News

• February 19th 2020   The practice at Sandhurst in Gloucester Branch, scheduled for Friday 21 February, has been CANCELLED. The access road to the village is already partially flooded and with no sign of the rain abating it is felt that the risk is too high. The practice will be re-arranged for later in the year.
• February 17th 2020   The latest edition of Stroud Branch Newsletter is now on this site. There are reports on the branch quiz, branch ringer of the year, outings, the striking competition and Leonard Stanley's experience of recruiting new ringers.
• February 2nd 2020   Three entries for the 2020 Tower of the Year competition have been received for the competition by the closing date of 31 January. All of the entries are available to view here. Voting for the winner will take place at the Branch Officers' Meeting on 29 February.
• January 28th 2020   The next practice for the Foundation Youth Team will be on Saturday 22 February, starting at 2pm. It is being hosted by Leonard Stanley in the Stroud Branch (GL10 3NP). Ringing will finish at 4pm. One pound is requested from each of the participants in order to pay for heating and refreshments; kindly provided by Richard and Sue Page.
  This picture is of the participants at the inaugural practice at Minety, together with Hugh Evans, chairman of the Association.
• January 28th 2020   The next practice for the G & B Youth Team is on Saturday 29 February, meet at 7.15pm for a prompt start since it must finish by 8.50pm, kindly hosted by Leckhampton in the Cheltenham Branch.
• January 23rd 2020   Registration is now available for the Spring Training Day which takes place based in Cirencester on 14 March. This year the meeting venue is Cirencester College which is a change from previous years. Also if you take along your own cup then the tea and coffee will be free. Courses on offer range from Elementary to Plain Bob Minor plus an additional one for young ringers. The closing date is 2 March. Online registration is available here. Alternatively full course details and an application form are available to download and print.
• November 14th 2019   On Saturday 9 November the young ringers in the Association attended a Training Day organised by Ian Bucknell. There were 33 students, divided into 6 groups, and they tackled everything from Rounds to 8 spliced. A full report with pictures is available here.
• November 4th 2019   The G&B Firsts Fortnight and Peal & Quarter Peal Festival finished (nominally) on Sunday 3 November. Firsts Fortnight celebrates anything which someone has done for the first time. The achievements are entered into the list by a Branch Officer and appear on this page.
  Peal and Quarter Peal performances should be submitted to Bellboard in the usual way but first linked to the G&B 2019 P&QPF Bellboard event. Once logged on, click on 'Link Perfs', then add a new performance and enter the details as normal. At the completion of the festival all the performances will be submitted for publication together.
• October 5th 2019   The Association's Insurance Policy document has been updated following renewal of the insurance.
• September 30th 2019   The latest edition of Swindon Branch's quarterly newsletter Belfry View is now on this site. It includes amongst other things reports on a re-visit to Rodbourne Cheney after a long absence, Lydiard Millicent's tercentenary and supermodels at Lydiard Tregoze! There is also a list of peals and quarters and details about the forthcoming AGM.
• July 9th 2019   The Ringing World National Youth Contest took place in Liverpool on Saturday 6 July. The G&B Team, despite a lack of experience, were placed 5th out of the 24 teams who entered. The overall winners were a band representing Oxford DG. The band and the rest of the group made full use of the ringing opportunities available. A full report with photos is available here.