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Welsh Colleges Society

Shincliffe

St Mary the Virgin

Saturday, 3 January 2015 in 38m (4–0–14)

1292 Norwich Surprise Minor

1 Sue Rainsbury

2 D Rose W Horton

3 Christopher Ridley

4 Roger Grieve

5 Stephen W Penney

6 Iain D Scott (C)

Rung on the Welsh Colleges' Master's Quarter Peal Tour.

First in method - 2

In memory of Julie Laycock, Great Aunt of 6

Welsh Colleges Society

Easington

St Mary

Saturday, 3 January 2015

1260 Grandsire Triples

Composed by Sgt Albert Wakley

1 Karen M Powell

2 Chris Ridley

3 Rhiannon Meredith

4 Tim Hine

5 Richard Wolfgang (C)

6 Roger Haynes

7 David C Powell

8 Alex Haynes

First of Grandsire Triples as conductor

Rung as a compliment to Chris Ridley for receiving his O.B.E, and to congratulate James Falder on his engagement

Rung on the Master's weekend

Welsh Colleges Society

Durham

St Oswald King and Martyr

Saturday, 3 January 2015 in 48m (12–3–6)

1280 Plain and Little Bob Major

1 David C Powell

2 Helen Foster

3 Kevin J Rogers

4 Rhiannon M Meredith

5 Martyn Owen

6 Alex Haynes

7 Richard A Wolfgang

8 Roger Haynes (C)

Rung by members of the Welsh Colleges' Society on the Master's Quarter Peal Weekend

Welsh Colleges Society

Chester-le-Street

Sst Mary and Cuthbert

Saturday, 3 January 2015 in 48m (19–0–2)

1250 Yorkshire Surprise Major

1 Helen Foster

2 D Rose W Horton

3 Karen M Powell

4 Victoria L Evans

5 Cathy Ockwell

6 Kevin J Rogers

7 David C Powell

8 Pat Wheeler (C)

First in method - 2

Welsh Colleges Society

Durham

Cathedral Church of Christ, the Blessed Virgin Mary and St Cuthbert

Sunday, 4 January 2015 in 51m (28–0–6)

1259 Grandsire Caters

1 D Rose W Horton

2 Helen Foster

3 Sue Rainsbury

4 Roger Grieve

5 Kevin J Rogers

6 Roger Haynes

7 Tim Hine (C)

8 Christopher Ridley

9 Richard A Wolfgang

10 Iain Scott

Welsh Colleges Society

St Albans, Hertfordshire

St Stephen

Saturday, 11 April 2015 in 43m

1320 London Surprise Minor

1 Rose Horton

2 Roger Grieve

3 James P Mort

4 Martyn Owen

5 Jason Hughes (C)

6 Ian Bushell

Rung in memory of the other seven quarters attempted on the Welsh Colleges quarter peal day which all sadly came to grief. Also to congratulate Richard Wolfgang and Sue Rainsbury on their engagement.

Welsh Colleges Society

Wolverley, Worcestershire

St John The Baptist

Sunday, 19 April 2015 in 43m (9–2–10)

1260 Grandsire Triples

Composed by Albert Wakley

1 Emily Poultney - Catering

2 Sue Rainsbury - Deputy Master / Catering

3 Rose Horton - Mascot Keeper / Catering

4 Iain Scott - Romance

5 Richard Wolfgang - Master (C)

6 Cathy Ockwell - Social Secretary

7 Stephen Penney - General Secretary / Webmaster

8 Ainsley Gilbert - Social Secretary

Rung by all the officers of the society at the end of the Easter Tour.

First quarter peal of Triples - 1&8

200th quarter peal - 5

The band wishes to thank Vic Evans for her coaching and encouragement.

Welsh Colleges Society

Llanbadarn Fawr, Ceredigion

St Padarn

Sunday, 17 May 2015 in 47m (18–0–18)

1260 Grandsire Triples

Composed by Sgt. Albert P Wakley

1 Victoria L Evans

2 Johanna Westwood

3 Bob McIntyre

4 Anthony O Scarth

5 Richard A Wolfgang (C)

6 Roger Grieve

7 Gareth Dancer

8 Sue Rainsbury

Rung to congratulate Dr. Adam and Mrs. Patricia Vellender who were married yesterday in this church

Welsh Colleges Society

Bristol (Whitehall), Bristol

St Ambrose

Saturday, 20 June 2015 in 47m (11–1–21)

1260 Grandsire Caters

Composed by Paul Flavell

1 Rebecca Drysdale

2 Tim Hine

3 Helen Foster

4 Jan Hine

5 Cathy E Potter

6 Richard A Wolfgang (C)

7 David S Phillips

8 Hal Drysdale

9 John A Vesey

10 Kevin J Rogers

Rung by members of the Society to congratulate Daniel and Sarah Knight on their recent marriage

Welsh Colleges Society

Bristol, Bristol

St Stephen

Saturday, 20 June 2015 (19–1–17)

1254 Grandsire Cinques

Composed by ringing.org

1 Sarah West

2 Rebecca Drysdale

3 Helen Foster

4 Gareth Dancer

5 Kevin J Rogers

6 Iain Scott

7 Richard Wolfgang (C)

8 Matthew Greenaway

9 Cathy Ockwell

10 Hal Drysdale

11 John Vesey

12 David S Phillips

First quarter peal on 12 bells - 12

First Grandsire Cinques - 9

First Grandsire Cinques as Conductor - 7

Welsh Colleges Society

Bristol, Bristol

SS Philip and Jacob

Saturday, 20 June 2015 in 46m (19–0–11)

1280 Yorkshire Surprise Major

1 Jan Hine

2 Rebecca Drysdale

3 John Vesey

4 Gareth Dancer

5 David S Phillips

6 Hal Drysdale

7 Tim Hine (C)

8 Richard Wolfgang

Welsh Colleges Society

Tarvin, Cheshire

St Andrew

Saturday, 18 July 2015 (8–1–8 in G♯)

1260 Plain Bob Doubles

1 Daniel Munday *

2 Tim Hine

3 Kevin J Rogers

4 David S Phillips

5 James P Mort (C)

6 Helen Foster

* First quarter peal away from cover

Welsh Colleges Society

Eccleston, Cheshire

St Mary the Virgin

Saturday, 18 July 2015 in 50m (26–3–3 in E♭)

1260 Grandsire Triples

1 Victoria L Evans

2 D Rose W Horton

3 Heather E Griffiths

4 James P Mort

5 Malcolm Murphy

6 Tim Hine (C)

7 Richard A Wolfgang

8 David S Phillips

Rung to congratulate Emily Poultney on her successful graduation from her Batchelors Degree and Anthony Scarth on graduation from his Masters Degree both from Aberystwyth University

Welsh Colleges Society

Christleton, Cheshire

St James

Saturday, 18 July 2015 (12–1–26 in F♯)

1344 Lincolnshire Surprise Major

1 Sue Rainsbury

2 Heather E Griffiths *

3 Cathy Ockwell

4 D Rose W Horton

5 David S Phillips

6 Tim Hine (C)

7 James P Mort

8 Martyn Owen

* First quarter peal of Lincolnshire Surprise Major

Welsh Colleges Society

Chester, Cheshire

Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary

Saturday, 18 July 2015 in 55m (24–3–0 in D)

1254 Grandsire Cinques

1 Helen Foster

2 James P Mort

3 Martyn Owen *

4 Kevin J Rogers

5 Tim Hine

6 Malcolm Murphy

7 Richard A Wolfgang (C)

8 Iain D Scott

9 David S Phillips *

10 Cathy Ockwell

11 Stephen W Penney

12 Victoria L Evans

* First cinques "inside"

Welsh Colleges Society

Farnborough, Warwickshire

St Botolph

Wednesday, 22 July 2015 in 38m (6–1–12 in B♭)

1269 Norwich Surprise Minor

Composed by Daniel Brady

1 Paul Lewis

2 Helen Foster

3 Iain D Scott

4 Tim Hine

5 Kevin J Rogers

6 Richard A Wolfgang (C)

Rung in thanksgiving for the life of Frank Lewis

Welsh Colleges Society

Lapley, Staffordshire

All Saints

Saturday, 15 August 2015 in 45m (9–3–20 in F♯)

1296 Welsh Colleges Society Bob Major

Composed by D F Morrison

1 Victoria L Evans

2 D Rose W Horton

3 Sue Rainsbury

4 Halisi Drysdale

5 Iain D Scott

6 Catherine E Ockwell

7 Stephen W Penney (C)

8 Richard A Wolfgang

First quarter peal in the method.

Welsh Colleges Society Bob Major:

34.16-36-38-58-38-36-16.34 le 12 (a)

Percy's birthday treat (not having to ring a whole peal of it).

Welsh Colleges Society

Wednesbury, West Midlands

St Paul, Wood Green

Saturday, 10 October 2015 in 45m (16–1–22 in F)

1260 Stedman Triples

1 Karen M Powell

2 Fiona A Hartley

3 Heather E Griffiths

4 David C Powell

5 Cathy E Potter

6 Alex Haynes

7 Roger Haynes (C)

8 Victoria L Evans

First quarter peal of Stedman - 3&6

First quarter peal of Stedman as conductor - 7

300th quarter peal - 1

Rung to celebrate the marriages of Eleanor Payne to Andy Barnes & Sarah West to Matt Greenaway

Welsh Colleges Society

Penn, West Midlands

St Bartholomew

Saturday, 10 October 2015 in 45m (10–0–12 in A)

1280 Rutland Surprise Major

1 Alex Haynes

2 Karen M Powell

3 Heather Griffiths

4 Cathy E Potter

5 James P Mort

6 David C Powell

7 Roger Haynes

8 Iain D Scott (C)

1st in method: 3

A 50th birthday compliment to Chris Mundy.

Welsh Colleges Society

Cardington, Shropshire

St James

Friday, 23 October 2015 in 40m (7–0–5 in G)

1269 Cambridge Surprise Minor

Composed by D F Morrison

1 Helen Foster

2 Heather E Griffiths

3 D Rose W Horton

4 Kevin J Rogers

5 Iain D Scott

6 Richard A Wolfgang (C)

Rung to mark the start of the Autumn Tour

Welsh Colleges Society

City of London

St Dunstan-in-the-West, Fleet Street

Saturday, 5 December 2015 in 3h 6 (10–3–23 in G)

5040 Spliced Surprise Royal (4 Methods)

1280 each Cambridge, Lincolnshire, Yorkshire; 1200 London (No 3). 100 com, atw

Composed by D W Beard

1 Christopher Ridley

2 Stephen W Penney

3 Rona M Joiner

4 Timothy M Payne

5 Catherine E Ockwell

6 Christopher M Mundy

7 Timothy C Hine

8 Richard A Wolfgang

9 David Kirkcaldy

10 Richard H Burton (C)

First of Royal, 5.

First of Spliced Royal, 8

First peal in the UK, 5

Ringing World page reference: 5460.1257

Welsh Colleges Society

Youlgreave, Derbyshire

All Saints

Saturday, 12 December 2015 in 50m (23–2–24 in D)

1254 Grandsire Cinques

1 Emily V R Waters

2 James E Hibbert

3 Iain D Scott

4 Kevin J Rogers

5 Helen Foster

6 James P Mort (C)

7 Patrick J Wheeler

8 Richard A Wolfgang

9 David S Phillips

10 Andrew Tyler

11 Roger Haynes

12 Roger J Lawson

First quarter peal of cinques as conductor - 6

First quarter of cinques away from cover - 1

Rung as a birthday compliment to Malcolm Murphy

Welsh Colleges Society

Wirksworth, Derbyshire

St Mary

Saturday, 12 December 2015 in 45m (14–1–13 in F)

1250 Pudsey Surprise Major

1 Patrick J Wheeler

2 D Rose W Horton

3 Cathy E Potter

4 Heather E Griffiths

5 Roger J Lawson

6 James P Mort

7 Richard A Wolfgang

8 Iain D Scott (C)

First quarter of Pudsey Surprise Major - 2, 4 & 6

Rung to wish all our members a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

Welsh Colleges Society

Stanton in Peak, Derbyshire

Holy Trinity

Saturday, 12 December 2015 (4–0–20 in D)

1296 Cambridge Surprise Minor

1 Emily V R Waters

2 Fiona A Hartley

3 Roger Haynes

4 Helen Foster

5 Andrew Tyler

6 Kevin J Rogers (C)

Welsh Colleges Society

Darley Dale, Derbyshire

St Helen

Saturday, 12 December 2015 in 48m (15–2–2 in F)

1280 Spliced Surprise Major

6 Methods - 480 changes of Rutland, 160 each of Superlative, Lincolnshire, Pudsey, Yorkshire & Cambridge. 34 com

1 David S Phillips

2 Heather E Griffiths

3 D Rose W Horton

4 Cathy E Potter

5 Patrick J Wheeler

6 Iain D Scott

7 James E Hibbert

8 Richard A Wolfgang (C)

First quarter peal of spliced - 2 & 3

Welsh Colleges Society

Brassington, Derbyshire

St James

Saturday, 12 December 2015 in 38m (8–0–26 in A)

1260 St Clements College Bob Minor

1 Emily V R Waters

2 Fiona A Hartley

3 James E Hibbert

4 Roger Haynes

5 Andrew Tyler (C)

6 David S Phillips

First quarter peal of St Clements College bob Minor - 3 & 6

75th quarter peal this year - 3

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