Young Ringers’ Fest ! A big day out for young ringers in the ODG

By on 12-Aug-2019 - The city of Oxford was an ideal choice for our Big Day Out as it not only offers a variety of historic and memorable towers but is relatively easy for 19 young ringers and their parents to get around.Our first two towers were the light tens at St Thomas and St Mary Magdalen. Ringing was […] Read more

First Time at a Striking Competition

By on 06-Aug-2019 - I started learning to ring in March 2018, in Nassington, Northamptonshire. I’ll always be grateful that they took me under their wings to help me learn to competently handle a bell. We have two ART teachers at our tower and both have been extremely supportive and encouraging. They’ve never let us stand still with our […] Read more

Waking up a Silent Tower

By on 01-Aug-2019 - In Tower Talk number 10, Brian Giles described how a new band got off the ground at Weekley, Northants. Here he gives us an update – not without its dramas! Having found Elaine Greatrex, our ART teacher, four new ringers at Weekley were making progress with their ringing. However, eventually the inevitable happened: we broke […] Read more

Don’t Look Up!

By on 28-Jul-2019 - Back in March I decided to set up a group to support new or fairly new ringers from several local towers who need more rope time or access to training exercises than they currently receive from their home towers.Regular evening practices cater for ringers of varying abilities, so additional targeted training and practice sessions to […] Read more

Lancashire Lads and Lasses

By on 26-Jul-2019 - The Lancashire Lads and Lasses are the home team who are competing for the first time in the Ringing World National Youth Contest (RWNYC) in Liverpool in July this year. Let’s meet the team! Ellis Hollows: I’m 11 years old and I’ve been learning to ring at St Anne’s Parish Church since November 2017. I […] Read more

Beyond Plain Bob Minor” 15th-19th July. Tulloch Ringing Centre

By on 23-Jul-2019 - I was one of the ringers attending the week and together with my husband and granddaughter had a great time. Five days of concentrated ringing for 6 hours a day certainly produced results. I hesitate to use the terms tutor, helper or learner as I feel we all of us ringers learned something about ringing, […] Read more