Christ Church
Saturday, 9 February 2008 in 5h 53 (11–0–24)
10640 Double Bob Major
Composed by A G Reading
1 Simon J T Smith
2 Chris Bostock
3 Richard F Knights
4 Nicholas D Soanes
5 Adrian M Moreton
6 Simon J Reading
7 Christopher M Bennett
8 Alan G Reading (C)
Longest peal in the method, superseding the longest standing peal record (10080, rung at Harrietsham in 1746)
Umpires: Michael J Platt, Stuart R Armeson, Peter J Scott, Brian A Sanders.
With compliments to Len Goodall, Chris Bostock, Ruth Curtis, Derek Tysoe, Vic Cox, Ross Finbow, Adrian Dempster and the late Clive Longden, who unofficially performed 10560 Double Bob Major at Dore, 28 years ago to the day.
This peal has been recognised as a record length in the method.
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