The Gloucester & Bristol Diocesan Association of Church Bell Ringers
Thornbury, St Mary

Picture: Thornbury, St Mary

This page details only the Association wide events during the year. Refer to the individual calendars for Branch events.

Day / Date (& time) Event Location
2025
Jan 25, 9:30am Management Committee Meeting Zoom
Jan 25, 6:45pm Youth Team Practice Prior's Norton
Feb 22, 6:45pm Youth Team Practice St Mark Cheltenham
Mar 1, 10:00am Branch Officers' Meeting Matson
Mar 1, 2:00pm Management Committee Meeting Matson
Mar 8, 9:00am Spring Training Day
Mar 29, 6:45pm Youth Team Practice Stratton St Margaret
Apr 5, 9:00am Croome Trophy Churchdown
Apr 5, 10:00am Penn Trophy Barnwood
Apr 5, 4:00pm Association AGM St Mary de Crypt, Gloucester
Apr 26, 6:45pm Youth Team 8 Bell Practice Olveston
Apr 27, 5:00pm Youth Team 6 Bell Method Band Practice Ampney Crucis
May 8, 6:30pm VE Day 80th anniversary ringing
May 17, 6:45pm Youth Team Practice tba
Jun 7 National Call Changes Competition Coaley
Jun 28, 11:00am National 12 Bell Striking Contest St Mary Redcliffe
Jul 5 RWNYC Birmingham
Oct 1 - Oct 31 Firsts Fortnight and Peal and Quarter Peal Festival Month
Oct 14 Autumn Training Day

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. Copy the link address (URL) above and paste it into your client in the appropriate place. Desktop clients include iCal, Outlook (but not Outlook Express, now called Windows Live Mail), Evolution and Lightning. There are also various clients for smart phones and tablets available. Alternatively use Google Calendars online if you have a gmail account and import by URL. Google will take a little while to access and incorporate the calendar so don't expect immediate results.