Update from the Guildford Cathedral 12-Bell Final Steering Group (22/01/2021): “Due to the COVID situation, it has become apparent that the chances of having any sort of contest in June 2021 were becoming very doubtful. We had a reserve date…

The National Twelve Bell Striking Contest will be hosted by the Cathedral in June next year. The Cathedral ringers will need your help with running this major ringing festival and there will be plenty of opportunities for volunteers from the…

Margaret Lewis was born on 23/8/32 (a palindrome, she boasted) and learnt to ring at Shirley (Birmingham) in the late 1940’s. She attended grammar school in Solihull where her headmaster (and maths teacher) was the late Edgar C Shepherd, a…

We are pleased to announce that Josh Richardson has been recognised in the ‘highly commended’ runner-up category of the 2020 Westley Awards for Church Bell Maintenance for his work on the bells and fittings at Dunsfold and especially at Hascombe.  Josh has coordinated a team effort at both towers to improve lighting and sound control, remove debris and…

The Central Council has published an update at https://cccbr.org.uk/coronavirus/ on their discussions with the Church of England authorities to ensure a safe and timely return to ringing.   The CC’s set of guidance notes on assessing and mitigating Covid-related risks associated with…

We are sorry to record the death from cancer of Ron Diserens, a Guild member at Dorking since 1980. Ron rang 1411 peals, 98 as conductor, and among his achievements was to ring a peal on all 366 days of…

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update from the Central Council (11 May 2020) The Central Council has released a new summary of the current Church of England guidance and CC advice on reducing the COVID-19 risk in towers. It has also launched a…

Central Council Position Statement / Guidance on COVID-19 (5 May 2020) This position statement issued by the Central Council deserves as wide a circulation as possible. While I am sure we are all looking forward to a time when we…

It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Ivan J M Saunders, one of the Guild’s Vice-Presidents, on 4th April 2020. Ivan was born in 1938 in Danbury, Essex, and began his ringing career at the age…

Five bands competed in the Guild’s annual 6-bell striking contest at Puttenham on 14th March 2020. The test piece was 180 changes of Doubles or Minor or 6 minutes of call changes, judged by Jeremy and Sheila Cheesman. Three of…