The next Rochester District Practice will be held at St George, Gravesend, DA11 0DJ, on Saturday 15th March from 3 – 4:30 pm. The practice will focus on Surprise Major, in particular Cambridge, Yorkshire and Lincolnshire Surprise Major. If you want to learn, revise or need a steady band (hopefully) for Read more…
Sadly Bryan Boughton, Tower Captain at St Helens, Cliffe for over 25 years, passed away on Friday 28 February. Bryan will be hugely missed by his faithful band and others within the bell ringing community.
The next Rochester District Practice will be on Saturday 15th February from 3 – 4:30 pm at St Mary the Virgin, Upchurch, ME9 7AJ. This practice will be focused on: Plain Bob Doubles and Minor; Grandsire Doubles and Cambridge Surprise Minor. We look forward to seeing you there.
There will be an advanced 10-bell practice on Thursday 30th January at Rochester Cathedral (ME1 1SX) from 7:30 pm – 9:15 pm; the door will be open until 8 pm. We are hoping to ring Grandsire Caters, Stedman Caters, Little Bob Royal, Yorkshire Surprise Major and Royal. If you would like Read more…
The next Rochester District event will be a district practice followed by the quarterly meeting held on Saturday 18th January from 3 pm at St Bartholomew, Bobbing (ME9 8PL). The draft minutes of the Annual District Meeting (Oct 2024) are available at: https://kcacr.org.uk/rochester-district/district-meeting-minutes/ The meeting agenda has been circulated to your Read more…
The next Rochester District event will be held on Saturday 16th November from 3 pm to 4:30 pm at St Michael and All Angels, Cuxton, ME2 1AF. This practice will be focussing on plain bob doubles and minor and Grandsire doubles. If you or your learners need to practice these with Read more…
November is Quarter Peal Month in the Rochester District. We encourage all towers to have a go, in particular to try something new or a bit different. If you need support please do ask and we will see what we can do. There is an event on Bellboard to link Read more…
The Rochester Christmas Social has been cancelled as we have not sold enough tickets to break even.
The Rochester District will be holding a district practice followed by the Annual District Meeting on Saturday the 19th of October 2024 from 3 pm. This year the venue is St John the Baptist, Tunstall, ME9 8DU. The agenda, minutes of the previous meeting and documents about KCACR rule changes Read more…
The next Rochester District Practice will be on Saturday, 21st September, 3 pm – 4:30 pm at Holy Trinity, Milton Regis, ME10 2HA. This practice will focus on surprise major ringing, in particular, Cambridge, Yorkshire, Superlative and London Surprise Major. If you have learnt any of these surprise major methods Read more…