The Association Firsts Fortnight is to celebrate any ringer who has done anything, from the smallest to the biggest, for the first time. Entries into the list are submitted via a Branch Officer, normally the secretary, who can enter the details and upload a photograph.

Branch / Tower	Name	Date	First
Stroud Stroud	Dan Bevan	31/10/23	First rounds on 8 and then 10
Tewkesbury Ashton-under-Hill	Greg Jones	29/10/23	First peal on of doubles
Tewkesbury Ashton-under-Hill	Garrod Davies	29/10/23	First peal at first attempt (aged 86)
Tewkesbury Ashton-under-Hill	Tina Batchelor	29/10/23	First peal on inside bell
Gloucester Barnwood	Joanna Morley	27/10/23	Called 'Singles' as part of calling Bob Triples
Tewkesbury Kemerton	Judy Woodman	27/10/23	First time ringing the 5th and tenor (to rounds and call changes)
Tewkesbury Kemerton	Marie Yates	27/10/23	Called some change ringing for the first time (Plain Hunt on 5)
Tewkesbury Tewkesbury	Steve Yates	26/10/23	First covering to plain hunt on 7
Tewkesbury	Steve Yates	26/10/23	First covering to plain hunt on 9
Gloucester Elmore	Alfie Stick	21/10/23	Took part in his first striking competition
Gloucester Elmore	Maggie Boyd	21/10/23	Took part in her first striking competition
Gloucester Elmore	Daniel Nelmes	21/10/23	Took part in his first striking competition
Gloucester Elmore	Debbie Boyd	21/10/23	Took part in her first striking competition
Tewkesbury Tewkesbury	Marie Yates	19/10/23	First ringing Cloisters Doubles (Grandsire start) on the treble (At Ripple)
Tewkesbury Tewkesbury	Steve Yates	19/10/23	First time covering to Cloister Doubles (at Ripple)
Stroud Stroud	Adrian Belcher	17/10/23	First treble to Plain and Little minor
Stroud Stroud	Adrian Belcher	17/10/23	First treble down in peal (on 4)
Gloucester	Joanna Morley	17/10/23	Rang a touch of Wychbold doubles
Gloucester Barnwood	Paul Springham	16/10/23	Rang Plain Hunt Doubles
Gloucester	Helen Webster	16/10/23	Rang the tenor at Barnwood
Gloucester	Trevor Morley	12/10/23	Fitted a simulator at St. Mary de Crypt
Gloucester	Helen Webster	12/10/23	Rang every bell at St. Mary de Crypt
Stroud Stroud	Louise Bevan	10/10/23	First rounds on 8 & then 10
Stroud	Julie Woods	10/10/23	First rounds on 10
Stroud Stroud	Julie Woods	08/10/23	First Sunday ringing on 8
Tewkesbury Tewkesbury	Marie Yates	08/10/23	First quarter on an inside bell (Plain Bob Doubles)
Gloucester Barnwood	Alison Bosley	08/10/23	Raised the Tenor
Gloucester	Daniel Nelmes	07/10/23	Rang a plain course of Grandsire Triples at St. Mary de Crypt
Stroud Woodchester	Richard While	06/10/23	First Plain Bob Doubles on the 2nd
Stroud Woodchester	Helen Jackson	06/10/23	Called unaffected touch of April Day
Gloucester Barnwood	Joanna Morley	05/10/23	Assisted in replacing the tenor clapper
Gloucester Quedgeley	Daniel Nelmes	05/10/23	Rang St. Simons and St.Martins Doubles
Association		03/10/23	The 2023 Firsts Fortnight is open for business!
Tewkesbury Ashchurch	Marie Yates	01/10/23	Rang 7th to changes for the first time
Tewkesbury Ashchurch	Steve Yates	01/10/23	Rang the tenor behind to changes for service ringing for the first time
Tewkesbury Ashchurch	Local Band	01/10/23	Plain hunt on 5 on the back 6 for Sunday service, the first time with no help Margaret Wise, Tina Bachelor, Ian Tuffill, Dave Shepard, marie Yates, Steve Yates