The Rochester District ADM is coming up on 21st October, and as always we need to elect District Officers for the coming year. All roles open to nominations, however this year we will be looking for the following where people are standing down: 2 x Ringing Masters The main role Read more…
The KCACR Bell Maintenance trailer urgently needs a new storage location. Ideally this would be a garage, secure outbuilding/barn or even just a secure courtyard or garden area with easy access. If you think you could offer a place for our trailer to be stored, please either contact the Bell Read more…
Ringers Sunday, 15th October – Chelsfield Every year at St Martin’s we have a ‘Ringers’ Sunday’ to commemorate the work of the bellringers, and this year we are privileged to have Alan Regin coming to address us at the 6.30pm Evensong Service. Alan is an eminent bell ringer and former Read more…
East Malling was the venue for this year’s 6-bell competition, and luckily the slight rain stopped just as people arrived! The draw took place at 9.50am when all bands were nearly complete. Competition ringing got underway promptly by 10am and all the bands had rung by shortly before 12.30pm, all Read more…
Did you see the first episode of the new series of Doc Martin this week? If you did, you might have noticed the ringing chamber of the church tower being used as a bathroom by PC Penhale! If you were wondering which church was used for filming this scene, it Read more…
The Rules Work group have been busy drafting their approach as to how they plan to reform the current rules of the Central Council. Find out more about what they are up to and have your say about the work they’ve done so far – head over to the Central Read more…
Christopher O’Mahony is asking all ringers to consider volunteering to help with the reform of the Central Council. There are a number of workgroups being established as follows: Volunteer and Leadership Development (working with David Smith and Alison Everett) Tower Stewardship and Management (working with David Kirkcaldy and Ernie de Read more…
A new ringing centre has been set up on Alderney in the Channel Islands, courtesy of Peter Bevis. Here’s the first test ringing on the new light ring of 8 bells. Enjoy! Note: if the video isn’t showing above, you may need an updated version of Adobe Flash Player which Read more…
The following proposals are to be shared as widely as possible among members of the Association, and should be discussed at Annual District Meetings in October 2017. Feedback should be given via District Representatives to the Association General Committee meeting on 25th November 2017. For a single document to print Read more…
Highlights from the General Committee meeting held on 26th August are as follows: It was agreed that we will prepare & conduct a census across all towers in the Association to allow us to better understand the state of ringing today The accounts have now been audited and just need Read more…