By Rose Nightingale on 16-Jun-2016 - On the 1st October 2016, All Saints’ Marsworth will host our first M2F course (the F stands for ‘Foundations’). The course will be tutored by Paul Lewis. M2F is the newest course developed as part of the ART Training scheme, aimed at supporting teachers who are working with bands ringing from rounds to plain hunt. […] Read more
By Rose Nightingale on 06-Jan-2016 - It seems like a lifetime ago that back in July 2013, we began using the LtR scheme to train an intake of new ringers at Marsworth. As teachers working towards accreditation, we were of course delighted that our recruitment drive had gone well and we had plenty of people keen to learn. I can remember […] Read more
By Rose Nightingale on 14-Nov-2015 - Yesterday, 11 ringers from the Marsworth and Eaton Bray teams were very pleased to be invited to join the Towcester team for their regular practice night. This outing was a special event, organised by Andrew Wilby to offer our ringers the chance to try ringing on 12 and to watch a 12 bell practice. The […] Read more
By Rose Nightingale on 26-Aug-2015 - We were certainly blessed with nice weather on Saturday the 22nd August when the Marsworth Team (and friends!) went out on our annual summer outing , this time to 5 towers in Bedfordshire. We had chosen towers within a few miles of each other, two six bell towers and two eights. As usual, one of […] Read more
By Rose Nightingale on 18-Jul-2015 - For many, of the most enjoyable perks of learning to ring Church bells is the tradition of visiting and ringing at other towers. Ringing outings give us the chance to explore some beautiful Churches, ring a variety of bells and socialise with other ringers. Like a lot of bands, every year, Marsworth team arrange an […] Read more