Melbourne in the 12 bell final!

Melbourne came 2nd in the 12 bell eliminator at St Magnus the Martyr. They join ASCY, Birmingham, Cambridge, Exeter, Leeds, St Martin-in-the-Fields, SRCY and York who qualify for this year's final at Crediton on 26th June.

Maundy Thursday

Dear All

 

I have had a letter from Sir Henry Every (the High Sheriff) via Bishop Alastair.

 

Sir Henry asks whether we could be encouraged to ring the bells on Thursday 1st April at about 12.45.  The Queen is distributing the 'Royal Maundy' at the Cathedral.  The service is due to start at 11 am and we think the Queen will be leaving the Cathedral at about 12.45.  This year's service will also be the 800th Maundy service.

 

I realise that traditionally we do not generally ring during Holy Week but as the Bishop has endorsed this request I hope it will be possible to obtain permission from incumbents.

 

May be if you ring a quarter peal or peal you could add a footnote 'Rung to celebrate the Royal Maundy at Derby Cathedral.  If you do any special ringing including call changes could you let me have the details and I will forward them to Sir Henry and the Bishop.

 

Thank you

 

Jane Boden

General Secretary  

Annual Dinner menu

A reminder about the Annual Dinner: Saturday 20th March at the New Bath Hotel, Matlock Bath

Tickets £26

Guest speaker Michael Uphill from London

Menu

Broccoli and smoked cheddar soup with red pesto

Roast topside of beef with peppercorn and garden herb sauce, bolongere potatoes and seasonal vegetables.

Vegetarian option (chef's choice) where requested

Apple crumble with custard or cream

Fresh filter coffee and mints

Tickets from District Secretaries, General Secretary.

Strike Notes 83...

... is now on the website.

Contents for the Central & Southern District newletter:

p1 Mastering Ringing

p3 Melbourne Bus Outing

p4 Canon Frederick Ross

p5 Welcome to New Members

p6 Aunt Sally

p7 Sports Results

p8 Forthcoming Events

8 bell Striking Competition Results

Here are the results of the 8 bell competition held today at Belper. The judge was Philip Hudson from Wollaton.

Position	Team	Method	Faults	Rang
1	Peak	Grandsire Triples	45	2nd
2	Southern Dandy	Yorkshire S Major	48	4th
3	Central	Grandsire Triples	59	6th
4	Southern Beano	Plain Bob Triples	60	1st
5	Chesterfield A	Yorkshire S Major	69	3rd
6	Chesterfield B	Little Bob Major	99	5th

The ringing was recorded and some excerpts will appear soon.

Ringing World online this week

With another national postal strike looming, and having been putting up with regional strikes for over a month now, the Ringing World is continuing to explore options for making the publication available through the web, to reduce our reliance on Royal Mail. As a one-off trial, today's issue is available in full online by following the link from www.ringingworld.co.uk. We would be interested in receiving feedback on this facility - please send comments to online@ringingworld.co.uk

Canon Frederick Ross

It is with deep regret that I am passing on the sad news that Frederick Ross, a past President of our Association, died on Monday September 28th. His funeral will be at Bamburgh at noon on Monday October 5th. There will be open ringing prior to his funeral and a peal will be attempted immediately after the service.

Fred joined the Association in 1968 and held the post of General Secretary from 1969 to 1980. He then became President from 1981 until 1998. Fred rang 681 peals for our Association, out of a total of 1168. This 1000th peal, in 1994, was rung at Melbourne. With a little planning, Rosemary, his wife, also accomplished her 100th peal at the same time.