It is with great sadness that I have to inform you that Ray Lucas of Brabourne passed away on Friday night at the age of 82, following a long illness. Ray had been an active and supportive member of the Ashford District for fifty years serving on the District Committee Read more…
Barry Evans reports that there will be no practice at Mereworth on Tuesday 19th March but there will be practice in Wateringbury instead.
Just a final reminder that anyone who wishes to have a printed copy of the 2019 Handbook needs to do so by the end of Sunday 24th March. No further requests for printed copies can be accepted after 24th March. To put in a request either for yourself or your Read more…
On a beautifully sunny morning East Malling graciously hosted the Maidstone District 6-bell Striking Competition. There were two rounds with six teams entering for the call change round and four teams entering the method striking round. The winners were: Call Change Striking: East Malling. Method Striking: Staplehurst. Marden won the Read more…
The Membership Communications sub-group will be road-testing a new Subscriptions payment system this year, ready for rolling out in 2020. Current difficulties in matching subscription payments with members, capturing individual communication preferences and compliance with the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) will be improved with an extension to the existing Read more…
As you may recall, CRAG’s Proposal H, which was passed at the May 2017 Central Council meeting, called for the Decisions of the Council to be replaced with a simple, permissive and descriptive framework for ringing with only the minimal detail required to maintain the historical record. After 16 months Read more…
One off offer for Easter – Dove 11 at £12.50 (regular price £!5) Order and pay by Friday 12 April and your bargain Dove will be available for collection from the Bookstall at the AGM on Easter Monday. Either send me your name, tower and District by email, text or Read more…
At the upcoming AGM being held at Chilham on Easter Monday, 22nd April the current Association Treasurer (Margaret Funnell) and Safeguarding Officer (Nigel Spencer) will be standing down. As such, volunteers are needed to fill these vacancies. Both roles are vitally important to the Association, so it is very important Read more…
Below is an update with regards to projects/work that has been completed or is ongoing as at February 2019:
The 2019 Council weekend will take place at Goldsmiths College, New Cross, London, SE14 6NW on Friday 6th to Sunday 8th September. All ringers are invited to attend the weekend and take part in the activities on offer. Full details of the programme are due to be agreed by the Read more…