The Gloucester & Bristol Diocesan Association of Church Bell Ringers

Coaley (Wotton branch)

Calendar of events in the Association. More details are available further down the page.

Photo: St Bartholemew, Coaley (Geoff Stickland)

2010:
30 JanuaryManagement Committee Meeting
6 March amBranch Officers' Meeting
6 March pmManagement Committee Meeting
13 MarchSpring Training Day
17 April amPenn and Croome Trophy Competitions
17 April pmAssociation AGM, Coaley
19 JuneNibley Trophy Competition, Stroud Branch CANCELLED
18 SeptemberManagement Committee Meeting
9 OctoberAutumn Training Day
23-31 OctoberPeal and Quarter Peal Festival
2011:
29 JanuaryManagement Committee Meeting
5 March amBranch Officers' Meeting
5 March pmManagement Committee Meeting

If you have a suitable client available you can link to 'www.bellsgandb.org.uk/gandb.ics' and have the entire events calendar in your own calendar. Desktop clients include iCal, Outlook (but not Outlook Express, now called Windows Live Mail), Evolution and Lightning. Alternatively use Google Calendars online if you have a gmail account and import by URL. Note that Google takes a little while to access and incorporate the calendar.

Note: To view any of the information marked with PDF below your computer will need to be capable of displaying Portable Document Format (PDF) files. This link can be used to download a simple reader for this purpose. However the links are not in use until just before the event in question.


The Spring Training Day is in March, based at two centres: Cirencester and Tewkesbury. Courses range from basic bell handling up to Grandsire Doubles or Plain Bob Minor.

PDFCourse Information           PDFApplication Form


The Association Annual General Meeting (AGM) is held in April every year, normally the second Saturday after Easter.

PDFProgramme & Agenda           PDFTimetable           PDFLatest minutes


The 8 bell Striking competition. This is held on the morning of the day of the AGM and the winners receive the Penn Trophy.

PDFArrangements           Results of last competition


The 6 bell Striking Competition. This is also held on the morning of AGM day and the winners are presented with the Croome Trophy.

PDFArrangements           Results of last competition


The Best Kept Tower Competition. Judging for this in different categories takes place in February and March and trophy presentations are made during the AGM. There are several trophies including a model of a church tower (familiarly known as the Nobel Prize!) and the Great Peter Trophy.

PDFArrangements           Results of last competition


The Young Persons' Striking competition. This is held in June, hosted by the branch of the winners of the previous year's competition. The winners receive the Nibley Trophy.

PDFArrangements           Results of last competition


The Autumn Training Day takes place in October, based in Wotton under Edge. The courses offered for this day continue with more advanced topics up to Surprise Minor and an introduction to seven and eight bell ringing.

PDFCourse Information           PDFApplication Form           PDFDirections


This page updated: 15/06/2010
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