Congratulations
I am very happy to start with congratulations to the young ringers from the Guild that went to London on Saturday to take part in the RWNYC. They rang call changes on 6 bells and came in 4th. Well done!
It was the first time the Guild’s entered a team in this competition. They were one of 30 teams and over 300 young ringers running around London on Saturday. We hope they had a great time and look forward to hearing all about it.
Results are on the Bellboard front page at the moment. https://bb.ringingworld.co.uk/
Guild day out at Stanwick Lakes
Saturday 13th July sees our next PDG100 event. This is at Stanwick Lakes. We have a location near the visitor centre where we will have the Maplestead mini ring available and the Guild training bell set up. These will be available for ringers to try and for the general public to introduce them to bellringing. We’ll also have some ringing themed activities and crafts for the youngsters. Branches have been asked to provide some people to assist, but we’ll be pleased to see you at any time of the day.
This is one of the busiest days of the year at Stanwick Lakes, so there should be plenty of people to talk to and raise awareness of ringing and what goes on upstairs.
The visitor centre is open from 10 am to 5 pm. We hope to see you there at some point.
CCCBR News
At the CCCBR meeting in September, there will be an election of an Ordinary Trustee. Nominations are being sought and more details can be found here. https://cccbr.org.uk/2024/07/07/nominations-for-cccbr-trustee/
You may also like to look at the Charity Commission definition of the duties and requirements of a trustee. https://www.gov.uk/guidance/charity-trustee-whats-involved
Guild 10 bell
This was held on Saturday 29th June at Towcester and there were ~ 20 people up the tower. We rang lots of Grandsire & Little bob for those with less experience on 10 bells. For others it was a chance to be stretched, with Cambridge, Yorkshire & Stedman also featuring. We finished with rounds & call changes on all 12 and some Stedman Cinques.
The next 10 bell is at Daventry on Saturday 14thSeptember.
Guild Outing and Picnic
The August event is a ringing outing and picnic. Towers and timings are as follows:
1:00-2:00
Ashwell
LE15 7LP
6
2:10-2:55
Cottesmore
LE15 7BW
6
3:10-3:50
Hambleton
LE15 8TH
5
4:05-4:35
Lyndon
LE15 8TU
4
4:40-5:20
Edith Weston
LE15 8EY
6
Afterwards we’ll move to Rutland Water Beach Car Park, Sykes Lane LE15 8QL. For this part of the occasion, please bring your own sandwiches etc. There is a play area, take-away café (which may be closed soon after we get there), and toilets. Parking costs £2 per hour, and the car park stays open until 8pm.
As a large group, we need to let the site know how many are coming, so if you think you might like to join us, please let us know on centenary@pdg.org.uk.
PDG100 ringing
In my last update I mentioned that the Guild wanted to achieve a piece of ringing in every tower across the diocese and that we were still a few short! Well a couple of towers have risen to the occasion. Duston dedicated a practice night to the anniversary, with 14 ringers participating. Meanwhile at Pytchley, the band rang a touch of 100 Bob Doubles, an appropriate length. Thank you to all involved for marking our anniversary in this way. Let’s hope that you’ve given other towers an idea to run with.
Dates for the Diary
Guild Day Out Saturday 13th July all day Stanwick Lakes
Guild Outing and Picnic Saturday 10th August 1:00 ringing at towers round Rutland Water, Picnic, 5:30 Rutland Water Beach Car Park, Sykes Lane LE15 8QL.
And Branch events.
Rutland Branch 8 bell Practice Tuesday 16th July 7:30 Oakham
Thrapston Branch Practice Thursday 18th July 2:30Thrapston
Wellingborough Surprise Practice, Saturday 20thJuly, 10:30 Wilby
Wellingborough Branch Practice, Saturday 20thJuly 2:30 Stanwick
Kettering Branch Practice, Saturday 20th July, 2:00Wadenhoe, 3:30 Stoke Doyle
Daventry: Branch Practice, Saturday 20th July 3:00Whilton, 6:30 Great Brington
Culworth Branch Practice Saturday 20th July, 7:30Charwelton
Thrapston Branch Practice Friday 2nd August 7:30Islip
Guilsborough Branch Practice Saturday 3rd August 3:00 West Haddon, 6:00 Long Buckby
Peterborough Minor Social Sunday 4th August 2:00Cotterstock
See you on Saturday!
Helen
Peterborough Branch 