Diary Dates |
Wedding Ringing:
26th April 2012 |
We have been booked for a wedding, ringing at 3.00pm (Thursday).
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St George's Day:
23rd April 2012 |
Ringing for St George's Day at 6.00pm (Monday).
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Wedding Ringing:
10th March 2012 |
We have been booked for a wedding, ringing at 2.30pm.
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Branch AGM:
11th February 2012 |
We shall be hosting the branch AGM, ringing at 3.00pm.
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Recent News |
Tower AGM:
18th January 2012 |
Annual Report:
We rang regularly for Sunday services, normally with at least 6 ringers and we often rang all 8.
Regular practices have been held throughout the year but the 9th November practice was cancelled because of
the British Legion 90th anniversary service, and the 7th December practice was moved to Feniton,
because of the Hospiscare Service of Light.
We rang for only 2 weddings this year and we didn't manage to get a band together for any special Xmas services,
only the Sunday of Xmas Day.
We often ring plain hunt triples, Trevor is ringing plain courses of Plain Bob Doubles
and Mark is progressing towards it, but we struggle to get enough method ringers for him to be able to ring it.
We are pleased to welcome Alan who is starting call changes and Andy who's ringing Plain Hunt.
We now look after a projector on behalf of the branch, thanks to their donation of £250,
and it has been used a couple of times with the simulator for rope-sight practice.
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Xmas Dinner:
14th December 2011 |
We were 19 at The Wheelwright Inn, Colyford, and they served us well.
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Practice:
7th December 2011 |
Practice moved to Feniton, because of Hospiscare Service of Light
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No Practice:
9th November 2011 |
Practice cancelled because of British Legion 90th anniversary service
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Quarter Peal:
29th October 2011 |
Trevor scored his first quarter on treble at Farway.
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Outing:
30th July 2011 |
The mini-bus outing to Weymouth, visiting Uplyme, Preston, Upwey, Askerswell and Bradpole was a success.
We were 14 in the bus, all ringers, plus Crispin who came by car to 3 of the towers.
We managed a respectable Plain Hunt Triples, but Plain Bob with 768 behind was better.
We were grateful to our visitors who provided more strength in the band through to the end.
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Jeanne, Alan, Sue, Derek, Stan, Kathy, Lisa, Pam, Trevor, Janet, Terry, Mark and Richard.
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Striking Competition:
9th July 2011 |
Lisa, Pam, Terry and Derek formed the band, with Kathy and Keith,
but we went wrong halfway through and ended up 5th.
The judge did say, though, that some of the striking had been the best of the day.
We were beaten by the Combe Raleigh band who, to their credit, came 3rd, and were only beaten by Sidmouth.
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Quarter Peal:
28th May 2011 |
Lisa scored her first quarter inside to Plain Bob Doubles at Feniton.
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Branch Meeting:
14th May 2011 |
We hosted the branch quarterly meeting with the meeting held in the narthex.
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Mini-Outing:
9th April 2011 |
Local self-drive visit to Shute, Hawkchurch, Kilmington, Membury and Monkton, with lunch at the New Inn, Kilmington
and coffee at Monkton Court Hotel.
Shute are very light, Hawkchurch were heavier, Kilmington treble was against the boxing,
Membury had a difficult tenor, but Monkton were fine until a rope broke.
All went according to plan but it is a pity more of our experienced helpers couldn't stay 'til the end.
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Tower AGM:
26th January 2011 |
Annual Report: We rang regularly for Sunday services, even when there were only three ringers.
Regular practices have been held throughout the year; and our six learners are ringing Plain Hunt
and progressing towards Plain Bob Doubles,
but we often struggled to get enough method ringers to be able to ring it.
The meeting was despatched quickly, followed by normal ringing.
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Xmas Dinner:
15th December 2010 |
Despite the snow, Lakeview Manor put on a good meal, plus balloons to add interest.
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Quarter Peal:
27th November 2010 |
Mark scored his first on tenor behind and Lisa her first on treble to Plain Bob Doubles.
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Quarter Peal:
23rd October 2010 |
Trevor scored his first on tenor behind.
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Main Outing:
3rd July 2010 |
The weather was kind when 17 of us went, by minibus, to Glastonbury,
with ringing at Puckington, Drayton, Glastonbury St. Benedict, Ashcott and North Curry,
lunch in Glastonbury and an evening meal at Taunton.
The bells were all good, the ringing was definitely improving, and a good time was had by all.
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Back row: Trevor, Derek, Lisa, Stan, Sandra, Rob and Alan
Front row: Ruth, Laurie, Mark, Pam, Janet, Val, Carol and Sue.
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Quarter Peal:
22nd May 2010 |
Lisa scored her first on tenor behind.
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Mini-Outing:
10th April 2010 |
A great success, visiting local towers, by car:
Broadhembury (anti-clockwise 6), Whimple, Broadclyst, Pinhoe and Woodbury.
The Red Lion at Broadclyst was disappointing, for lunch, because another group arrived just before us.
The food was good but the wait was too long.
We were short of experienced ringers (and became even shorter later) so we struggled a bit on the heavy bells.
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Quarter Peal:
27th March 2010 |
We scored a quarter at Offwell, Janet's 2nd on tenor behind.
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Annual Report:
February 2010 |
As usual we have had a busy year.
We rang regularly for Sunday services, even when there were only three ringers.
Regular practices have been held throughout the year; and our eight learners are progressing towards Plain Bob Doubles,
but we struggle to get enough method ringers to be able to ring it.
We rang for 5 weddings, and had a number of visiting bands: 2 for peals, and 4 for outings and quarter peals.
We used to host the monthly Doubles For All practice,
and we continue to host the Listening Practice on the first Friday every month.
In August we received a grant of £400 from the Ringing Foundation towards a bookcase,
a video camera and boxing in the computer, with a view to Honiton becoming a ringing centre.
In October, we entered the 6 bell striking competition - enough said.
And we look forward to another busy year, hopefully to include first quarter peals for Lisa, Trevor, Mark and Stan.
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Quarter Peal:
6th February 2010 |
attempted at Buckerell for Sandra on tenor behind.
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Funeral of Jim Crabb:
28th January 2010 |
We sadly lost Jim Crabb at the age of 94. He will be sorely missed.
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Xmas Ringing:
24/25th December 2009 |
We rang for midnight mass on Xmas eve, with mince pies and sparkling wine,
and again at 9.00am on Xmas Day.
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Xmas Dinner:
16th December 2009 |
14 of us went to the Talaton Inn for a very enjoyable meal, with helpful and friendly staff
and very reasonable prices.
Grace and Derek organised the usual quiz,
and Trevor told a humourous poem, accompanied by raucous laughter.
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Funeral of Don Salter:
5th October 2009 |
Sadly, our ex-tower captain died in September, and we rang before and after the funeral,
followed up, the following week, with a quarter peal in his memory, by visiting ringers.
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Annual Outing:
4th July 2009 |
We hired a minibus and went to Plymouth, ringing at Laira, St Andrew and St Budeaux,
plus Bickington on the way there and Ugborough on the way back.
There were 18 of us including Anne and Geoff who went by car.
Twas a very enjoyable day.
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Mini-Outing:
21st March 2009 |
We had a very successful outing to ring the bells at Whimple, Broadclyst, Clyst Honiton,
Aylesbere and Ottery St Mary.
We were blessed with beautiful weather, a delightful pub lunch at Broadhembury, and most importantly,
we enjoyed each other's company.
We were lucky to be joined, at Ottery, by the Branch Ringing Master, who
enabled us to ring a touch of Plain Bob Triples, to round off a most enjoyable day.
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Back Row: Geoff, Keith, Derek, Lisa, Alan
Middle: Trevor, Paddy, Kath, Sandra, Terry
Front Row: Sue, Janet, Jean, Pam
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Quarter Peal:
27th February 2009 |
Richard scored his first quarter peal, on tenor behind, at Buckerell.
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Quarter Peal:
20th January 2009 |
Janet scored her first quarter peal, on tenor behind, on the front 6 in Honiton.
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Annual Report:
February 2009 |
As usual we have had a busy year.
We rang regularly for Sunday services, even when we only had four ringers.
Regular practices have been held throughout the year,
and we continue to host to the monthly Doubles For All practices and Listening Practices.
We have had a number of visiting bands during the year, to ring method and call-changes, for outings, peals, quarters.
Recruitment:
At the end of November, we gained four new learners who want to ring the bells at Combe Raleigh.
They are now all ringing rounds with us, so we are hoping we will be able to count them amongst our regular band.
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Xmas Dinner:
10th December 2008 |
Six of us and two visitors enjoyed a dinner at The Talaton Inn, followed as usual by a quiz and a raffle,
thanks to Grace.
Numbers were down on last year, probably due to late organisation.
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Quarter Peals:
22nd November 2008 |
Sandra scored her first quarter peal, ringing tenor behind, and doing pretty well for a first attempt.
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Charter Day
Open Day:
26th July 2008 |
We started at 9.00am by erecting the Guild Mini-Ring, and then
opened the Charter Day celebrations with ringing (on tower bells) at 9.30am.
The morning and afternoon was spent on the mini-ring, which was enjoyed, with varying degrees of success,
by many young visitors, and we were very fortunately blessed with fine weather.
The tower was also open for a number of ringing demonstrations at mid-day but, sadly,
we don't appear to have gained any new ringers.
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Striking Competition:
19th July 2008 |
This year we came a creditable second in the East Devon Branch 6 bell Striking Competition at Offwell,
and both Sandra and Janet, entered in our B team after only one year of ringing.
We ended an enjoyable day with a buffet and skittles at the Heathfield Inn in Honiton.
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Annual Outing:
5th July 2008 |
We visited
West Coker 8, 12 cwt,
Bradford Abbas 6, 13-2-21,
Cerne Abbas 6, 13-0-8,
Martinstown 6, 8-1-4 and Bradpole 8, 15-1-0,
with lunch at Cerne Abbas and Fish & Chips, tea, beer etc. at Bridport.
Apart from the coach being bigger than ordered and starting late, it was a great day out.
The bells/ropes were not the easiest at Bradford Abbas or Cerne Abbas, but Bradpole were delightful.
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Mini-Outing:
15th March 2008 |
We rang at Shute, Musbury, Feniton and Buckerell, with a pub lunch at The Old Inn, Kilmington.
We rang a number of doubles methods and lots of Plain Hunt for our regular learner Sandra who is progressing well.
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Annual Report:
February 2008 |
As usual we have had a busy year.
We rang regularly for Sunday services, even when we only had four ringers,
and we are very pleased to count amongst our ringers Jim Crabb,
who struggles up the stairs, twice, nearly every week.
We have held regular practices throughout the year,
and are now hosts to the monthly Advanced Doubles practice and the new monthly Listening Practice.
We have had a number of visiting bands during the year, to ring method and call-changes, for outings, peals, quarters.
Recruitment:
Sandra started ringing and Janet re-started after the June Open Day and they have now both rung for Sunday services,
and have already progressed to Plain Hunt.
Marissa has also joined us, having recently re-started ringing after a long break.
A 'Free Lessons' story which appeared unexpectedly in a local newspaper and has led to John taking up the challenge.
So, with four promising learners, who started this year, and another three talking of starting in the new year,
things are definitely looking up.
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QP for Don Salter:
5th January 2008 |
Ringers from the tower and across the branch rang a Quarter Peal of Grandsire Triples in honour of Donald Salter,
with thanks for 18 years as Tower Captain and a life-time of ringing,
including 16 years as Deputy Branch Ringing Master.
Don has unfortunately had to give up ringing due to ill health,
although we hope he will soon recover to be able to ring with us again.
Don was presented with a plaque to commemorate the event.
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Peter, Derek, Don, Jim and Jean
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Xmas Dinner:
12th December 2007 |
An enjoyable meal at The Awliscombe Inn, with a quiz and a raffle, thanks to Grace,
which raised £25 towards tower funds.
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Honiton 750
Open Day:
28th July 2007 |
Another successful open day, although sadly none of the new starters has stayed the course on this occasion.
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Striking Competition:
14th July 2007 |
We were the winners of the East Devon Branch 6 Bell Striking Competition at Feniton.
The band were 1. Kathy Matthews, 2. Pam Bailey, 3. Paddy Priscott, 4. Keith Matthews (C), 5. Derek Ballard
and 6. Terry Rowland, and we rang Grandsire Doubles.
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Festival Open Day:
9th June 2007 |
We held a successful open day, when we showed visitors the bells,
gave two demonstrations of Raising, Call Changes, a Touch of Plain Bob, and Lowering,
plus a few 'have a go' sessions for non-ringers.
We are hopeful that this will have resulted in at least one new recruit.
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Annual Outing:
16th June 2007 |
This year we visited the Bideford area, with ringing at Fremington (6) 8-3-19, Westleigh (6) 11-0-8,
Northam (8) 14-0-25, Appledore (8) 10-3-26 and Great Torrington (8) 14-3-4,
a lunch stop in Bideford and time for tea/supper in Great Torrington.
Everything went pretty much to plan.
We were 15 ringers and getting on for 25 non-ringers.
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Bells Overhaul:
May 2007 |
Nicholson Engineering carried out maintenance including replacing clapper bushes.
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Branch AGM:
10th February 2007 |
We hosted the Branch AGM. A total of 26 attended the meeting and most attended the ringing before hand.
Memorable incidents included one broken rope, one broken stay pin,
a blown fuse on the organ and a tripped fuse in the kitchen.
Apart from that it was a great success and a few stayed to ring afterwards,
when we managed, among other things, Cambridge S Minor.
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Peter, Jim Crabb, Graham Fish, Grace, Derek, Paddy and Don Salter,
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