Training

Course List & booking form

The Guild is active in teaching people to learn how to ring and encouraging them to advance their ringing abilities. Apart from the Holy Week event, most training is done at District level. To find out more about learning to ring and about the training...

Learn to Ring!

If you would like more information about learning to ring, please fill out the following form: Interest Form (with thanks to: The Cartoon Church ) "Bellringing is a very social team activity that introduces you to a global group of friends!"...

Methods

Search for any method using the online method database: methods.ringing.org . Methods names have three standard parts:- a) Personal Name : such as Plain Bob, Grandsire, Cambridge or Yorkshire. b) Class : describes the method & puts it in a category...

Ringing Concepts

Ten Good Striking Tips 1. Count the rhythm. 2. Listen to your bell. 3. Check for odd struckness. 4. Maintain constant spaces and speed. 5. Rely on your ears not your eyes. 6. Always be self-critical. 7. Tidy leading. 8. Only make small...

Train-the-Trainer

Everyone has their own way of learning and when training, the English language is a wonderful tool you can use to help with this. If saying something one way doesn't work then try another, and another... and another! Keep going until you find those...

Conducting

(...taken from: http://wiki.changeringing.co.uk/Conductor ) Conducting in change ringing is the role of supervising a piece of ringing such as a plain course of a method or a touch. The conductor is nominated by the tower captain or ringing master...

Simple Touches

(...taken from: https://www.ringing.org/quarters/triples/grandsire/#4775 ) 1,344 Grandsire Triples Roger Bailey 234567 - 752634 1 - 527634 4 - 625473 5 - 426357 5 - 324765 5 s 273546 5 - 652473 1 s 256473 4 234756 2 three part Especially simple...

Tower Organisation & Administration

The Central Council of Church Bellringers has recently released a new set of posters & certificates. The documents included are as follows and are available in PDF & Word format: First Quarter Peal Certificate - simple First Quarter Peal Certificate...