures
here. Planning now starts for the 2015 competition!
- June 29th 2014 The latest edition of the Cirencester Branch News is now available on this site. Subjects covered
include the Striking Competition results, significant birthdays and anniversaries and how to avoid ringing peals. The
branch's resident bards also get a poetry corner!
- June 4th 2014 The June edition of Strike Note, the Chippenham Branch newsletter is now available on this site.
- May 1st 2014 The
April edition of the North Cotswold Branch newsletter is now available on this site. - April 14th 2014 The unapproved minutes of the recent Association AGM are availablehere
- April 7th 2014 The results of the striking competitions for the Penn (eight bell) and Croome (six bell) trophies are now available on this site.
- March 10th 2014 A guide to correcting oddstruckness in bells has been produced by Malcom Taylor, co-ordinating Belfry Adviser. It is available here. Those of a nervous disposition are advised that it includes a picture of a bare knee!
- March 1st 2014 Voting for the 2014 Tower of the Year competition took place at the Branch Officers' meeting on March 1. The winners were Kington St Michael in the Chippenham Branch. Voting was very close for second place but that was taken by Frampton Cotterell in the Bristol Rural Branch. They received their trophies at the Association AGM on April 5 in Bristol. All of the entries are available here.
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Forthcoming Events
You are advised to check any events, either at the branch website or with the branch secretary, before travelling.
Aug 2 : Wotton branch, Chipping Sodbury4:00pm Ringing
Aug 4 : Forest branch, Redmarley
7:30pm Branch Practice
Aug 5 : Cirencester branch, Cirencester St John
7:30pm 12 Bell Practice
Aug 5 : Stroud branch, Stroud
7:30pm Stedman Practice
Aug 6 : Chippenham branch, Chippenham, St Andrew
7:30pm Surprise Major Practice
Aug 8 : Stroud branch, Minchinhampton
7:30pm Practice
Aug 9 : Bristol Rural branch, TBA
Mini Outing
Aug 9 : Gloucester branch, Churchdown
7:30pm Practice
Aug 10 : North Cotswold branch, Gloucester Cathedral
1:20pm Evensong Ringing
Aug 11 : Swindon branch, Ashton Keynes
7:30pm Practice
Aug 12 : North Cotswold branch, Bourton on the Water
7:30pm Practice
Aug 15 : Bristol Rural branch, Chipping Sodbury
7:30pm Practice
Aug 16 : Cheltenham branch, Stanton
6:00pm Practice
Aug 16 : Forest branch, Minsterworth
7:00pm Branch Practice
Aug 16 : Cheltenham branch, Buckland
7:30pm Practice
Aug 21 : Chippenham branch, Malmesbury
7:30pm Triples Practice (simulator)
Aug 21 : Forest branch, Lydney
7:30pm 10 bell Practice
Aug 27 : Chippenham branch, Chippenham, St Andrew
7:30pm Practice
Aug 27 : Stroud branch, Horsley
7:30pm 8 Bell Practice
Aug 29 : Forest branch, TBA
7:30pm Surprise Minor Practice
Sep 1 : Forest branch, Alvington
7:30pm Branch Practice
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