What an interesting couple of days we had on Monday and Tuesday this week 😊🔔😊! I was approached late last week by the research team for BBC’s The One Show, on BBC 1. They had found the (very wonderful) social media posts for the “Westerham Clangers”. They post on Instagram, Read more…
SEECON 2026: New Alresford, Hampshire Sat 18th April Glorious weather the whole day! The Hampshire countryside basked in sunshine and blossom. An early start for the bleary-eyed Kent Team, arriving in Basingstoke just before 08:30 for breakfast which Orange Oscar certainly enjoyed! Read more…
Lovely to get this write-up from James: KCACR Young Ringers’ Inter-District Striking Competition 2026 On Saturday 7th March, the annual KCACR Young Ringers’ Inter-District Striking Competition took place, and what an amazing afternoon it was! The sheer amount of organising that it took must have been immense, so I would Read more…
Sat 7th March 2026: Inter-District Striking Contest What a busy and exciting afternoon we had! 5 teams (30 young ringers, aged 11 – 24, mostly 18 and under) invaded the Ashford area with general ringing at Willesborough, Kennington and Ashford as Read more…
KYR Sessions: Sat 29th November am at Barming: 7 MINI-Ringers who rang a variety of “exercises”, including Twinkle Twinkle, culminating in rounds on 6 together by the end of the morning: a very enthusiastic session Sat 29th November pm at Marden : 9 YR ringing rounds and CC, Plain Hunt Read more…
A lovely sunny day set the scene for the KCACR 6-bell Call Change Contest at Barming in the afternoon of Saturday 27th September. Our KYR team had managed to meet up for one practice at ringing 10 minutes of call changes on 6 bells the previous Saturday. Oscar had the Read more…
RWNYC 2025 Birmingham 8 team members had a fantastic day with ringing at Solihull (12), St Martin in the Bullring (16), Mosely (10), Edgbaston (8 contest tower) and Harborne(8). There were a couple of Mini-rings and a handbell workshop at St Martin’s. WE rang two really good practice pieces, but Read more…
Back to having a crazy car gang again,on Saturday! Busy session at Aylesford in the afternoon:12 youngsters (seemed more somehow!) with newcomers, Matthew, Flo and Martha. Oscar and Flo took their turn at running the ringing. Bailey rose really well to the challenge of ringing the tenor. Flo rang PH7 Read more…
I am delighted to share the following news following the ART Award Ceremony yesterday evening. The Sarah Beacham Youth Award This award is for youth or school groups, and university societies who are successfully recruiting, retaining and developing young ringers. Winner: Birmingham Universities Society of Change Ringers Runner Up: Kent Read more…
Youth Officer Report 2024 for Handbook 2025 We have a very exciting group of youngsters who are gaining oodles of ringing experience in the Association. Approximately 55 under 18’s and 12/15 18 – 24’s ring regularly in their own towers. A good number come regularly to the practices arranged specifically Read more…