By Vinni Sullivan on 12-Jan-2018 - Anne-Marie Adams, a ringer at St Mary’s Wargrave, became the 800th ringer to be awarded LtR Level 2, Foundation Skills, having completed the final exercise by calling call changes on Wednesday 3 January 2018. Tower manager John Coombes presented her with her certificate on the next practice night, when she rang the treble to plain […] Read more
By Vinni Sullivan on 24-Jun-2017 - Saturday 18th June 2017, ringers started to arrive at 8:30 wondering if this was such a good idea as the temperatures steadily rose. A good idea it certainly proved to be, as ringers with hugely varied teaching experience were guided through the complex process of learning a new motor skill. Graham Nabb, who led the […] Read more
By Vinni Sullivan on 01-Nov-2016 - At the end of October half term 2015, Kitty and Freddie had their first handling lesson at Wargrave. We have used ‘Learning the Ropes’ throughout, and although both have a natural aptitude, this has undoubtedly helped their progress. Most of their ringing has been at the weekly Wargrave practice and Sunday mornings. A couple of […] Read more
By Vinni Sullivan on 04-May-2016 - For the last two Sundays the local Wargrave village band has rung rounds on eight for Sunday service; this time last year it was the front 5! Since then we have used the Art Training Scheme, I am a full member of ART and we have four level 2, and four level 1 passes. After […] Read more
By Vinni Sullivan on 22-Oct-2015 - Four ringers at St Mary’s church recently attained Level 1 “Bell Handling” On Sunday 27th September they were presented with their Level 1 certificates, and their teacher was given her ART Module 1 ‘teaching bell handling’ certificate. The five of us then rang rounds for service, albeit only for very short stretches, (and at times […] Read more