By Stu Aitken, Guild Master We welcomed Oliver Hall from Frensham to the Executive Committee, the new Ringing Master of the Farnham District. Mike Bale, the Guild Training Officer has decided to step down after 16 years and we thank…
Ring for the King & More – Guild Exec 10th July 2023
Due to popular demand, as they say, I’m continuing this blog as an informal take on the Executive Committee’s deliberations. I think it is important for the membership to know what its officers are accomplishing on their behalf, but this…
Training Grants being offered by the Guild
The Guild has issued new Guidance on how to apply for one of its Training Grants. The Guild is offering financial assistance for the training and development of its ringers, covering development of ringing skills and of teaching skills. This…
Back to the Future – an informal blog of the October 2022 Executive Meeting
Although the main business of the Guild was routine, it appears that there are changes ahead for the Central Council of Church Bell Ringers, and these could affect all Guilds and Associations. At the Central Council Executive Meeting held at…
Leatherhead District Ventures North
On Saturday 1st October, about twenty members of the Leatherhead District ventured north of the river on their ‘annual’ outing – postponed for two years due to the pandemic! We warmed up on the 19 cwt eight at Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire,…
Getting fit with Ringing Training – informal blog of April 2022 Exec Meeting
The Guild’s Open Towers Day was held successfully on Easter Monday, 18th April 2022, raising £1,434 split equally between the Guild’s BRF and the fund-raising towards the costs of running the National 12-Bell Striking Contest to be held at Guildford…
Planning the year ahead – an informal blog of the February 2022 Exec
The February meeting is always busy as new District Officers are welcomed to the Executive Committee and budgets are approved. The Guild has lost members during the pandemic, and with the average age creeping upwards, the budget for 2022 assumes…
Roger Pashley appointed as Guild Vice-President
Roger Pashley was appointed to be a Vice-President of the Guild at the Annual General Meeting March. Roger was first elected as the Guild’s Auditor in 1971 and has been re-elected, first as Auditor and later (when the rules changed)…
Holy Week Training Programme 2022
At last, we can run face to face training again. Over recent years Holy Week Training has evolved from 2 or 3 courses on one evening during Holy Week to a Training Programme spreading through April, into May and even…
Ringing Recovers with a busy end to the year – blog of October 2021 Exec Meeting.
This was the first in-person Exec Committee meeting since Covid restrictions were introduced in spring 2020. There was still considerable uncertainty about what ringing was allowed, now and for the foreseeable future, although ringing has resumed in most towers, albeit…