By Debbie Phipps on 17-Jun-2019 - When it was decided to launch a bell restoration project at St Mary’s Lytchett Matravers in Dorset, Tower Captain Debbie Phipps came up with a clever fund-raising idea which will benefit the band once they are ringing on their newly restored bells as well. Debbie writes; I have challenged ringers from Lytchett Matravers and Lytchett […] Read more
By Alan Bentley on 20-Jun-2018 - Lytchett Matravers hosted another M2F course with a full house of 12 attendees coming from Hampshire, Wiltshire and Dorset. This time we had Gill Hughes tutoring a very busy programme from 9.30 until 5.00 pm, with a good mixture of theory and practical applications. Subjects covered included foundation skills, and development, building a band, teaching […] Read more
By Alan Bentley on 28-Jul-2017 - On the 30th September, Lytchett Matravers Church will be hosting an ART Module 2 F course – a day course designed for anyone who is working with a band at an early level, ringing rounds to plain hunt. The course will be tutored by Paul Lewis and includes a mixture of practical and theory sessions […] Read more
By Alan Bentley on 28-Nov-2016 - Despite having no heating in the church (ground floor ring) due to contractors not completing the new system in time the participants did not appear to be unduly affected during the practical sessions by the reduced temperature and all entered into the spirit of the occasion with a great deal of enthusiasm. The hot, home […] Read more