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Performances reportThis page gives a report of the performances matching your search criteria. There were 391 matching performances. The top 200 are listed below. Kent County Association Hadlow, Kent St Mary Thursday, 1 January 2026 in 50m (12–3–0 in G) 1400 Grandsire Triples 1 Esther Haswell 2 Ann Jenner 3 Jacqui Fletcher 4 Emma J Jarvis 5 Stanley Jenner 6 Lucy Harvey 7 Howard S Rogers (C) 8 Philip R Jarvis To welcome in the New Year. 1 1st on Triples, 2 1st on new knee!, 7 1st (C) on Triples Kent County Association Greenwich, Greater London St Alfege Thursday, 1 January 2026 (23–2–14 in D) 84 Plain Bob Triples 60 Grandsire Doubles, 54 Plain Hunt 9, Rounds and Call Changes on 8 & 6. Firing on 10 & 8 Graham Long (C) Hazel Bing Shelagh Norman David Connearn David Mears Wolfgang Sutulas Shana Vijayan Janet Caruso Maryann Caruso Edward Gormley Daniel Oates Chris Lawrance Anne Lawrance (non ringing) Max Ganesh Jonathan Payne Lucia Sutulas (non ringing) Ringing at 12 noon on New Year's Day - starting with 12 strikes on the tenor and then going immediately into rounds and call changes on 8. During the session there was a period of silence and reflection to remember those ringers no longer with us who used to ring on New Year's Day, especially: Alan Munden, Richard Bing, John Ardley, Freda Cannon and Ken Deller. Eddie and Brenda Coode, Bill Lanyon, Naoko Nakatani, David Martyn, Pauline Cox, Beverley Sharp-Georgiev, Lindi and Huxley Todd, Jim and Jan Odell wish to be associated with the ringing but were unable to attend - Jim is in hospital and we send him our best wishes. Kent County Association Benenden, Kent St George Thursday, 1 January 2026 (18–0–24 in E♭) Rounds and Call Changes 1 Rod Lebon (C) 2 Mike Taylor 3 Corinne Orde 4 David Harmsworth 5 Hugh Rumary 6 Karen Lebon 7 Adam Shore 8 Jack Gardner Rung at midnight to welcome the New Year. Kent County Association Ospringe, Kent St Peter and St Paul Friday, 2 January 2026 in 46m (17–1–8 in F♯) 1320 Cambridge Surprise Minor 1 Claire Stay 2 Barry Roberts 3 Kate Bispham 4 Tim Ford 5 Scott Pearce 6 Adam Moore (C) Kent County Association Tenterden, Kent St Mildred Sunday, 4 January 2026 in 53m (27–3–23 in D♭) 1312 Spliced Surprise Major (4m) 416 changes of London, 320 of Bristol and 288 each of Cambridge and Superlative. 29 com. Composed by Mark B Davies and Tom Hinton 1 Steven J Haynes 2 Pam Thomas 3 Frances C James 4 Callum J Clark 5 David S James 6 Karen A Edwards 7 Adam A Brady 8 Richard H Edwards (C) To welcome in the new year. Ringing World page reference: 5987.0066Kent County Association St Laurence in Thanet, Kent St Laurence Sunday, 4 January 2026 in 47m (14–1–19 in E) 1260 Plain Bob Triples In, Home, 4ths, 4ths. Repeat 5 times. 1 John E Haimes 2 Michael J Little 3 Claire Stay 4 Sarat E R White 5 Mark Chittenden-Pile 6 Martin W Marshall 7 Charlie D C Satchwell (C) 8 Freda E Parker Rung in fond memory of Jamie Curtis, 1975-2025. First Triples as conductor. Kent County Association Maidstone, Kent St Michael and All Angels Sunday, 4 January 2026 in 42m (6–1–24 in C) 1280 Lessness Surprise Major 1 Emma Jarvis 2 Stephen Coaker 3 Philip Jarvis 4 Mark Elvers 5 Jane L Kostelnyk 6 Mike Birkbeck 7 Rona Joiner 8 Neil Jones (C) Rung for the Feast of the Epiphany. Remembering Joy Neal (5/1/99) and Reneé Canfield (27/12/25), R.I.P. Ringing World page reference: 5987.0059Kent County Association Frinsted, Kent St Dunstan Sunday, 4 January 2026 in 43m (6–1–1 in B♭) 1260 Grandsire Doubles 1 Richard Bushell 2 Jay Ford 3 James Pearce 4 Tim Ford 5 Barry Roberts (C) 6 Mike Eldrett For Epiphany Evensong Ringing World page reference: 5987.0065Kent County Association Farnborough, Kent St Giles the Abbot Sunday, 4 January 2026 in 2h 22 (3–1–18 in D) 5040 Minor (5m) Two extents each of Cambridge S and Plain Bob and one extent each of Kent TB, Beverley S and St Clements CB. 1 Steve Newlands 2 Colette Schrier 3 Fraser A Storie 4 Oscar Brooks-Wilkins 5 Svetlana Sokolova 6 Nicholas Wilkins (C) First Minor inside - 2. Most methods - 4. To welcome the New Year and first peal in 2026 for all the band. Ringing World page reference: 5994.0223Kent County Association Chelsfield, Greater London St Martin of Tours Sunday, 4 January 2026 in 42m (10–3–14 in A♭) 1260 Doubles (2m) 300 Grandsire Doubles, 960 Plain Bob Doubles 1 E Lesley Barclay 2 Judith Bagshaw 3 Clare Pruden 4 Robert Pruden 5 Philippa J Rooke (C) 6 Barry Foale Rung to celebrate the 100th birthday today of Ivy Clark, a member of this congregation for 70 years. Angela Wilkins, Jim Rooke, Nick Wilkins and Nancy Fisher wish to be associated with this quarter. Ringing World page reference: 5987.0064Kent County Association Canterbury, Kent St Dunstan Sunday, 4 January 2026 in 42m (13–2–15 in F♯) 1260 Plain Bob Minor 1 Andrew C Brett 2 Jane E Huxley 3 Cathryn M Hills 4 Edward H Hunter 5 Leonard A Huckstep 6 Andrew M Hills (C) Rung for morning service on Epiphany Sunday. Kent County Association Birchington, Kent All Saints Sunday, 4 January 2026 in 38m (8–2–17 in A) 1260 The New Year It Is Entered Doubles 1 David Sheekey 2 Tim Attride (C) 3 Claire Stay 4 Michael J Little 5 Emma Tapsell 6 Reece Carpenter First quarter in the variation, named previously by the band. Kent County Association Aylesford, Kent St Peter and St Paul Sunday, 4 January 2026 in 44m (13–2–7 in F) 1320 Plain Bob Minor 1 Terence V Barnard 2 Shona Clark (C) 3 Graham D Heath 4 Richard W Young 5 Michael A Birkbeck 6 Callum J Clark Rung in memory of Leonard Elphick 1941-2025. Ringing World page reference: 5987.0058Kent County Association Hadlow, Kent St Mary Monday, 5 January 2026 (12–3–0 in G) 1320 Spliced Surprise Minor (6m) London 6 Composed by Patrick W J Deakin 1 Emma Jarvis 2 Jane Kostelnyk 3 Stephen Coaker (C) 4 Philip Jarvis 5 Pam Thomas 6 Jason Turnock Kent County Association Birchington, Kent All Saints Tuesday, 6 January 2026 in 8m (8–2–17 in A) 280 The Three Kings Doubles St Remigius with Wallflower, Antelope & Pink's Singles 1 Peter Russell 2 Tim Attride (C) 3 David Sheekey 4 Emma Tapsell 5 Michael J Little 6 Reece Carpenter Rung and named ahead of a planned Quarter Peal. Kent County Association Rochester, Kent Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary Thursday, 8 January 2026 in 54m (30–0–14 in D) 1287 Grandsire Triples 1 Charlotte Elvers 2 Phillip Barnes 3 Barry Roberts 4 Elizabeth Barnes 5 Rona Joiner 6 Cathy Hall 7 Neil Jones (C) 8 Mark Elvers Rung half-muffled prior to the funeral of Christopher J. Nickless, a pupil at King's School, Rochester from 1955 to 1965, Assistant Master from 1968 to 1991, the first Head of the Pre-Preparatory School and Headmaster of the Preparatory School (1991-2001). 350th Q at the Cathedral: 7. Ringing World page reference: 5987.0059Kent County Association Maidstone, Kent St Michael and All Angels Friday, 9 January 2026 in 39m (6–1–24 in C) 1272 Primrose Surprise Minor 1 Mark Elvers 2 Emma Jarvis 3 Shona Clark 4 Callum Clark 5 Philip Jarvis 6 Neil Jones (C) In thanksgiving for the life of Trevor Gatehouse, 5/1/26, R.I.P. 1400th Q as C in Kent. Ringing World page reference: 5987.0059Kent County Association Charing, Kent St Peter and St Paul Friday, 9 January 2026 in 51m (12–2–10 in G) 1440 Double Oxford Bob Minor View composition 1 Richard Bushell 2 Claire Stay 3 Kate Bispham 4 Graham Cuthbert 5 Barry Roberts 6 Adam Moore (C) Kent County Association Thanington, Kent St Nicholas Saturday, 10 January 2026 (4–2–25 in B) 1296 Spliced Surprise Minor (12m) Norwich 12 1 Janice Byrne 2 Philip Jarvis 3 Andrew M Hills 4 Pam Thomas 5 Jason Turnock (C) 6 Stephen Coaker Kent County Association Frindsbury, Kent All Saints Saturday, 10 January 2026 in 42m (7–2–16 in F) 1260 Plain Bob Doubles 1 Julie Aldous 2 Derna Brown 3 Geoff Capeling 4 Oliver M Bennett 5 Phil Brown (C) 6 Kenneth Aldous Rung half muffled in memory of Geoff Morrad, former Tower Captain of All Saints, Frindsbury. Kent County Association St Nicholas at Wade, Kent St Nicholas Sunday, 11 January 2026 in 48m (19 in E) 1260 Doubles (3m) 300 Grandsire 480 each of Reverse Canterbury and Plain Bob 1 Claire Stay 2 Sue Randall 3 Leonard A Huckstep 4 John E Haimes 5 Michael J Little (C) 6 Peter W Paul Rung open in thanksgiving for the life of E Basil Broadley Kent County Association Maidstone, Kent St Michael and All Angels Sunday, 11 January 2026 in 39m (6–1–24 in C) 1250 Spliced Surprise Major (4m) 320 Bristol, Cambridge, London; 290 Superlative; 13 com; atw. 1 Graham Heath 2 Mike Birkbeck 3 Jane L Kostelnyk 4 Janice Byrne 5 Rona Joiner 6 Stephen Coaker (C) 7 Pam Thomas 8 Neil Jones Remembering Ann Rust (10/1/22) and Norman Rust (18/1/20), R.I.P. 1900th Q in Kent: 8. Ringing World page reference: 5988.0085Kent County Association Canterbury, Kent St Stephen, Hackington Sunday, 11 January 2026 in 41m (10–1–26 in A♭) 1260 Doubles (5m/v/p) 300 Stedman, 240 each of Grandsire, All Saints, Newington, Reverse Canterbury Pleasure 1 Jane E Huxley 2 Thomas Hooley 3 Cathryn M Hills (C) 4 Edward H Hunter 5 Leonard A Huckstep 6 Andrew C Brett For Sung Eucharist on The Baptism of Christ Ringing World page reference: 5988.0086Kent County Association Canterbury, Kent St Alphege Sunday, 11 January 2026 in 39m (7½ in B) 1296 Treble Dodging Minor (2m) 720 Oxford Treble Bob, 576 Cambridge Surprise 1 F Jane Lawrence 2 Cathryn M Hills 3 Stefan R Zientek 4 Simon Lockwood 5 Andrew M Hills (C) 6 Andrew J Corby Rung for King's School evensong. Kent County Association Canterbury, Kent Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of Christ Sunday, 11 January 2026 in 52m (34–3–4 in C♯) 1296 Spliced Plain Royal (2m) 720 Plain Bob, 576 Little Bob, 24 com, ate. Composed by A M Hills 1 Jane E Huxley 2 Cathryn M Hills 3 F Jane Lawrence 4 Andrew J Corby 5 Simon Lockwood 6 Thomas J E Brett 7 Malcolm J Smith 8 Thomas Hooley 9 Stuart C Palin 10 Andrew M Hills (C) Rung for Choral Evensong. First Spliced Royal - 3. Kent County Association Birchington, Kent All Saints Sunday, 11 January 2026 in 38m (8–2–17 in A) 1260 The Three Kings Doubles 1 Peter Russell 2 Tim Attride (C) 3 David Sheekey 4 Emma Tapsell 5 Michael J Little 6 Reece Carpenter Rung during the season of Epiphany in memory of Doug Hitchman, former chorister at All Saints who passed away shortly before Christmas 2025. Doug had been the soloist, at his request, when the choir sang Peter Cornelius' carol of the same name. Kent County Association Ashford, Kent St Mary the Virgin Sunday, 11 January 2026 in 4m (7–2–2 in B♭) 240 Grandsire Doubles 1 Sandy L Jeffries 2 Mark Chittenden-Pile 3 Martin E Luffman 4 Gavin J Neill (C) 5 Charlie D C Satchwell 6 Peter J Capon For morning service and in thanksgiving for the life of Mrs Jacqueline Cooper (known affectionally by many as 'the OG'); passed to her rest on Friday 9th January, aged 82 years. Kent County Association Wisborough Green, West Sussex St Peter ad Vincula Monday, 12 January 2026 in 2h 50 (12–0–21 in A♭) 5040 Surprise Minor (15m) (1) London, Cunecastre; (2) Sandiacre, Wooler; (3) Lightfoot, Wearmouth; (4) Beverley, Berwick, Surfleet, Hexham; (5) Westminster, Allendale; (6) Cambridge, Ipswich; (7) Norwich. 1 David Kirkcaldy 2 Anne L Rueff 3 Robert J Crocker 4 Phillip R J Barnes 5 Alan Regin 6 Peter G C Ellis (C) Kent County Association Birchington, Kent All Saints Tuesday, 13 January 2026 in 40m (8–2–17 in A) 1260 Plain Bob Doubles 1 Julie Roe 2 Tim Attride 3 Claire Stay 4 David Sheekey 5 Michael J Little (C) 6 Emma Tapsell 50th Quarter Peal, Julie Roe Kent County Association Ashford, Kent St Mary the Virgin Tuesday, 13 January 2026 in 43m (7–2–2 in B♭) 1260 Doubles (3m) Being 300 Stedman and 480 each Grandsire and Plain Bob. 1 Mark Chittenden-Pile (C) 2 Charlie D C Satchwell 3 Barry A Roberts 4 Sue Childs 5 Gavin J Neill 6 Sandy L Jeffries For practice. Kent County Association Gravesend, Kent St George Thursday, 15 January 2026 in 45m (18–1–6 in E) 1344 Cambridge Surprise Major Composed by Graham A C John 1 Hazel Clarke 2 Janice Byrne 3 Chris M Trafford 4 Kath White 5 Stephanie Runting 6 Rona Joiner 7 Philippa J Rooke (C) 8 Neil Jones A 50th Birthday compliment to Cathy Hall today. First of Surprise Major as Conductor. Ringing World page reference: 5988.0087Kent County Association Goodnestone, Kent Holy Cross Thursday, 15 January 2026 in 40m (11–2–12 in A♭) 1260 Doubles (6m/v/p) 60 Stedman, 240 each of Grandsire, Reverse Canterbury Pleasure, Southrepps, Plain Bob and Kennington 1 Paul H Curtis 2 Tony J Martin 3 Jane E Huxley 4 Andrew C Brett 5 Leonard A Huckstep (C) 6 Charles J Maggs Dedicated to the life of Hugh Richard Curtis, father of Paul (1), who died 8th June 2025 aged 94. Ringing World page reference: 5988.0085Kent County Association Sheldwich, Kent St James Friday, 16 January 2026 in 43m (7–0–26 in B♭) 1260 Double Oxford Bob Minor Composed by Charles K Chikuruwo 1 Richard Bushell 2 Kate Bispham 3 Claire Stay 4 Barry Roberts 5 Tim Ford 6 Adam Moore (C) 125th QP together: 3 & 6 Ringing World page reference: 5988.0087Kent County Association Hollingbourne, Kent All Saints Friday, 16 January 2026 in 2h 48 (13–1–24 in E) 5088 Lessness Surprise Major Composed by T Hooley 1 Phillip R J Barnes 2 Anne L Rueff 3 Dickon R Love 4 David Kirkcaldy 5 John B Keeler 6 Robert J Crocker 7 Peter G C Ellis (C) 8 Stephen A Coaker Rung as an 80th birthday compliment to Christine Love. Ringing World page reference: 5989.0105Kent County Association Benenden, Kent St George Friday, 16 January 2026 in 54m (18–0–24 in E♭) 1294 Yorkshire Surprise Maximus 1 Rona Joiner 2 Claire C Nicholson 3 David S James 4 Phillip A Butler 5 Revd Thomas Pelham 6 Karen Lebon 7 Bjørn E Bradstock 8 Paul Franks 9 Alan D Pink (C) 10 J Roderick N Lebon 11 Neil W Jones 12 Richard H Edwards Kent County Association Southfleet, Kent Red Street House Saturday, 17 January 2026 800 Plain Bob Major 1–2 Callum Clark 3–4 Stuart Cox 5–6 Peter Joyce (C) 7–8 Cathy Hall First significant length on Cathy's new handbells. Attempted quarter to celebrate Cathy's 50th birthday that morphed into enjoyable general ringing and good company. Plain Bob Major and Kent Treble Bob Major rung. Kent County Association Sevenoaks, Kent St Nicholas Saturday, 17 January 2026 in 48m (16–2–10 in F) 1344 Spliced Surprise Major (8m) 256 changes of London, 224 each of; Bristol and Rutland, 128 each of; Cambridge, Lincolnshire, Pudsey, Superlative and Yorkshire. 31 com. Composed by From A J Pitman, arr R H Edwards 1 Graham D Heath 2 David S James 3 Frances C James 4 Karen A Edwards 5 Jane L Kostelnyk 6 Adam A Brady 7 Michael A Birkbeck 8 Richard H Edwards (C) Birthday compliments to Daz Harris (46) and Jack Birkbeck (10). Kent County Association Mereworth, Kent St Lawrence Saturday, 17 January 2026 in 42m (9–1–7 in G) 1260 Plain Bob Minor 1 Pam Thomas 2 Barry W Evans 3 Emma Jarvis 4 Steve Newlands 5 Stephen Coaker 6 Philip Jarvis (C) Kent County Association Wittersham, Kent St John the Baptist Sunday, 18 January 2026 in 46m (16–2–8 in E) 1260 Grandsire Triples 1 Richard H Edwards (C) 2 Sue Childs 3 Karen Lebon 4 Tom W P Stern 5 J Roderick N Lebon 6 David J Chesson 7 Damien S Smith 8 Keith Hammond For evensong. First Grandsire Triples 4. Golden wedding anniversary compliment to David and Kathy Chesson. Kent County Association Tonbridge, Kent St Peter and St Paul Sunday, 18 January 2026 in 45m (17–3–13 in E) 1260 Grandsire Triples Composed by Edwin A Barnett 1 Stephanie K Runting 2 Graham D Heath 3 Pam Thomas 4 Stephanie J Barclay 5 Adam A Brady 6 Logan S H Rich (C) 7 Richard J Barclay 8 Janice A Byrne For Evening Service. First as conductor: 6. Ringing World page reference: 5989.0110Kent County Association Maidstone, Kent St Michael and All Angels Sunday, 18 January 2026 in 44m (6–1–24 in C) 1344 Cooktown Orchid Delight Major 1 Emma Jarvis 2 Stuart Cox 3 Philip Jarvis 4 Mark Elvers 5 Jane L Kostelnyk 6 Ian Mills 7 Rhiannon Meredith 8 Neil Jones (C) Remembering Bob Powell-Williams, 15/1/24. R.I.P. Ringing World page reference: 5989.0107Kent County Association Canterbury, Kent St Stephen, Hackington Sunday, 18 January 2026 in 41m (10–1–26 in A♭) 1260 Doubles (4m/p) 180 Stedman, 360 each of Grandsire, Reverse Canterbury Pleasure and Plain Bob 1 Leonard A Huckstep 2 Claire Stay 3 Jane E Huxley (C) 4 Sarah G Fellows 5 Edward H Hunter 6 Andrew C Brett For the Installation of Charlie Maggs as Head Virger of Canterbury Cathedral. Ringing World page reference: 5989.0108Kent County Association Canterbury, Kent St Dunstan Sunday, 18 January 2026 in 39m (13–2–15 in F♯) 1260 Doubles (6m/v/p) 180 Stedman, 120 Grandsire and 240 each of All Saints, Newington, Reverse Canterbury Pleasure, Plain Bob 1 Andrew C Brett 2 Jane E Huxley 3 Cathryn M Hills (C) 4 Edward H Hunter 5 Leonard A Huckstep 6 Charles J Maggs For the Installation Charlie Maggs (6) as Head Virger of Canterbury Cathedral. Ringing World page reference: 5989.0108Kent County Association Canterbury, Kent St Alphege Sunday, 18 January 2026 (7½ in B) 720 Double Bob Minor 1 Hazel B Basford 2 F Jane Lawrence 3 Simon Lockwood 4 Andrew J Corby 5 Thomas J E Brett 6 Andrew M Hills (C) Rung for King's School Matin's. Kent County Association Bromley Common, Greater London St Luke Sunday, 18 January 2026 (7–3–3 in A) 660 Plain Bob Doubles 1 Alastair Scott 2 Edward Gormley 3 Jonathan Payne 4 John Perrin 5 Graham Long (C) 6 Rob Duke For Sunday Evening Holy Communion Service Ringing World page reference: 5989.0107Kent County Association Birchington, Kent All Saints Sunday, 18 January 2026 in 39m (8–2–17 in A) 1260 Stoke Doyle Doubles 1 Reece Carpenter 2 Tim Attride (C) 3 Claire Stay 4 Emma Tapsell 5 Charlie Satchwell 6 Peter W Paul Kent County Association Newchurch, Kent St Peter and St Paul Monday, 19 January 2026 in 3h 2 (10–3–1 in F♯) 5040 Surprise Minor (13m) 1 Carlisle 2 London, Wells 3 Westminster, Allendale 4 York, Durham 5 Beverley, Surfleet 6 Cambridge, Ipswich, Bourne 7 Norwich 1 Dickon R Love 2 Phillip R J Barnes 3 Anne L Rueff 4 Martin W Marshall 5 John B Keeler (C) 6 Alan Regin Kent County Association Chevening, Kent St Botolph Monday, 19 January 2026 in 3h (10–1–13 in G) 5024 Yorkshire Surprise Major Composed by P J Flavell 1 Stephanie J Pattenden 2 Nicholas Wilkins 3 James W Belshaw 4 Anne M Anthony 5 Paul J Flavell (C) 6 Colin J E Wyld 7 Philip R Jarvis 8 Peter J Joyce Dedicated to the memory of Jim Cresswell, "Umpar" to Amy, in whose memory the treble bell was cast. Ringing World page reference: 5989.0105Kent County Association Tonbridge, Kent 2A Cranford Road Thursday, 22 January 2026 in 35m (8 in C) 1260 Plain Bob Minor 1–2 Ann Jenner 3–4 Ray Taylor 5–6 Stanley Jenner (C) In memoriam Mark W Lewis. Ringing World page reference: 5989.0108Kent County Association Meopham, Kent St John the Baptist Thursday, 22 January 2026 in 3m (12–1–10 in F♯) 80 Grandsire Doubles (on 3 to 7) 1 Liz Morris 2 Nink Sampson 3 Ann Saunders 4 Alan Driver 5 Gordon Dickins 6 Nevil Stonehouse 7 Rupert Cheeseman (C) 8 David Gyles With happy 80th birthday compliments to John "Grumpy" Gander. Kent County Association Maidstone, Kent St Michael and All Angels Friday, 23 January 2026 in 40m (6–1–24 in C) 1272 Whitley Surprise Minor 1 Emma Jarvis 2 Philip Jarvis 3 Jane L Kostelnyk 4 Mark Elvers 5 Stephen Coaker 6 Neil Jones (C) Kent County Association Cudham, Kent St Peter and St Paul Friday, 23 January 2026 in 3h 5 (10–0–21 in A) 5039 Grandsire Caters Composed by A J Pitman 1 Jane L Kostelnyk 2 James W Belshaw 3 Peter W Emery 4 Colin J E Wyld 5 Caleb R D Saunders 6 Peter J Joyce 7 Stephen Coaker (C) 8 Nicholas Wilkins 9 Alan Regin 10 Steve Newlands First on ten - 10. Ringing World page reference: 5994.0223Kent County Association Chilham, Kent St Mary Friday, 23 January 2026 in 45m (10 in G♯) 1260 Doubles (5m) 240 each of Reverse Canterbury, Grandsire, St Simon's, St Martin's; 300 Plain Bob 1 Adam Moore 2 Kate Bispham 3 Claire Stay (C) 4 Barry Roberts 5 Graham Cuthbert 6 Brian Coleman Happy 31st Wedding Anniversary to Claire and Mark Stay, 21st January. Ringing World page reference: 5989.0108Kent County Association Tenterden, Kent St Mildred Saturday, 24 January 2026 in 50m (27–3–23 in D♭) 1260 Grandsire Triples 1 Karen Lebon 2 Sue Childs 3 Rachelle J F Sharp 4 Richard H Edwards (C) 5 J Roderick N Lebon 6 David J Chesson 7 Damien S Smith 8 Karen A Edwards 3rd birthday compliment to Penelope, granddaughter to ringer of 2. Kent County Association Otham, Kent St Nicholas Saturday, 24 January 2026 in 43m (7–1–3 in A) 1260 Doubles (5m) 300 Grandsire; 240 each of Reverse Canterbury, St Simon's, St Martin's and Plain Bob 1 James Carter 2 Jennifer M Thomas 3 Sara C Waldron 4 Mark Elvers 5 Adam Moore (C) 6 Matthew Cockell Marking the 45th anniversary of joining the KCACR: today for Sara and two weeks ago for Jen (1981) Ringing World page reference: 5990.0134Kent County Association Maidstone, Kent St Michael and All Angels Sunday, 25 January 2026 in 41m (6–1–24 in C) 1312 Bristol Surprise Major 1 Emma Jarvis 2 Stuart Cox 3 Jane L Kostelnyk 4 Mark Elvers 5 Stephen Coaker 6 Philip Jarvis 7 Pam Thomas 8 Neil Jones (C) Rung for Burns Night. 1st of Bristol: 6. 100th together: 5 & 8. Ringing World page reference: 5990.0134Kent County Association Canterbury, Kent St Stephen, Hackington Sunday, 25 January 2026 in 41m (10–1–26 in A♭) 1260 Plain Bob Minor 1 Andrew C Brett 2 Jane E Huxley 3 Edward H Hunter 4 Sarah G Fellows 5 Leonard A Huckstep 6 Andrew M Hills (C) For Sung Eucharist Ringing World page reference: 5990.0133Kent County Association Canterbury, Kent Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of Christ Sunday, 25 January 2026 in 53m (34–3–4 in C♯) 1299 Stedman Caters 1 Cathryn M Hills 2 F Jane Lawrence 3 Andrew J Corby 4 Jane E Huxley 5 Thomas Hooley 6 Thomas J E Brett 7 Mark Chittenden-Pile (C) 8 Andrew M Hills 9 Stuart C Palin 10 Malcolm J Smith For Evensong. Also a belated 70th birthday anniversary compliment to our friend and fellow ringer, Thomas Hooley (16th January). On the 'Trinity' ten. Kent County Association Birchington, Kent All Saints Sunday, 25 January 2026 in 39m (8–2–17 in A) 1260 Doubles (11m/v) 120 each: Caerfyrddin, Holocaust Memorial, Patricia Stay, Lady Eleanor Clifton, Little Birch, Hoarwithy, Aconbury, Kings Capel, Wormelow Tump, Fownhope; 60 Grandsire. 1 Reece Carpenter 2 Charlotte Spencer 3 Tim Attride (C) 4 David Sheekey 5 Emma Tapsell 6 Paul Webster Kent County Association Speldhurst, Kent St Mary the Virgin Monday, 26 January 2026 (13¼ in F♯) 1272 Spliced Delight Minor (2m) 720 St Werburgh, 552 Abbeyville;
1 Emma Jarvis 2 Janice Byrne 3 Pam Thomas 4 Philip Jarvis 5 Stephen Coaker (C) 6 Jason Turnock Kent County Association Henfield, Sussex St Peter Monday, 26 January 2026 in 2h 54 (16–2–7 in E) 5024 Ecuador Delight Major Composed by D F Morrison (No 246) 1 Ian G Campbell 2 Anne L Rueff 3 Robert J Crocker 4 David Kirkcaldy 5 Claire F Roulstone 6 Alan Regin 7 Phillip R J Barnes (C) 8 Peter G C Ellis Kent County Association Sheldwich, Kent St James Tuesday, 27 January 2026 in 41m (7–0–26 in B♭) 1260 Plain Bob Doubles 1 Emma Farmer 2 Paul Evans 3 Jim Attwood 4 Kate Bispham 5 Claire Stay (C) 6 Brian D Coleman Rung to celebrate the life of Roy Peter Brown, father of the treble ringer who passed away on 25th December 2025 Ringing World page reference: 5990.0132Kent County Association Crayford, Kent St Paulinus Tuesday, 27 January 2026 in 42m (11–2–15 in F) 1260 Old Doubles 1 Liz Morris 2 Ann Saunders 3 David Gyles 4 Rupert Cheeseman (C) 5 Andrew Sinclair 6 Max Ganesh With compliments to Max, Kalen (Liz's grandson) and Corinne (Ash) who all have birthdays today. First in variation for all. Kent County Association St Mary's Platt, Kent Piltdown House Wednesday, 28 January 2026 in 45m (15 in C) 1280 Woodbine Delight Royal View composition 1–2 Elizabeth A Barnes 3–4 Peter J Joyce 5–6 Stuart M Cox 7–8 Ian G Mills 9–10 Phillip R J Barnes (C) First of Royal in the method by all except 5-6. Ringing World page reference: 5990.0135Kent County Association Marden, Kent St Michael and All Angels Wednesday, 28 January 2026 in 44m (12–3–23 in F♯) 1260 Grandsire Triples Composed by Daniel W Brady 1 Clementine P Young 2 James R S Sawle 3 Lucy J Harvey 4 Adam Wright 5 Christopher J Bassett 6 J Susan Bassett 7 Adam A Brady (C) 8 Richard E Steele 1st away from cover: 1. In celebration of the treble ringer's 19th birthday today. Ringing World page reference: 5992.0182Kent County Association Caterham Valley, Surrey St John the Evangelist Wednesday, 28 January 2026 in 2h 54 (16–3–12 in E♭) 5152 Jovium Surprise Major Composed by D G Hull 1 Anne L Rueff 2 Phillip R J Barnes 3 Robert J Crocker 4 John B Keeler 5 Stephen A Coaker 6 Alan Regin 7 Peter G C Ellis (C) 8 Claire F Roulstone Kent County Association Canterbury, Kent Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of Christ Wednesday, 28 January 2026 in 50m (15–0–8 in F♯) 1350 Grandsire Caters Composed by Robert M Kilby 1 Cathryn M Hills 2 F Jane Lawrence 3 Jane E Huxley 4 Andrew M Hills 5 Andrew J Corby (C) 6 Flavia Faedo 7 Leonard A Huckstep 8 Charles J Maggs 9 Simon Lockwood 10 Thomas J E Brett Rung to celebrate the confirmation, in St Paul's Cathedral in London this morning, of the election of the 106th Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Reverend and Right Honourable Dame Sarah Mullally DB Ringing World page reference: 5990.0133Kent County Association Milton Regis, Kent Holy Trinity Friday, 30 January 2026 in 45m (9–2–24 in G) 1260 Thunderbolt Bob Minor 1 Richard Bushell 2 Kate Bispham 3 Claire Stay 4 Graham Cuthbert 5 Chris M Trafford 6 Adam Moore (C) First in method for the whole band Ringing World page reference: 5990.0134Kent County Association Wittersham, Kent St John the Baptist Saturday, 31 January 2026 in 55m (16–2–8 in E) 1408 Spliced Surprise Major (5m) 352 changes of Pudsey, 288 of Bristol, 256 each of; Cambridge, London and Superlative. 34 com. Composed by A J Pitman, arr. R H Edwards 1 Shona Clark 2 Frances C James 3 Jane L Kostelnyk 4 Steven J Haynes 5 Karen A Edwards 6 David S James 7 Damien S Smith 8 Richard H Edwards (C) Rung as a 70th birthday compliment to Glen Ovenden, father in law to ringer of the 7th. Ringing World page reference: 5990.0135Kent County Association St Peter in Thanet, Kent St Peter the Apostle Saturday, 31 January 2026 in 47m (13–2–22 in F) 1264 Plain Bob Major 1 Logan S H Rich 2 Thomas Hooley 3 Gavin J Neill 4 Charlie D C Satchwell 5 Martin W Marshall 6 Callum J Clark 7 Mark Chittenden-Pile (C) 8 William J Stungo Kent County Association St Laurence in Thanet, Kent St Laurence Saturday, 31 January 2026 in 50m (14–1–19 in E) 1277 Grandsire Caters Arranged by Thomas Hooley 1 Martin W Marshall 2 F Jane Lawrence 3 Gavin J Neill 4 Logan S H Rich 5 Callum J Clark 6 Thomas Hooley 7 Charlie D C Satchwell 8 Mark Chittenden-Pile (C) 9 William J Stungo 10 Edward C Neate Kent County Association Canterbury, Kent 15b Burgate Saturday, 31 January 2026 (13 in E♭) 1264 Plain Bob Major 1–2 Andrew M Hills (C) 3–4 Philip Bedford 5–6 Andrew J Corby 7–8 Graham N Scott Kent County Association Benenden, Kent St George Saturday, 31 January 2026 in 51m (18–0–24 in E♭) 1251 Stedman Caters Composed by R I Allton, arr. R H Edwards 1 Shona Clark 2 Jane L Kostelnyk 3 Frances C James 4 Karen Lebon 5 David S James 6 Richard H Edwards (C) 7 Steven J Haynes 8 J Roderick N Lebon 9 Alan D Pink 10 Karen A Edwards Kent County Association Tonbridge, Kent St Peter and St Paul Sunday, 1 February 2026 in 46m (17–3–13 in E) 1260 St Martin's Bob Triples 1 Janice Byrne 2 Jacqui Fletcher 3 Jane Kostelnyk 4 Steve Newlands 5 Louise Nightingale (C) 6 Kath White 7 Jason Turnock 8 Carl Nightingale Rung in memory of David William Nightingale, father of 8, 1st October 1943 - 4th January 2026. First in method : 5 Kent County Association Staplehurst, Kent All Saints Sunday, 1 February 2026 in 41m (7–1–26 in B♭) 1280 Plain Bob Doubles 1 Michael N Pink 2 J Susan Bassett 3 Christopher J Bassett 4 Roy A Barclay 5 Stephen P Bassett (C) 6 Jade A Montgomery Rung to celebrate the 80th Birthday of Colin Bowden, a local ringer at this tower. 1st quarter peal - Treble Ringing World page reference: 5991.0159Kent County Association Rochester, Kent Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary Sunday, 1 February 2026 in 51m (30–0–14 in D) 1260 Grandsire Triples 1 Matthew Couzens 2 Charlotte Elvers 3 Anita Perryman 4 Mark Elvers 5 Steve Fitton 6 Christopher M Trafford 7 Neil Jones (C) 8 Nick Wheeler Rung prior to Evensong on Candlemas. Kent County Association Maidstone, Kent St Michael and All Angels Sunday, 1 February 2026 in 39m (6–1–24 in C) 1260 Stedman Triples 1 Stuart Cox 2 Nigel Pointer 3 Mike Birkbeck 4 Emma Jarvis 5 Paul Barton 6 Philip Jarvis 7 Neil Jones (C) 8 Mark Elvers Rung for Candlemas. 300th Q together: 3 & 7. Ringing World page reference: 5991.0161Kent County Association Hollingbourne, Kent All Saints Sunday, 1 February 2026 in 45m (13–1–24 in E) 1260 Grandsire Triples 1 James Davis 2 Stuart M Cox 3 James Pearce 4 Tim Munt 5 Nigel E Baker 6 Tim Ford 7 Douglas G Davis (C) 8 Matthew Cockell 90th Birthday compliments to Mrs Jean Davis, mother of 1, for 7th February. Ringing World page reference: 5991.0161Kent County Association Frinsted, Kent St Dunstan Sunday, 1 February 2026 (6–1–1 in B♭) 1260 Doubles (2m) 660 Grandsire, 600 Plain Bob 1 Richard Bushell 2 Kate Bispham 3 Jay Ford 4 Graham Cuthbert 5 Tim Ford (C) 6 Mike Eldrett Rung for Candlemas Evensong Ringing World page reference: 5991.0160Kent County Association Canterbury, Kent St Stephen, Hackington Sunday, 1 February 2026 in 40m (10–1–26 in A♭) 1260 Doubles (6m/v/p) 300 Stedman, 240 each of Grandsire, Reverse Canterbury Pleasure and Plain Bob, and 120 of Southrepps and Kennington 1 Charles J Maggs 2 Claire Stay 3 Jane E Huxley (C) 4 Edward H Hunter 5 Leonard A Huckstep 6 Andrew C Brett For Choral Evensong on The Presentation of Christ in the Temple (Candlemas) Ringing World page reference: 5991.0160Kent County Association Canterbury, Kent St Dunstan Sunday, 1 February 2026 in 39m (13–2–15 in F♯) 1260 Doubles (10m/v/p) 180 Stedman; 120 each Grandsire, All Saint's Place, Newington, Reverse Canterbury Pleasure Place, Southrepps, Clifford's Pleasure, Plain Bob, Kennington, April Day. 1 Andrew M Hills (C) 2 Jane E Huxley 3 Cathryn M Hills 4 Edward H Hunter 5 Leonard A Huckstep 6 Andrew C Brett Rung for sung Eucharist at Candlemas. Kent County Association Canterbury, Kent St Alphege Sunday, 1 February 2026 in 44m (7½ in B) 1300 Spliced Plain Minor (3m) 720 Plain Bob, St Clement's College Bob; 580 Plain Bob, Little 1 Flavia Faedo 2 F Jane Lawrence 3 Jane E Huxley 4 Cathryn M Hills 5 Simon Lockwood 6 Andrew M Hills (C) Rung for King's School Evensong. Kent County Association Birchington, Kent All Saints Sunday, 1 February 2026 in 38m (8–2–17 in A) 1260 Doubles (5m/v) 780 Plain Bob, 120 each Monk's Habit, The Boiling Well, Shropshire Lass, Black Knight 1 Reece Carpenter 2 Tim Attride (C) 3 Rachel Russell 4 Claire Stay 5 Emma Tapsell 6 Paul Webster Kent County Association Ashford, Kent St Mary the Virgin Sunday, 1 February 2026 in 44m (7–2–2 in B♭) 1260 Plain Bob Minor 1 Jasmine K Brown 2 Keith A Osborne 3 Gavin J Neill 4 Martin E Luffman 5 Martin W Marshall 6 Mark Chittenden-Pile (C) For Choral Evensong on the Feast of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple. First quarter peal of Minor: 1 By an all-local band. Kent County Association New Romney, Kent St Nicholas Monday, 2 February 2026 in 2h 53 (15–1–13 in E) 5056 Ura Delight Major Composed by Brian E Whiting 1 Phillip R J Barnes 2 Anne L Rueff 3 Martin W Marshall 4 John B Keeler 5 Stephen A Coaker 6 Robert J Crocker 7 Peter G C Ellis (C) 8 Alan Regin Rung for the Feast of the Presentation. Ringing World page reference: 5991.0153Kent County Association Greenwich, Greater London St Alfege Monday, 2 February 2026 in 45m (8–2–14 in A) 1320 Plain Bob Doubles 1 David Connearn 2 Bill Lanyon 3 Hazel Bing 4 Chris Lawrance 5 Graham Long (C) 6 Seb Dows-Miller To celebrate The Feast of Candlemas - The Presentation of Christ in The Temple. After the quarter peal, Beverley Sharp-Georgiev and Janet Caruso joined in to ring rounds and call changes. Ringing in memory of Revd Canon John Ardley who died 22 years ago today (d. 2 February 2004), Richard Bing (d. 4 February 2005). Also, in memory of other ringers from Greenwich/Woolwich), Freda Cannon (d. 14 January 2017), Ken Deller (d. 26 January 2018), and Alan Munden (d. 22 January 2021). Eddie and Brenda Coode, Janet and MaryAnn Caruso, Naoko Nakatani, Wolfgang Sutulas, Lina Sutulas, Lily Tang, Shelagh Norman, Jim and Jan Odell, and all The Meridian Ringers wish to be associated with this ringing. Our best wishes to Jim Odell who is currently in hospital. Ringing World page reference: 5991.0159Kent County Association Ashford, Kent St Mary the Virgin Tuesday, 3 February 2026 in 44m (7–2–2 in B♭) 1272 Kent Treble Bob Minor 1 Logan S H Rich 2 Shona Clark 3 Sue Childs 4 Mark Chittenden-Pile 5 Callum J Clark 6 Gavin J Neill (C) For practice. Kent County Association Margate, Kent St John the Baptist Wednesday, 4 February 2026 (11–3–14) 1260 Doubles (1p/2m) 60 Stedman, 600 Grandsire & 600 Plain Bob. 1 Gill Robinson 2 Felicity A Lewis 3 Susan M Bones 4 Sarat E R White 5 Simon P Friend (C) 6 Paul Johnson First quarter peal - 6 Rung to celebrate the life of Hannah Charlton Lewis (28/05/1949-15/01/2026). Rung in fond memory of Margaret Bones, marking the 10th anniversary of her passing on 1st February & mother of the third. Rung in memory of Jane Johnson, former ringer of this tower & wife to the sixth. Kent County Association Hastings, East Sussex Christ Church, Blacklands Wednesday, 4 February 2026 in 3h 11 (20–2–20 in E) 5088 Bristol Surprise Major Composed by D F Morrison (No 62) 1 Robert J Crocker 2 Anne L Rueff 3 Phillip R J Barnes 4 David Kirkcaldy 5 Peter J Joyce 6 John B Keeler 7 Peter G C Ellis (C) 8 Alan Regin Kent County Association Ospringe, Kent St Peter and St Paul Friday, 6 February 2026 in 42m (8–2–25 in A♯) 1260 Doubles (2m) 540 Grandsire and 720 Plain Bob 1 Richard Bushell 2 Jay Ford 3 Kate Bispham 4 Graham Cuthbert 5 Tim Ford 6 Adam Moore (C) Kent County Association Milton Regis, Kent Holy Trinity Friday, 6 February 2026 in 44m (9–2–24 in G) 1260 Doubles (2m) Reverse Canterbury Pleasure and Plain Bob 1 Chris J Trafford 2 Alison M Gerrish 3 Simon Murray 4 Steve Fitton 5 Chris M Trafford (C) Rung on the back 5. Birthday compliment to Alison Gerrish for tomorrow. Kent County Association Maidstone, Kent St Michael and All Angels Friday, 6 February 2026 in 39m (6–1–24 in C) 1272 Norwich Surprise Minor 1 Emma Jarvis 2 Philip Jarvis 3 Kath White 4 Mark Elvers 5 Callum Clark 6 Neil Jones (C) Rung for the Martyrs of Japan, 1597. Ringing World page reference: 5991.0161Kent County Association Great Chart, Kent St Mary Saturday, 7 February 2026 in 44m (13–0–16 in F) 1280 London Surprise Major Composed by Don Morrison (2373) 1 David S James 2 Damien S Smith 3 Callum J Clark 4 Frances C James 5 Michael A Birkbeck 6 Karen A Edwards 7 Pam Thomas 8 Richard H Edwards (C) First London S Major and completes the “standard 8” : 3 Birthday compliment to Felicity Edwards. Ringing World page reference: 5991.0160Kent County Association Boughton under Blean, Kent St Peter and St Paul Saturday, 7 February 2026 in 42m (11–0–6 in F♯) 1296 Spliced Treble Dodging Minor (4m) 720 Cambridge S & Primrose S; 576 Kent TB & Oxford TB. 1 Cathryn M Hills 2 Jane E Huxley 3 Adam D Moore 4 Andrew D Meyer 5 Paul A Barton 6 Andrew M Hills (C) Kent County Association Frittenden, Kent St Mary Sunday, 8 February 2026 in 2h 54 (15–1–4 in F♯) 5152 Ashtead Surprise Major Composed by D B Wilson 1 Richard J Barclay 2 Anne L Rueff 3 Stephanie J Barclay 4 David Kirkcaldy 5 Robert J Crocker 6 Richard H Edwards 7 John B Keeler (C) 8 Peter G C Ellis Rung in memory of Julian Rueff, husband of 2 and father of 3, who died 10 years ago yesterday and grew up in Ashtead. Ringing World page reference: 5993.0204Kent County Association Canterbury, Kent St Stephen, Hackington Sunday, 8 February 2026 in 41m (10–1–26 in A♭) 1300 Doubles (4m/p) 360 each of Stedman, Grandsire and Reverse Canterbury Pleasure, and 220 of Plain Bob 1 Jane E Huxley 2 Toby Huitson 3 Andrew M Hills (C) 4 Leonard A Huckstep 5 Charles J Maggs 6 Andrew C Brett For Sung Eucharist on the Second Sunday before Lent Ringing World page reference: 5992.0181Kent County Association Canterbury, Kent St Alphege Sunday, 8 February 2026 in 42m (7½ in B) 1280 Spliced Plain Minor (4m) 720 St Clement's College Bob & Double Oxford Bob; 560 Plain Bob & Little Bob 1 Jake P Reid 2 Cathryn M Hills 3 Andrew D Meyer 4 Simon Lockwood 5 Charles J Maggs 6 Andrew M Hills (C) Rung for King's School Evensong. Kent County Association Canterbury, Kent Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of Christ Sunday, 8 February 2026 in 53m (34–3–4 in C♯) 1320 Grandsire Cinques View composition 1 Cathryn M Hills (C) 2 F Jane Lawrence 3 Jake P Reid 4 Andrew J Corby 5 Flavia Faedo 6 Jane E Huxley 7 Malcolm J Smith 8 Simon Lockwood 9 Andrew M Hills 10 Thomas J E Brett 11 Andrew D Meyer 12 Stuart C Palin Rung for Choral Evensong and with congratulations to Charlie Maggs on his appointment as the new head virger for the Cathedral. Kent County Association Birchington, Kent All Saints Sunday, 8 February 2026 in 38m (8–2–17 in A) 1260 Doubles (7m/v) 540 Plain Bob, 120 each: Denton, Avon, Pennywell, Frome, Nick's got a screw loose, Vivat Rex Carolus 1 Reece Carpenter 2 Tim Attride (C) 3 David Sheekey 4 Peter Russell 5 Emma Tapsell 6 Paul Webster Rung prior to the morning service - on the Vicar's 61st birthday & the conductor's "OAP" birthday. Kent County Association Horton Kirby, Kent St Mary Monday, 9 February 2026 in 2h 43 (6–1–2 in B♭) 5024 Lincolnshire Surprise Major Composed by Simon Humphrey (arr. JWB) 1 Stephanie J Pattenden 2 Janice A Byrne 3 Nicholas Wilkins 4 Stephen A Coaker 5 Philip R Jarvis 6 Peter J Joyce 7 James W Belshaw (C) 8 Thomas F Lawrance Kent County Association Eastbourne, East Sussex All Saints Monday, 9 February 2026 in 2h 57 (16–0–5 in E) 5120 The Canaries Delight Major Composed by Robert D S Brown 1 David Kirkcaldy 2 Anne L Rueff 3 Phillip R J Barnes 4 John B Keeler 5 Robert J Crocker 6 Alan Regin 7 Peter G C Ellis (C) 8 Claire F Roulstone First peal on the bells since retuning and rehanging in 2022. A birthday compliment to James Hedgcock, 80 today; and for the forthcoming 80th birthday of David House. Ringing World page reference: 5992.0178Kent County Association Hadlow, Kent St Mary Tuesday, 10 February 2026 (12–3–0 in G) 1260 Stedman Triples 1 Ray Taylor 2 Stanley Jenner 3 Lucy Harvey 4 Jacqui Fletcher 5 Peter Dickinson 6 Howard S Rogers 7 Philip Jarvis (C) 8 Steve Newlands Rung prior to the funeral of Mark Whittingslow Lewis, ringer of St Mary's Hadlow R.I.P Kent County Association Ashford, Kent St Mary the Virgin Tuesday, 10 February 2026 in 47m (21–2–22 in E♭) 1296 Grandsire Caters 1 Keith A Osborne 2 F Jane Lawrence 3 John E Haimes 4 Flavia Faedo 5 Paul H Curtis 6 Gavin J Neill 7 Leonard A Huckstep 8 Thomas Hooley 9 Mark Chittenden-Pile (C) 10 Martin W Marshall For practice. First quarter peal on ten: 5 Kent County Association Sittingbourne, Kent St Michael Friday, 13 February 2026 in 47m (19–0–6 in E) 1260 Plain Bob Triples Composed by R William Willans 1 Richard Bushell 2 Jay Ford 3 Kate Bispham 4 Graham Cuthbert 5 Tim Ford 6 Chris M Trafford 7 Adam Moore (C) 8 Matthew Cockell Kent County Association Faversham, Kent St Mary of Charity Saturday, 14 February 2026 in 42m (6–3–26 in B) 1260 Grandsire Doubles 1 Freddie Symkiss 2 Liz Symkiss 3 Brian Coleman 4 Jim Attwood 5 Adam Moore (C) 6 Florence Kendrew First Quarter Peal: 1 (aged 13) & 6 (aged 14) 200th Quarter Peal as conductor: 5 To mark the start of Faversham Literary Festival 2026 Ringing World page reference: 5994.0225Kent County Association Brenchley, Kent All Saints Saturday, 14 February 2026 in 47m (17–3–24 in E) 1260 Stedman Triples 1 Pam Thomas 2 Emma Jarvis 3 Howard S Rogers 4 Jane L Kostelnyk 5 Steve Newlands 6 Nicholas Wilkins 7 Philip Jarvis (C) 8 Janice Byrne Happy birthday to Julian Hemper and Steve Newlands 300th Quarter 5 Kent County Association Boughton under Blean, Kent St Peter and St Paul Saturday, 14 February 2026 in 2h 50 (11–0–6 in F♯) 5040 Minor (7m) Being one extent each of Bourne Surprise, Norwich Surprise, Cambridge Surprise, Oxford Treble Bob, Kent Treble Bob, St Clement's and Plain Bob 1 Charlie D C Satchwell 2 Martin W Marshall 3 Ollie E P Watson 4 Richard H Edwards 5 Mark Chittenden-Pile (C) 6 Andrew M Hills On the back six after meeting short for Yorkshire Surprise Major; with thanks to F Jane Lawrence for standing down. A get well compliment to Andrew J Corby and Gavin J Neill, both of whom were unable to ring due to illness. Ringing World page reference: 5993.0205Kent County Association Staplehurst, Kent All Saints Sunday, 15 February 2026 in 46m (19–2–7 in E♭) 1253 Stedman Caters https://complib.org/composition/105240 Composed by Daniel W Brady 1 Adam A Brady 2 Stephanie J Barclay 3 Richard J Barclay 4 Logan S H Rich 5 J Susan Bassett 6 David C Bassett 7 Daniel W Brady (C) 8 Christopher J Bassett 9 Stephen P Bassett 10 Richard E Steele Rung as a 40th birthday compliment for Stephen P Bassett Fist quarter peal of Stedman - 4 Kent County Association Sevenoaks, Kent St Nicholas Sunday, 15 February 2026 in 48m (16–2–10 in F) 1325 Stedman Triples Composed by Daniel W Brady 1 Phillip R J Barnes 2 Shirley R Raynor 3 Stephanie K Runting 4 Elizabeth A Barnes 5 Fraser A Storie (C) 6 Kye L Leaver 7 Alexander W Runting 8 Samuel N A Chard First Stedman: 2 500th quarter: 5 Kent County Association Maidstone, Kent St Michael and All Angels Sunday, 15 February 2026 in 41m (6–1–24 in C) 1344 Cornwall Surprise Major 1 Janice Byrne 2 Philip Jarvis 3 Ian Mills 4 Paul Barton 5 Stephen Coaker (C) 6 Mark Elvers 7 Pam Thomas 8 Neil Jones Rung on the Sunday before Lent. Remembering Mike Thresh, 12/2/2015, R.I.P. Ringing World page reference: 5993.0206Kent County Association Crayford, Kent St Paulinus Sunday, 15 February 2026 in 43m (11–2–15 in F) 1260 Grandsire Doubles 1 Liz Morris 2 David Gyles 3 Ann Saunders 4 Rupert Cheeseman (C) 5 Max Ganesh 6 Graeme Jefferson Rung in memory of James 'Jack' Sheridan who was shot down 85 years ago today on 15th Feb 1941 and buried at La Forest-Landerneau, Brittany. Jack lived in Iron Mill Lane and attended St Paulinus. Kent County Association Canterbury, Kent St Dunstan Sunday, 15 February 2026 in 43m (13–2–15 in F♯) 1350 Doubles (5m/v) 390 Grandsire; 240 each Reverse St Bartholomew, All Saint's Place, Newington, Reverse Canterbury Pleasure Place 1 Timothy N Pettman 2 Jane E Huxley 3 Cathryn M Hills 4 Leonard A Huckstep 5 Andrew M Hills (C) 6 Andrew C Brett Rung for sung Eucharist and with best wishes to Flavia on her birthday and imminent return to Uruguay. First quarter peal - 1. Kent County Association Canterbury, Kent Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of Christ Sunday, 15 February 2026 (13 in E♭) 448 Plain Bob Major 1–2 Andrew M Hills (C) 3–4 Philip Bedford 5–6 Andrew J Corby 7–8 Stuart C Palin Rung following Choral Evensong during which the officers of the Cathedral Company were admitted by the Dean. Kent County Association Birchington, Kent All Saints Sunday, 15 February 2026 in 38m (8–2–17 in A) 1260 Plain Bob Doubles 1 Reece Carpenter 2 Tim Attride (C) 3 Claire Stay 4 Rachel Russell 5 Emma Tapsell 6 Paul Webster Rung prior to the morning Eucharist. 450th QP - Claire Stay. Kent County Association Albury, Surrey St Peter and St Paul Monday, 16 February 2026 in 3h 4 (15–2–10 in F) 5040 Spliced Surprise Minor (15m) (1) London, Wells; (2) Chester, Munden; (3) Lightfoot, Wearmouth; (4) Beverley, Surfleet; (5) York, Durham; (6) Westminster, Allendale; (7) Cambridge, Ipswich, Bourne. 1 Phillip R J Barnes 2 Anne L Rueff 3 David Kirkcaldy 4 John B Keeler 5 Robert J Crocker 6 Peter G C Ellis (C) Kent County Association Gillingham, Kent St Mary Magdalene Tuesday, 17 February 2026 in 45m (11–1–18 in F♯) 1260 Grandsire Triples 1 Mark Elvers 2 Doug Davis 3 Charlotte Elvers 4 Steve Fitton 5 George Marks 6 Tim Ford 7 Neil Jones (C) 8 Nick Wheeler Rung open in celebration of the life of Tom Wallace, a former bellringer at this church, whose funeral took place here earlier today. Ringing World page reference: 5993.0206Kent County Association Birchington, Kent All Saints Tuesday, 17 February 2026 in 4m (8–2–17 in A) 120 It Works! Doubles Plain Bob with PB Bobs & Lichfield Singles (1 b/gn) 1 Reece Carpenter 2 Tim Attride (C) 3 Claire Stay 4 Rachel Russell 5 Emma Tapsell Rung on practice night purely as an exercise and subsequently found to be true. (S,P,B,P x 4) Kent County Association Tunstall, Kent St John the Baptist Wednesday, 18 February 2026 in 45m (10–1–8 in G) 1260 Grandsire Doubles 1 Jay Ford 2 Richard Bushell 3 Gill Rannard 4 Christopher M Trafford 5 Tim Ford (C) 6 Mike Rannard Rung for Ash Wednesday service. Ringing World page reference: 5993.0209Kent County Association Sheldwich, Kent St James Wednesday, 18 February 2026 in 43m (7–0–26 in B♭) 1260 Single Lottie Bob Triples Composed by Daniel W Brady 1 Leonard A Huckstep 2 Cathryn Hills 3 Philip Bedford 4 Stuart Palin 5 Paul Barton 6 Phillip Barnes 7 Neil Jones (C) 8 David Robinson 1st Quarter Peal in the method. Single Lottie Bob Triples: 3.167.5.1.7.1.7,LE 127 This method was devised by Charlotte Elvers. Ringing World page reference: 5993.0207Kent County Association Goodnestone, Kent Holy Cross Thursday, 19 February 2026 in 40m (11–2–12 in A♭) 1260 Doubles (6m/v/p) 60 Stedman, 240 Grandsire, 240 Reverse Canterbury, 240 Clifford's Pleasure, 240 Plain Bob, 240 April Day 1 Jane E Huxley 2 John E Haimes 3 Charles J Maggs (C) 4 Stephen M Kirkpatrick 5 Andrew C Brett 6 Leonard A Huckstep Belated birthday compliments to the ringer of the Treble. Most methods rung in a Quarter-Peal - 4 Kent County Association Benenden, Kent St George Thursday, 19 February 2026 in 52m (18–0–24 in E♭) 1259 Grandsire Caters 1 Becca C Hardy 2 Charlotte Elvers 3 Jennifer M Thomas 4 Sara C Waldron 5 George Marks 6 Oscar Brooks-Wilkins 7 Rona Joiner 8 Adam Moore 9 Neil Jones (C) 10 Matthew Cockell 1st on 10: 2 & 10. 1st inside on 10 5. Ringing World page reference: 5993.0207Kent County Association Willesborough, Kent St Mary the Virgin Friday, 20 February 2026 in 47m (12 in G) 1260 Doubles (2m) Bring 720 Stedman and 540 Grandsire 1 Thomas Hooley 2 Cathryn M Hills 3 Shona Clark 4 Mark Chittenden-Pile (C) 5 Callum J Clark 6 Sandy L Jeffries Kent County Association St Nicholas at Wade, Kent St Nicholas Friday, 20 February 2026 in 46m (19 in E) 1260 Doubles (6m/p) 60 Stedman; 240 each of Grandsire, Reverse Canterbury, St Simon's, St Martin's, Plain Bob 1 Claire Stay 2 Sarat White 3 Kate Bispham 4 Tim Ford 5 Adam Moore (C) 6 Peter Paul Happy 53rd Birthday to Mark Stay! Ringing World page reference: 5994.0228Kent County Association Maidstone, Kent St Michael and All Angels Friday, 20 February 2026 (6–1–24 in C) 1320 Norwich Surprise Minor 1 Pam Thomas 2 Emma Jarvis 3 Jane L Kostelnyk 4 Shona Clark 5 Mark Elvers 6 Philip Jarvis (C) Rung in thanksgiving for the life of Edward Stephen Goddard, (Uncle of the ringer of the 3rd bell) 15/02/26 R.I.P. Kent County Association Kingsnorth, Kent St Michael and All Angels Friday, 20 February 2026 in 43m (8–1–6 in A) 1296 Cambridge Surprise Minor 1 Logan S H Rich 2 Sue Childs 3 Martin W Marshall 4 Gavin J Neill 5 Mark Chittenden-Pile (C) 6 Keith A Osborne Umpire: Peter C Marshall. In thanksgiving for the life of Elizabeth Stewart (née Marshall); passed to her rest on Tuesday 17th February 2026. Kent County Association Kennington, Kent St Mary Friday, 20 February 2026 in 46m (10–2–25 in F♯) 1260 Hereward Bob Minor 1 Martin W Marshall 2 Shona Clark 3 Cathryn M Hills 4 Thomas Hooley 5 Mark Chittenden-Pile (C) 6 Callum J Clark First quarter peal in the method: 2, 3, 4 and 6 Kent County Association Great Chart, Kent St Mary Friday, 20 February 2026 in 43m (13–0–16 in F) 1260 St Simon's Bob Triples 1 Leonard A Huckstep 2 Shona Clark 3 Cathryn M Hills 4 Thomas Hooley 5 Gavin J Neill 6 Callum J Clark 7 Mark Chittenden-Pile (C) 8 Martin W Marshall Kent County Association Bramley, Surrey Holy Trinity Friday, 20 February 2026 in 2h 40 (7–0–15 in B♭) 5040 Spliced Surprise Minor (41m) (1-3) Carlisle, Northumberland, Whitley, Sandiacre, Wooler, Newcastle, Morpeth, Alnwick, Canterbury, Chester, Munden, London, Kelso, Lincoln, Coldstream, Cunecastre, Wells; (4-7) Cambridge, Primrose, Ipswich, Norfolk, Bourne, Hull, York, Durham, Beverley, Berwick, Surfleet, Hexham, Norwich, Warkworth, Netherseale, Annable's London, Lightfoot, Rossendale, Wearmouth, Stamford, Westminster, Allendale, Bamborough, Bacup. Composed by J S Warboys (SU0308, SU0403) 1 Sally A Schupke 2 Phillip R J Barnes 3 Anne L Rueff 4 John B Keeler 5 Peter G C Ellis (C) 6 Robert J Crocker With grateful thanks to Sally for stepping in at very short notice. Ringing World page reference: 5994.0224Kent County Association Ashford, Kent St Mary the Virgin Friday, 20 February 2026 in 52m (21–2–22 in E♭) 1344 Plain Bob Major 1 Shona Clark 2 Callum J Clark 3 Cathryn M Hills 4 Leonard A Huckstep 5 Mark Chittenden-Pile (C) 6 Thomas Hooley 7 Martin W Marshall 8 Gavin J Neill Rung to mark the retirement of Gavin J Neill as Vice-Captain of the Ashford band (2023-2026) and with grateful thanks for his sterling work during his three years in office. Kent County Association Rochester, Kent St Margaret Saturday, 21 February 2026 (9–2–8 in G♭) 1280 Quedgeley Surprise Major 1 Emma Jarvis 2 Philip Jarvis 3 Stuart Cox 4 Rona Joiner 5 Charlotte Elvers 6 Mark Elvers 7 Christopher M Trafford 8 Neil Jones (C) Rung as part of the housewarming celebrations at Thorndikes, formerly the Rectory to St Margaret's. Ringing World page reference: 5993.0209Kent County Association Hernhill, Kent St Michael Saturday, 21 February 2026 in 42m (7–1–10 in A♭) 1260 Plain Bob Doubles 1 James Carter 2 Paul Evans 3 Claire Stay 4 Benjamin Legg 5 Adam Moore (C) 6 Tim Carter First Quarter Peal: 6 Ringing World page reference: 5994.0225Kent County Association Milton Regis, Kent Holy Trinity Sunday, 22 February 2026 in 42m (9–2–24 in G) 1280 Yorkshire Surprise Major View composition 1 Hazel Clarke 2 Stuart M Cox 3 Shona Clark 4 Tim Ford 5 Neil Jones 6 Ian G Mills 7 Elizabeth A Barnes (C) 8 Rona Joiner Kent County Association Margate, Kent St John the Baptist Sunday, 22 February 2026 in 47m (21–2–3 in E♭) 1260 Plain Bob Triples WMHHHx5 1 Sue Randall 2 Graham N Scott 3 Sarat E R White 4 Leonard A Huckstep 5 Philip O Elderton 6 John E Haimes 7 Simon P Friend (C) 8 Gill Robinson Rung after the service of thanksgiving for the life of Ann Wells MBE. Akela to the 1st Margate, St John's cubs & scouts groups for many years. Also, 40th birthday compliments to Leanne Jones & 50th birthday compliments to Lisa Richardson. Kent County Association Maidstone, Kent St Michael and All Angels Sunday, 22 February 2026 in 43m (6–1–24 in C) 1344 Springer Delight Major Composed by Traditional 1 Emma Jarvis 2 Janice Byrne 3 Jane L Kostelnyk 4 Stephen Coaker (C) 5 Rona Joiner 6 Philip Jarvis 7 Pam Thomas 8 Neil Jones 1st Quarter Peal in the method: Springer Delight Major: -36-14-58-16-34-18-16-78,12 Remembering David Levick, 24/2/21, R.I.P. Ringing World page reference: 5994.0226Kent County Association Greenwich, Greater London St Alfege Sunday, 22 February 2026 (23–2–14 in D) 120 Plain Bob Doubles Also, rounds and call changes on 7 bells, in different combinations -
bells 3,4,5,6,8,9,10;
1,2,3,4,6,8,10 David M Martyn Graham Long (C) Hazel Bing Noah J McDermott Edward Gormley Beverley Sharp-Georgiev Shana Vijayan Rung half-muffled for Choral Evensong on The First Sunday of Lent. Kent County Association Canterbury, Kent St Stephen, Hackington Sunday, 22 February 2026 in 41m (10–1–26 in A♭) 1260 Doubles (10m/v/p) 180 Stedman, 120 each of Grandsire, All Saints, Newington, Reverse Canterbury Pleasure, Southrepps, Cliffords Pleasure, Plain Bob, Kennington and April Day 1 Leonard A Huckstep 2 Cathryn M Hills 3 Jane E Huxley (C) 4 Sarah G Fellows 5 Edward H Hunter 6 Andrew C Brett For Sung Eucharist on the First Sunday of Lent Ringing World page reference: 5994.0226Kent County Association Canterbury, Kent Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of Christ Sunday, 22 February 2026 in 53m (34–3–4 in C♯) 1320 Little Bob Maximus Composed by A M Hills 1 Martin W Marshall 2 Cathryn M Hills 3 Thomas Hooley 4 Jane E Huxley 5 Malcolm Barden 6 Gavin J Neill 7 Malcolm J Smith 8 Stuart C Palin 9 Thomas J E Brett 10 Andrew M Hills (C) 11 William J Stungo 12 Mark Chittenden-Pile Rung for Choral Evensong. First of Maximus - 6. Kent County Association Stone in Oxney, Kent St Mary the Virgin Monday, 23 February 2026 in 3h 2 (13 in A♭) 5040 Spliced Surprise Minor (14m) 1 Carlisle, Northumberland; 2 Chester, Munden; 3 Lincoln, Coldstream; 4 London, Wells; 5 Lightfoot, Wearmouth; 6 Westminster, Allendale; 7 Cambridge, Ipswich. 1 John B Keeler (C) 2 Anne L Rueff 3 Robert J Crocker 4 Phillip R J Barnes 5 Alan Regin 6 Peter G C Ellis With best wishes to Edward Barclay on his 3rd birthday. Ringing World page reference: 5994.0224Kent County Association Boughton under Blean, Kent St Peter and St Paul Tuesday, 24 February 2026 in 41m (11–0–6 in F♯) 1260 Plain Bob Doubles 1 Juliet Thomas 2 Paul Evans 3 Claire Stay (C) 4 Philip Bedford 5 Tim Ford 6 Brian Coleman To celebrate Flynn William's first birthday (Grandson to 1) First QP - 1 Ringing World page reference: 5994.0225Kent County Association Ashford, Kent St Mary the Virgin Tuesday, 24 February 2026 (21–2–22 in E♭) General Ringing Call changes on ten; 168 Plain Bob Triples; 144 Grandsire Caters; 120 Plain Bob Doubles; 96 Stedman Caters; 144 Little Bob Royal and lower eight bells in peal. Gavin J Neill (C) Mark Chittenden-Pile (C) Martin E Luffman (C) Sandy L Jeffries Michael Truman David R Flawn Martin W Marshall Shirley C Marshall Keith A Osborne Paul H Curtis Logan S H Rich Charlie D C Satchwell Cathryn M Hills Andrew M Hills Philip M Hills F Jane Lawrence (C) Shona Clark Callum Clark Touches rung on practice night to wish Gavin J Neill a fond farewell on his move to Bristol and with grateful thanks for his seven years' loyal service to the Ashford ringing community (including three years as Vice-Captain of the Ashford band). Kent County Association East Blatchington, East Sussex St Peter Wednesday, 25 February 2026 Tolling The Six Tailors and 64 strokes 1 Christopher Lawrance The bell was tolled for the entry of the coffin into church before a short vigil service for Elizabeth Jane Pay (27/5/61 - 18/1/26) a long standing member of St Peter's church. Following the funeral on 26/2/26, the coffin will be taken to Eastbourne Crematorium for a short service of committal. May she Rest in Peace and Rise in Glory. The tolling was carried out by Chris, brother-in-law to Elizabeth and Tower Captain at St Luke, Bromley Common, Kent Kent County Association Bolney, West Sussex St Mary Magdalene Wednesday, 25 February 2026 in 2h 46 (13–0–8 in F) 5056 Highweek Dragon Delight Major Composed by Robert D S Brown 1 Ian Roulstone 2 Anne L Rueff 3 David Kirkcaldy 4 John B Keeler 5 Robert J Crocker 6 Alan Regin 7 Peter G C Ellis (C) 8 Claire F Roulstone With thanks to Ian for standing in at short notice. Ringing World page reference: 5995.0247Kent County Association Bobbing, Kent St Bartholomew Friday, 27 February 2026 in 46m (8–2–21 in A♭) 1260 Spliced Doubles and Minor (2m) 720 St Clement's College Bob Minor and 540 Plain Bob Doubles; 5 com 1 Richard Bushell 2 Claire Stay 3 Kate Bispham 4 Graham Cuthbert 5 Tim Ford 6 Adam Moore (C) Happy Birthday to Richard for yesterday! Ringing World page reference: 5996.0274Kent County Association Maidstone, Kent All Saints Saturday, 28 February 2026 in 50m (32–0–20 in C♯) 1295 Erin Caters Composed by John Hyden 1 Shona Clark 2 Logan S H Rich 3 Frances C James 4 Graham D Heath 5 Janice Byrne 6 Richard H Edwards (C) 7 James H Chisnell 8 Callum J Clark 9 Mark Chittenden-Pile 10 Karen A Edwards First Erin 7. First Erin Caters; 2 and 3. Heaviest bell yet rung to a quarter peal : Tenor. Ringing World page reference: 5994.0227Kent County Association Ashford, Kent St Mary the Virgin Saturday, 28 February 2026 in 3h 13 (21–2–22 in E♭) 5080 Cambridge Surprise Royal Composed by Roderick W Pipe 1 Phillip R J Barnes 2 Damien S Smith (C) 3 Andrew J Corby 4 Elizabeth A Barnes 5 Callum J Clark 6 Richard J Barclay 7 Andrew M Hills 8 Richard H Edwards 9 Martin W Marshall 10 Mark Chittenden-Pile First Surprise Royal: 5 500th peal for the Association: 3 Ringing World page reference: 5995.0247Kent County Association Maidstone, Kent St Michael and All Angels Sunday, 1 March 2026 in 39m (6–1–24 in C) 1260 Grandsire Variable Treble Triples Cyclic 7 part. 90 changes of treble. Composed by Daniel W Brady 1 Adam A Brady (C) 2 Philip R Jarvis 3 Neil W Jones 4 Janice A Byrne 5 Logan S H Rich 6 Pam J Thomas 7 Stephen A Coaker 8 Jane L Kostelnyk Rung on St David's Day. Ringing World page reference: 5995.0251Kent County Association Kilndown, Kent Christ Church Sunday, 1 March 2026 (9–1–10 in A) Rounds and Called Changes Catherine Heathcote Clyde Mackey Pauline Middlewick Richard E Steele Helen M Steele Rebecca M Steele Edward M Steele Flushed with pride following the dedication of the new facilities at Christ Church, Kilndown. The choir sang the anthem Alleloooooia by William Boyce and the organist played the Hornpipe from Handel's Water Music. Kent County Association Hollingbourne, Kent All Saints Sunday, 1 March 2026 in 45m (13–1–24 in E) 1250 Yorkshire Surprise Major Composed by Traditional 1 Nigel E Baker 2 Tim Ford 3 Douglas G Davis 4 Shona Clark 5 Tim Munt 6 Stuart Cox 7 Callum J Clark (C) 8 Steven J Haynes Kent County Association Greenwich, Greater London St Alfege Sunday, 1 March 2026 (8–2–14 in A) 1260 Doubles (2m) 60 Grandsire, 1200 Plain Bob 1 David Connearn 2 Noah J McDermott 3 Bill Lanyon 4 Chris Lawrance 5 Graham Long (C) 6 Beverley Sharp-Georgiev Rung in memory of Elizabeth Jane Pay (27/5/61 - 18/1/26) a long standing member of St Peter's Church, East Blatchington, East Sussex, sister-in-law of Chris Lawrance, ringer of the 4th bell. May she Rest in Peace and Rise in Glory. Also, rung before Abide Devotional Evening Worship. Tenor - first quarter peal Ringing World page reference: 5995.0249Kent County Association Frinsted, Kent St Dunstan Sunday, 1 March 2026 in 43m (6–1–1 in B♭) 1260 Grandsire Doubles 1 Barry Roberts 2 Kate Bispham 3 Gill Rapley 4 Richard Bushell 5 Tim Ford (C) 6 Mike Eldrett For Evensong Ringing World page reference: 5995.0250Kent County Association Canterbury, Kent St Dunstan Sunday, 1 March 2026 in 42m (13–2–15 in F♯) 1260 Reverse Canterbury Pleasure Place Doubles 1 Jane E Huxley 2 Cathryn M Hills 3 Andrew C Brett 4 Leonard A Huckstep 5 Andrew M Hills (C) Rung for sung Eucharist. Kent County Association Canterbury, Kent St Alphege Sunday, 1 March 2026 in 40m (7½ in B) 1260 Doubles (4m/p) 180 Stedman and 360 each of Grandsire, Reverse Canterbury Pleasure and Plain Bob 1 F Jane Lawrence 2 Paul A Barton 3 Jane E Huxley (C) 4 John E Haimes 5 Malcolm J Smith 6 Simon Lockwood Rung for King's School Evensong Ringing World page reference: 5995.0250Kent County Association Birchington, Kent All Saints Sunday, 1 March 2026 in 39m (8–2–17 in A) 1280 Barnevelder Doubles 1 Reece Carpenter 2 Tim Attride (C) 3 Claire Stay 4 David Sheekey 5 Emma Tapsell 6 Paul Webster Rung prior to the morning service. First known Quarter Peal in the variation. Kent County Association Benenden, Kent St George Sunday, 1 March 2026 in 52m (18–0–24 in E♭) 1320 Grandsire Cinques Composed by trad 1 Cathryn M Hills (C) 2 Sara C Waldron 3 Sarah M Pelham 4 Jane E Huxley 5 Stephanie J Barclay 6 Rona Joiner 7 Rhiannon M Meredith 8 Elizabeth A Barnes 9 Philippa J Rooke 10 Lucy J Harvey 11 Catherine E Hampson 12 Karen A Edwards Believed to be the first twelve bell quarter in Kent with a ladies band. Kent County Association Cranleigh, Surrey St Nicolas Monday, 2 March 2026 in 2h 59 (16–2–22 in F) 5024 Highweek Delight Major Composed by D F Morrison (No 6526) 1 Phillip R J Barnes 2 Anne L Rueff 3 Dickon R Love 4 John B Keeler 5 Robert J Crocker 6 Alan Regin 7 Peter G C Ellis (C) 8 Claire F Roulstone Kent County Association Ashford, Kent St Mary the Virgin Tuesday, 3 March 2026 in 42m (7–2–2 in B♭) 1260 Plain Bob Doubles 1 Sandy L Jeffries 2 F Jane Lawrence 3 Logan S H Rich 4 Sue Childs 5 Mark Chittenden-Pile (C) 6 David R Flawn To celebrate the forthcoming Diamond Wedding anniversary of Fred and Jennifer Keeler; married in this church on 12th March 1966. First quarter peal: 6 Ringing World page reference: 6002.0415Kent County Association Rye, East Sussex St Mary the Virgin Wednesday, 4 March 2026 in 3h (19 in E) 5088 Bristol Surprise Major Composed by D F Morrison (No 4) 1 Robert J Crocker 2 Anne L Rueff 3 David Kirkcaldy 4 Phillip R J Barnes 5 John B Keeler 6 Stephen A Coaker 7 Peter G C Ellis (C) 8 Alan Regin Remembering Margaret Hodgson (1902-1995) on the eve of the anniversary of her birth. She was for many years a resident of Church Square Rye and her four children all rang at Rye including Ruth Niblett, later of Canterbury. Ringing World page reference: 5995.0247Kent County Association Waltham, Kent St Bartholomew Thursday, 5 March 2026 in 2h 41 (8–2–2 in A) 5040 Cambridge Surprise Minor Composed by Martin W Marshall 1 Dawn V A Offen 2 Anne L Rueff 3 Ian G Campbell 4 Stuart C Palin 5 Phillip R J Barnes 6 John B Keeler (C) 400th together 3, 6 On the 60th anniversary of Dawn Offen, David Grimwood and John Keeler's first peal at St Alphege Canterbury. David was unable to ring but joined us afterwards for light refreshments. Remembering Cyril Beeching, Eric Eades and Denis Chapman who rang in our first peal. Ringing World page reference: 5996.0270Kent County Association Ospringe, Kent St Peter and St Paul Friday, 6 March 2026 in 47m (17–1–8 in F♯) 1344 Plain Bob Major 1 Richard Bushell 2 Barry Roberts 3 Claire Stay 4 Kate Bispham 5 Philip Bedford 6 Brian Coleman 7 Tim Ford 8 Adam Moore (C) Rung to celebrate National Brian Day, and the birthdays of Akane (wife of Philip) and Sam (nephew of Claire) Ringing World page reference: 5996.0275Kent County Association Maidstone, Kent St Michael and All Angels Friday, 6 March 2026 in 38m (6–1–24 in C) 1440 Spliced Surprise Minor (2m) 720 Alnwick, 720 Newcastle; 10 com; atw. 1 Emma Jarvis 2 Philip Jarvis 3 Jane Kostelnyk 4 Mark Elvers 5 Pam Thomas 6 Stephen Coaker (C) No footnote. Ringing World page reference: 5995.0251Kent County Association Canterbury, Kent St Dunstan Friday, 6 March 2026 in 42m (13–2–15 in F♯) 1260 Grandsire Doubles 1 Claude W H Friend 2 John E Haimes 3 Leonard A Huckstep 4 Simon P Friend 5 Charlie D C Satchwell (C) 6 Andrew C Brett First quarter peal for treble. Rung to celebrate the recent 80th birthday of Peter J Friend, father of 4 and grandfather of 1. Kent County Association Hernhill, Kent St Michael Saturday, 7 March 2026 in 42m (7–1–10 in A♭) 1320 Surprise Minor (2m) 720 Beverley, 600 Cambridge 1 Cathryn M Hills 2 Andrew D Meyer 3 Adam D Moore 4 Benjamin J H Legg 5 Thomas Hooley 6 Stuart C Palin (C) 1st Beverley 4 Ringing World page reference: 5995.0250Kent County Association Tonbridge, Kent St Peter and St Paul Sunday, 8 March 2026 in 41m (9–3–10 in G♯) 1260 Grandsire Doubles 1 Steve Newlands 2 Logan S H Rich (C) 3 Janice A Byrne 4 Dmitry Zhuravlev 5 Adam A Brady 6 Pam Thomas First of Grandsire inside: 4. First of Grandsire Doubles and of Doubles as conductor: 2. Ringing World page reference: 5996.0276Kent County Association Maidstone, Kent St Michael and All Angels Sunday, 8 March 2026 in 38m (6–1–24 in C) 1250 Spliced Surprise Major (4m) 354 Yorkshire; 352 Cambridge; 320 Superlative; 224 Rutland, 14 com; atw. 1 Janice Byrne 2 Stuart Cox 3 Jane Kostelnyk 4 Mark Elvers 5 Philip Jarvis 6 Callum Clark 7 Stephen Coaker (C) 8 Mike Birkbeck Rung on the 3rd Sunday of Lent. Ringing World page reference: 5996.0275Kent County Association Frinsted, Kent St Dunstan Sunday, 8 March 2026 in 41m (6–1–1 in B♭) 1260 Doubles (5m) 300 Plain Bob; 240 each of Grandsire, Reverse Canterbury, St Simon's and St Martin's 1 James Carter 2 Charlotte Elvers 3 Adam Moore (C) 4 Mark Elvers 5 Jim Attwood 6 Brian Coleman 500th Quarter Peal: 3 Ringing World page reference: 5996.0275Kent County Association Canterbury, Kent St Stephen, Hackington Sunday, 8 March 2026 in 41m (10–1–26 in A♭) 1260 Doubles (3m/p) Extents (1-4) Plain Bob; (5-8) Grandsire; (9-10) & 60 of Stedman 1 Edward H Hunter 2 F Jane Lawrence 3 Charles J Maggs 4 Leonard A Huckstep 5 Thomas Hooley (C) 6 Andrew C Brett Rung for morning service & with the band's best wishes to Adelaide & George Hunter for their Confirmation this day at Canterbury Cathedral. Kent County Association Canterbury, Kent St Alphege Sunday, 8 March 2026 in 2h 42 (7½ in B) 5040 Surprise Minor (7m) Canterbury, London, Wells, Beverley, Surfleet, Norwich, Cambridge 1 John B Keeler (C) 2 Cathryn M Hills 3 Robert J Crocker 4 Dickon R Love 5 Andrew M Hills 6 Peter G C Ellis For the 60th anniversary of Dawn Offen, David Grimwood and John Keeler's first peal at St Alphege Canterbury rung on Saturday 5th March 1966. Dawn and David would like to be associated with this peal. Remembering Cyril Beeching, Eric Eades and Denis Chapman who rang in our first peal. Ringing World page reference: 5996.0270Kent County Association Canterbury, Kent Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of Christ Sunday, 8 March 2026 in 54m (34–3–4 in C♯) 1306 Stedman Cinques 1 Thomas Hooley 2 Cathryn M Hills 3 Andrew J Corby 4 Andrew D Meyer 5 Paul A Barton 6 Leonard A Huckstep 7 Malcolm J Smith 8 Stuart C Palin 9 Martin W Marshall 10 Andrew M Hills 11 Mark Chittenden-Pile (C) 12 Thomas J E Brett For Choral Evensong. First quarter peal of Stedman Cinques as conductor. Kent County Association Hadlow, Kent St Mary Monday, 9 March 2026 in 50m (12–3–0 in G) 1344 Superlative Surprise Major 1 Anthony Leeves 2 Lucy Harvey 3 David James 4 Frances James 5 Stanley Jenner (C) 6 Jane Kostelnyk 7 Janice Byrne 8 Ray Taylor Kent County Association Fletching, East Sussex St Mary and St Andrew Monday, 9 March 2026 in 2h 38 (10–0–9 in G♯) 5152 Xeranthemum Surprise Major Composed by Michael Maughan 1 Phillip R J Barnes 2 Anne L Rueff 3 David Kirkcaldy 4 Dickon R Love 5 John B Keeler 6 Robert J Crocker 7 Peter G C Ellis (C) 8 Alan Regin Kent County Association Crayford, Kent St Paulinus Tuesday, 10 March 2026 in 43m (11–2–15 in F) 1260 Grandsire Doubles 1 Liz Morris 2 David Gyles 3 Rupert Cheeseman (C) 4 Max Ganesh 5 Andrew Sinclair 6 Graeme Jefferson Rung to celebrate Andrew's 60th birthday today and also as a forthcoming birthday compliment to Brenda Coode who will be 90 on Thursday. 100th qtr on the bells; 2. Kent County Association Rochester, Kent St Margaret Wednesday, 11 March 2026 in 2h 52 (9–2–8 in G♭) 5088 Abbey Meads Surprise Major Composed by R D S Brown 1 Anne L Rueff 2 Phillip R J Barnes 3 Dickon R Love 4 Ian G Campbell 5 John B Keeler 6 Robert J Crocker 7 Peter G C Ellis (C) 8 Alan Regin Kent County Association Eltham, Greater London St John the Baptist Wednesday, 11 March 2026 in 2h 59 (10–2–24 in G) 5088 Superlative Surprise Major Composed by David B Wilson 1 Jane L Kostelnyk 2 Stephanie J Pattenden 3 Anne M Anthony 4 David Holdridge 5 Peter W Emery 6 Stephen Coaker (C) 7 James W Belshaw 8 Nicholas Wilkins Rung with the best wishes of the band to local ringer Brenda Coode, for her 90th birthday tomorrow. Ringing World page reference: 5998.0318Kent County Association Bromley Common, Greater London St Luke Thursday, 12 March 2026 (7–3–3) 190 Doubles (2m) Grandsire and Plain Bob 1 Esra Uluadam 2 John Perrin 3 Jon Fry 4 Chris Lawrance 5 Graham Long (C) 6 Jonathan Payne Congratulations to Brenda Coode, ringer from Eltham, for her 90th birthday today. Kent County Association Chilham, Kent St Mary Friday, 13 March 2026 in 50m (16–2–21 in E) 1260 Middlesex Bob Triples Composed by Benjamin Waller 1 Richard Bushell 2 Claire Stay 3 Kate Bispham 4 Barry Roberts 5 Graham Cuthbert 6 Brian Coleman 7 Adam Moore (C) 8 Tim Ford Happy Birthday to Michelle Burgess, Claire's sister, for 15th March Ringing World page reference: 5996.0274Kent County Association Waltham, Kent St Bartholomew Saturday, 14 March 2026 in 2h 38 (8–2–2 in A) 5040 Minor (7m) Being one extent each of Oxford Treble Bob, Kent Treble Bob, Cambridge Surprise, Double Oxford, Single Oxford, St Clement's and Plain Bob 1 John M Church 2 Thomas Hooley 3 Charlie D C Satchwell 4 Martin W Marshall 5 Mark Chittenden-Pile (C) 6 William J Stungo Most methods to a peal: 3 Ringing World page reference: 5998.0318Kent County Association Linton, Kent St Nicholas Saturday, 14 March 2026 in 2h 56 (15 in F) 5184 Turramurra Surprise Major Composed by Robert D S Brown 1 Anne L Rueff 2 Dickon R Love 3 Stephanie J Barclay 4 Phillip R J Barnes 5 John B Keeler 6 Stephen J Beckingham 7 Peter G C Ellis (C) 8 Robert J Crocker Kent County Association Birling, Kent All Saints Saturday, 14 March 2026 in 2h 42 (6–3–16 in A) 5088 Lessness Surprise Major Composed by J H Potter 1 Phillip R J Barnes 2 Anne L Rueff 3 Robert J Crocker 4 Michael J Uphill 5 Elizabeth A Barnes 6 Peter J Joyce 7 John B Keeler (C) 8 Peter G C Ellis Kent County Association Staplehurst, Kent All Saints Sunday, 15 March 2026 in 42m (7–1–26) 1260 Plain Bob Doubles 1 J Susan Bassett 2 Stephen P Bassett 3 Christopher J Bassett (C) 4 Catherine Heathcote 5 Tim Munt 6 Cathy Bishop First Quarter at first attempt 6. For Mothering Sunday Ringing World page reference: 5997.0296Kent County Association Milton Regis, Kent Holy Trinity Sunday, 15 March 2026 in 45m (9–2–24 in G) 1260 Grandsire Doubles 1 Richard Bushell 2 Gill Rapley 3 Tim Ford 4 Cathy Hall 5 Chris M Trafford (C) 6 Louise Manuell For Mothering Sunday Kent County Association Maidstone, Kent St Michael and All Angels Sunday, 15 March 2026 in 42m (6–1–24 in C) 1280 Cambridge Surprise Major 1 Philip Jarvis 2 Stuart Cox 3 Paul Barton 4 Emma Jarvis 5 Karen Lebon 6 Mark Elvers 7 Rod Lebon 8 Neil Jones (C) Rung on Mothering Sunday. Birthday Compliments to Ann Jenner, Shona Clark and Rona Joiner (10th March) Ringing World page reference: 5997.0299Kent County Association Hadlow, Kent St Mary Sunday, 15 March 2026 (12–3–0 in G) 1344 Yorkshire Surprise Major 1 Emma J Jarvis 2 Julian J Hemper 3 Janice A Byrne 4 Jacqui Fletcher 5 Stanley Jenner 6 Pam Thomas 7 Philip R Jarvis 8 Howard S Rogers (C) Kent County Association Eltham, Greater London St John the Baptist Sunday, 15 March 2026 (10–2–24 in G) 80 Plain Bob Doubles 1 Christine Davine 2 Brenda Coode 3 Ian G Mills 4 Emma F Bruce 5 David Holdridge (C) 6 Thomas Green Rung with the compliments of the band to Brenda Coode for her ninetieth birthday last Thursday. Kent County Association Eltham, Greater London St John the Baptist Sunday, 15 March 2026 (10–2–24 in G) Rounds 1 Christine Davine 2 Thomas Green 3 Brenda Coode 4 Jeremy Green 5 Alexander Green 6 Gabriella Bruce 7 David Holdridge (C) 8 Ian G Mills Rung with the compliments of the band to Brenda Coode for her ninetieth birthday last Thursday. The age difference between the ringers of 3 and 5 is 80 years. Kent County Association Canterbury, Kent St Stephen, Hackington Sunday, 15 March 2026 in 42m (10–1–26 in A♭) 1260 Doubles (3m) 480 All Saints, 240 Winchenden Place and 540 of Reverse Canterbury Pleasure 1 Jane E Huxley 2 Claire Stay 3 John E Haimes 4 Leonard A Huckstep (C) 5 Andrew C Brett Rung on the back 5 bells for Sung Evensong on Mothering Sunday Ringing World page reference: 5997.0297Kent County Association Canterbury, Kent St Dunstan Sunday, 15 March 2026 in 42m (13–2–15 in F♯) 1260 Doubles (6m/v/p) 240 each Reverse St Bartholomew, Northrepps, All Saints Place, Newington, Reverse Canterbury Pleasure Place; 60 Stedman 1 Andrew C Brett 2 Jane E Huxley 3 Cathryn M Hills 4 Leonard A Huckstep 5 Andrew M Hills (C) 6 M R F S Rung for sung Eucharist on Mother's Day. Kent County Association Birchington, Kent All Saints Sunday, 15 March 2026 in 40m (8–2–17 in A) 1280 Flibbertigibbet Doubles 1 Reece Carpenter 2 Tim Attride (C) 3 Claire Stay 4 David Sheekey 5 Emma Tapsell 6 Paul Webster Rung for Mothering Sunday prior to the morning service. Believed to be the first full quarter peal in the variation. Kent County Association Ranmore, Surrey St Barnabas Monday, 16 March 2026 in 3h 6 (19–2–21 in E) 5088 Aberdare Delight Major Composed by Robert D S Brown 1 Dickon R Love 2 Anne L Rueff 3 Phillip R J Barnes 4 John B Keeler 5 Robert J Crocker 6 Claire F Roulstone 7 Peter G C Ellis (C) 8 Alan Regin Rung on the day after Mothering Sunday, for mothers everywhere, past and present. Ringing World page reference: 5997.0294Kent County Association Headcorn, Kent St Peter and St Paul Monday, 16 March 2026 in 48m (21–0–5 in D♯) 1274 Grandsire Variable Treble Triples Composed by Adam A Brady 1 Adam A Brady (C) 2 Logan S H Rich 3 J Susan Bassett 4 Christopher J Bassett 5 Pam Thomas 6 Callum J Clark 7 Richard H Edwards 8 Janice A Byrne Kent County Association Greenwich, Greater London St Alfege Monday, 16 March 2026 in 45m (8–2–14 in A) 1290 Doubles (2m) Grandsire and Plain Bob 1 David M Martyn 2 Wolfgang Sutulas 3 Noah J McDermott 4 Chris Lawrance 5 Graham Long (C) 6 David Connearn Ninetieth birthday compliments to Brenda Coode, ringer of Eltham and a much loved friend of The Meridian Ringers. Also, in memory of Robert Marchbank, of Derbyshire, who rang with us a few times in the past, who passed away recently. 1 - first quarter on the treble. 2 - first quarter, inside 5 - 50th quarter as conductor and 50th quarter at Greenwich Ringing World page reference: 6002.0424Kent County Association Bredgar, Kent St John the Baptist Tuesday, 17 March 2026 in 46m (9–1–6 in G) 1260 Plain Bob Doubles 1 Matthew Cockell 2 Annabel White 3 Gill Rannard 4 Rob Still 5 Tim Ford (C) 6 Mike Rannard Rung for St. Patricks Day. 1 - first away from cover. Ringing World page reference: 5997.0297Kent County Association Sheldwich, Kent St James Wednesday, 18 March 2026 in 43m (7–0–26 in B♭) 1260 Sheldwich Bob Triples Composed by Daniel W Brady 1 Kath White 2 Cathryn Hills 3 J Susan Bassett 4 Paul Barton 5 Andrew Corby 6 Stuart Palin 7 Neil Jones (C) 8 David Robinson 1st Quarter Peal in the method. Sheldwich Bob Triples: 7.1.7.3.7.1.7,127 Ringing World page reference: 5997.0296Kent County Association Tonbridge, Kent 2A Cranford Road Thursday, 19 March 2026 in 35m (8 in C) 1260 Double Bob Minor 1–2 Ann Jenner 3–4 Ray Taylor 5–6 Stanley Jenner (C) Birthday compliment to Rachel Lewis. Kent County Association Goodnestone, Kent Holy Cross Thursday, 19 March 2026 in 40m (11–2–12 in A♭) 1260 Doubles (6m/v/p) 60 Stedman, 240 each of All Saints, Newington, Grandsire, Reverse Canterbury Pleasure and Plain Bob 1 Paul H Curtis 2 Jane E Huxley 3 Leonard A Huckstep (C) 4 Charles J Maggs 5 Andrew C Brett 6 John E Haimes Monthly Quarter Peal Congratulations to Charlie (4) as this was his 100 QP. Ringing World page reference: 5997.0298Kent County Association Boughton under Blean, Kent St Peter and St Paul Friday, 20 March 2026 in 43m (6–3–6 in A♯) 1260 Single Oxford Bob Minor 1 Richard Bushell 2 Claire Stay 3 Barry Roberts 4 Graham Cuthbert 5 Tim Ford 6 Adam Moore (C) First in method: 2, 4, 5 & 6 Ringing World page reference: 5999.0344Kent County Association Aylesford, Kent St Peter and St Paul Friday, 20 March 2026 in 30m (13–2–7 in F) Rounds and Call Changes Rounds and call changes Debbie Yang Jeff Rowley Robin Hughes Paul Rodman Gordon Klimcke Terry Barnard (C) Rung to mark the pilgrimage of the Rt Hon Dame Sarah Mullally to Canterbury as she walked through the village of Aylesford. Ringing World page reference: 5997.0289Kent County Association Wye, Kent St Gregory and St Martin Saturday, 21 March 2026 in 47m (19–1–8 in D) 1282 Cambridge Surprise Royal 1 Lucy J Harvey 2 Damien S Smith 3 David S James 4 Frances C James 5 Shona Clark 6 Martin W Marshall 7 Michael A Birkbeck (C) 8 Karen A Edwards 9 Richard H Edwards 10 Steven J Haynes Kent County Association Sheldwich, Kent St James Saturday, 21 March 2026 in 22m (7–0–26) Call Changes Method Old St Winnows 1 Paul Evans (C) 2 Susan Smart 3 Juliet Thomas 4 Catherine Lee 5 Jane Addy 6 Edwin Gayner 7 Michael Smart 8 Simon Wolfe Rung to celebrate 50 years of marriage: CONGRATULATIONS Ned (6) and Jackie Kent County Association Seal Chart, Kent St Lawrence Saturday, 21 March 2026 (5–2–21 in B) 1440 Spliced Delight Minor (4m) Willesden, Wragby, Newdigate, Charlwood. 1 Emma Jarvis 2 Janice Byrne 3 Pam Thomas 4 Philip Jarvis 5 Stephen Coaker (C) 6 Jason Turnock Kent County Association Kemsing, Kent St Mary the Virgin Saturday, 21 March 2026 (4–1–5 in D) 1272 Spliced Delight Minor (5m) Abbeyville, St Werburgh, Crowland, Bedford, Merton 1 Emma Jarvis 2 Janice Byrne 3 Philip Jarvis 4 Pam Thomas 5 Jason Turnock (C) 6 Stephen Coaker | |
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