Bell Ringers
Unfortunately we are unable to take visitors' bookings for the bells at the Parish Church while the building work restricts access to the tower (i.e. probably until January 2009). We are very sorry about this, but please note that the bells at Holy Trinity Watermoor are still available.
This time last year we were still unable to ring the Parish Church bells because of the work on the tower pinnacles. This was eventually finished just in time for us to ring the bells for Easter last year. We followed this up with a 3 hour peal on Easter Monday to celebrate the completion of the work.
Soon after this we represented the Cirencester Branch of the Gloucester and Bristol Association in the Croome Trophy ringing competition. This was at Hewelsfield in the Forest where we rang well to come third; our best placing for some years, winning us The Ringing Master’s Clapper! Unfortunately we could not maintain this standard and only managed fourth in the branch competition later in the year.
We had two outings during the year. The first was based near Woodstock where we walked from church to church ringing at Kirtlington, Tackley, Wootton and Woodstock. This was a very pleasant day ably organised by Matt Illman and Megan Hester.
In September we had a Coach outing. This was centred on Leighton Buzzard. Although our numbers were a little down we had a good day and were able to do justice to the fine 12 bells at Leighton. We also rang on the steel bells at Waddesdon, a reminder of why they never caught on!
We started teaching two new recruits recently but more are always welcome. We lost one of our band to University last September and another is leaving soon. We can take all ages from around 10 upwards. We practice on Tuesdays at 7:30 with a beginners’ session often starting at 6:30
Peter Holden
For those who would like to know more, please contact Peter Holden via the Parish Office. Visiting ringers wishing to ring at either the Parish Church or Watermoor please contact Amanda Woodd via the Parish Office.
Peter Holden March 2008
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