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Saint Michael's Society

Chew Magna, Somerset

St Andrew

Saturday, 24 January 2026 in 3h 23 (28–0–21 in C♯)

5024 Yorkshire Surprise Major

Composed by J F Young (no.2)

1 Helen C Mansley

2 Alison E Leach

3 Sebastian C Small

4 Annabelle F Frost

5 Matthew D Dawson (C)

6 David L Richards

7 Matthew C Frost

8 Edward R Mack

Rung on UBSCR dinner day to celebrate Helen's birthday.

Ringing World page reference: 5992.0188

Saint Michael's Society

Knowle, Bristol

Holy Nativity

Saturday, 31 January 2026 in 2h 45 (12–2–3 in G)

5024 Bristol Surprise Major

Composed by M B Davies (No.6)

1 Cameron A Waters

2 Matthew D Dawson (C)

3 Andrew J Rodliffe

4 Helen C Mansley

5 Thomas R Sherwood

6 Matthew N Jerome

7 Anna E Sherwood

8 Philip D Moyse

To mark the 68th anniversary of the reconsecration of the church.

Also a wedding compliment to Lauren Flack, cousin of 6, and Joseph Wilcox married in Salisbury today.

250th peal: 1.

Ringing World page reference: 5991.0154

Saint Michael's Society

Bristol, Bristol

St Mary the Virgin, Redcliffe

Sunday, 1 February 2026 in 60m (50–2–21 in B)

1344 Bristol Surprise Maximus

Composed by WHWH

1 Thomas R Sherwood

2 Louisa A Holt

3 Cameron A Waters

4 Annie J Faulkner

5 Thomas R Groves

6 Benjamin Quigley

7 Matthew C Frost

8 Andrew J Rodliffe

9 Michael R A Shaw (C)

10 Benjamin Kipling

11 Philip D Moyse

12 Russell N Scudamore

First in method: 5, 8

Saint Michael's Society

Swansea, Swansea

Minster Church of St Mary

Sunday, 22 February 2026 in 3h 4 (20–2–12 in E)

5024 Bristol Surprise Major

Composed by Michael P R H Woolley (No.6) Op.1

1 Josephine E Leggett

2 Helen C Mansley

3 Iwan Cotgreave

4 Benjamin Quigley

5 Matthew D Dawson (C)

6 Annabelle F Frost

7 Philip D Moyse

8 Matthew C Frost

First in method: 3.

Ringing World page reference: 5994.0224

Saint Michael's Society

Taunton, Somerset

Minster Church of St Mary Magdalene

Saturday, 28 February 2026 in 3h 32 (27–2–18 in D)

5040 Yorkshire Surprise Maximus

Composed by A G Reading (No.4)

1 Philip D Moyse

2 Alison E Leach

3 Cameron A Waters

4 Matthew D Dawson (C)

5 Thomas R Sherwood

6 Jack D Aylward

7 Sebastian C Small

8 Andrew M Alford

9 Matthew N Jerome

10 Anna E Sherwood

11 Matthew C Frost

12 Annabelle F Frost

First on twelve: 7.

First of Maximus: 8.

Ringing World page reference: 5995.0247

Saint Michael's Society

Yatton, Somerset

St Mary the Virgin

Sunday, 29 March 2026 in 3h 17 (24–1–2 in D)

5152 Spliced Surprise Major (23m)

224 each Yorkshire, Uxbridge, Cornwall, Double Dublin, Bristol, Whalley, Watford, London, Tavistock, Glasgow, Cambridge, Cassiobury, Lindum, Superlative, Wembley, Rutland, Jersey, Preston, Ipswich, Cray, Ashtead, Lincolnshire, Pudsey; 160 changes of method; all the work.

Composed by Norman Smith

1 Cameron A Waters

2 Ian P Hill

3 Helen C Mansley

4 Matthew D Dawson (C)

5 Thomas R Sherwood

6 Julian O Howes

7 Philip D Moyse

8 Matthew C Frost

With best wishes to Lucy Warren for a speedy recovery.

Ringing World page reference: 5999.0342

Saint Michael's Society

City of London

St Michael, Cornhill

Saturday, 11 April 2026 in 3h 31 (32–1–6 in D♭)

5042 Bristol Surprise Maximus

Composed by Ewan G A Hull

1 Jonathan D Storey

2 Catherine E Morley

3 Cameron A Waters

4 Thomas R Sherwood

5 Philip D Moyse

6 Benjamin J Quigley

7 Michael R A Shaw (C)

8 Simon A Percy

9 Matthew N Jerome

10 Anna E Sherwood

11 Russell N Scudamore

12 Gareth L M Lawson

Rung to mark the completion of the ringer of the 4th's 23rd orbit of the Sun today.

Ringing World page reference: 6000.0367

Saint Michael's Society

Bristol, Bristol

Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity

Sunday, 24 May 2026 in 50m (21–0–1 in E♭)

1376 I Can't Believe It's Not Rutland Surprise Major

Composed by Mark T Elvers

1 Josephine E Leggett

2 Thomas R Groves

3 Iwan Cotgreave

4 Michael R A Shaw (C)

5 Benjamin Quigley

6 Lucas J Williams

7 Thomas R Sherwood

8 Philip D Moyse

Saint Michael's Society

Ston Easton, Somerset

Blessed Virgin Mary

Tuesday, 26 May 2026 in 2h 10 (4–0–21 in D)

5040 Spliced Surprise Minor (41m)

(1-3) Alnwick, Canterbury, Carlisle, Chester, Coldstream, Cunecastre, Kelso, Lincoln, London, Morpeth, Munden, Newcastle, Northumberland, Sandiacre, Wells, Whitley, Wooler (4-7) Allendale, Annable's London, Bacup, Bamborough, Berwick, Beverley, Bourne, Cambridge, Durham, Hexham, Hull, Ipswich, Lightfoot, Netherseale, Norfolk, Norwich, Primrose, Rossendale, Stamford, Surfleet, Warkworth, Wearmouth, Westminster, York.

Composed by J S Warboys (SU0309 & SU0403)

1 Iwan Cotgreave

2 Thomas R Groves

3 Lucas J Williams

4 Annie J Faulkner

5 Benjamin Quigley

6 Michael R A Shaw (C)

Ringing World page reference: 6015.0727

Saint Michael's Society

Westerleigh, Gloucestershire

St James the Great

Thursday, 28 May 2026 in 45m (20–2–1 in E♭)

1260 Doubles (11m)

60 Stedman, 120 each of Grandsire, Plain Bob, Reverse Canterbury, St Nicholas, Winchendon Place, St Remigius, St Simons, St Martins, St Osmunds, Eynesbury

1 Iwan Cotgreave

2 Annie J Faulkner (C)

3 Lucas J Williams

4 Benjamin Quigley

5 Michael R A Shaw

6 Thomas R Groves

Biggest job: 6

Most methods as conductor

Saint Michael's Society

Siston, Gloucestershire

St Anne Mother of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Thursday, 28 May 2026 in 42m (9–2–12 in G)

1296 Spliced Delight Minor (4m)

Neasden, St Albans, Charlwood, Wragby

1 Iwan Cotgreave

2 Lucas J Williams

3 Benjamin Quigley

4 Annie J Faulkner

5 Thomas R Groves

6 Michael R A Shaw (C)

First blows in all 4 methods: 3, 4

Saint Michael's Society

Pucklechurch, Gloucestershire

St Thomas a Becket

Thursday, 28 May 2026 in 44m (12–1–14 in E♭)

1272 Spliced Surprise Minor (12m)

Cambridge, Ipswich, Primrose, Norfolk, Bourne, Hull, Beverley, Surfleet, Berwick, Hexham, York, Durham

Composed by J S Warboys (SUQP07)

1 Benjamin Quigley

2 Lucas J Williams

3 Iwan Cotgreave

4 Thomas R Groves

5 Annie J Faulkner

6 Michael R A Shaw (C)

Most methods: 3

Didn't go wrong *in Cambridge*: 1

Saint Michael's Society

Bristol, Bristol

The Mount Without

Sunday, 14 June 2026 in 2h 49 (12½ in G)

5040 Spliced Treble Dodging Minor (8m)

720 each Cambridge S, Kent TB, London S, Norwich S, Oxford TB, Wells S; 360 each Beverley S, Surfleet S; 41 changes of method; all the work.

Composed by P G C Ellis / A G Reading

1 Helen C Mansley

2 Jack D Aylward

3 Andrew J Rodliffe

4 Matthew D Dawson (C)

5 Colin G Newman

6 Cameron A Waters

First peal on the bells since 2011, and circled the tower: 2.

First peal on the bells since 1994, and circled the tower: 3.

Ringing World page reference: 6010.0606

Saint Michael's Society

Bristol, Bristol

St John on the Wall

Friday, 26 June 2026 in 2h 53 (11 in F)

5040 Spliced Surprise Minor (41m)

(1-3) 2160 Alnwick, Canterbury, Carlisle, Chester, Coldstream, Cunecastre, Kelso, Lincoln, London, Morpeth, Munden, Newcastle, Northumberland, Sandiacre, Wells, Whitley, Wooler; (4-7) 2880 Allendale, Annable's London, Bacup, Bamborough, Berwick, Beverley, Bourne, Cambridge, Durham, Hexham, Hull, Ipswich, Lightfoot, Netherseale, Norfolk, Norwich, Primrose, Rossendale, Stamford, Surfleet, Warkworth, Wearmouth, Westminster, York.

Composed by J S Warboys (SU0309 and SU0403)

1 Helen C Mansley

2 Colin G Newman

3 Matthew D Dawson (C)

4 Thomas R Sherwood

5 Simon A Percy

6 Michael R A Shaw

50th peal together: 3 and 5.

Ringing World page reference: 6011.0630

Saint Michael's Society

Bristol, Bristol

St Mary the Virgin, Redcliffe

Sunday, 5 July 2026 in 63m (50–2–21 in B)

1346 Yorkshire Surprise Maximus

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1 Ian P Hill

2 Michael R A Shaw (C)

3 Philip D Moyse

4 Matthew D Dawson

5 Thomas R Sherwood

6 Iwan Cotgreave

7 Andrew J Rodliffe

8 Simon A Percy

9 Benjamin D Kipling

10 Andrew P Deamer

11 Russell N Scudamore

12 Matthew C Frost

First on 12: 6

Saint Michael's Society

Bristol, Bristol

Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity

Friday, 7 August 2026 in 3h 6 (21–0–1 in E♭)

5088 Bristol Surprise Major

Composed by Robert D S Brown

1 Michael R A Shaw (C)

2 Thomas R Sherwood

3 Helen C Mansley

4 Matthew O Hall

5 Benjamin D Kipling

6 Simon A Percy

7 Henry J Stephenson

8 Colin G Newman

Ringing World page reference: 6018.0803

Saint Michael's Society

Goosnargh, Lancashire

Nave of St Mary the Virgin

Tuesday, 11 August 2026 in 37m (10 in A)

1280 Lincolnshire Surprise Major

1–2 Robert Newton

3–4 Patricia Newton

5–6 Katharine Firman

7–8 Nick Tithecott (C)

On UBSCR summer tour - remembering Lis Bowden, David Marshall and Heather Trueman.

Saint Michael's Society

Bristol, Bristol

St John on the Wall

Wednesday, 2 September 2026 in 2h 50 (11 in F)

5040 Spliced Treble Bob Minor (29m)

1-4) Chiltern, Pennine, Cheviot, Cotswold, Mendip, Norton-le-Moors, Waterford, Snowdon, Kent, Trinity Sunday, Quantock, Killamarsh, Berwyn, 5-6) Chadkirk, Nelson, Sandal, Woodcock's Victory, London Scholars' Pleasure, Capel, Kingston, Duke of Norfolk, College Exercise, British Scholars' Pleasure, Ockley, Norbury, 7) Morning Star, Burton, Oxford, Rochester.

Composed by J S Warboys (TB0403, TB0201, TB0101)

1 Helen C Mansley

2 Simon A Percy

3 Thomas R Sherwood

4 Philip D Moyse

5 Michael R A Shaw (C)

6 Matthew D Dawson

First 29TB: 2, 3

200th peal on the bells.

Ringing World page reference: 6022.0893

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