Young Ringers all over Kent made a significant contribution to the ringing for the coronation of King Charles III. I am trying to do an audit of all those youngsters aged 6 -24 who rang. So far I know of approximately 85-90 with the largest number in the 6-12 years Read more…
We have had another couple of busy months with young ringers from Sevenoaks and Seal Chart involved in the media with reporting in The Times on Friday 17th and Saturday 18th March and a broadcast on Sky News on Saturday 18th March (at VERY short notice!) [See previous item] Read more…
The beautiful setting of East Farleigh was the backdrop to our March session for our Kent MINI-Ringers. Individual practice, rounds & call changes on 6 and 8 bells, the treble to Bastow Minor and the challenging “Twinkle, twinkle” were the focus for today’s practice. Our helpers today swooped in in Read more…
Journalists have been knocking on our doors lately….well, phoning our phones anyway. 2 articles were published in The Times on Saturday 18th March following a phone call with me (in a quiet corner at London Bridge Station) and then a sound recording made by Alison Saunders with her pupils from Read more…
There are a number of youngsters learning all around the Association. Once they can handle a bell safely and are beginning to ring rounds, do let them know about joining with other young ringers: Kent MINI-Ringers (mostly 8-12 yrs) and Kent Young Ringers, mostly 12-19yrs. Both groups will be meeting Read more…
2023: Our first session for Kent MINI-Ringers will be 10:00 – 12 noon on Saturday 28th January with the older / more experienced ringers meeting in the afternoon 14:00 – 16:00. (Please contact me, the District Youth Coordinators or the District Secretaries for towers). We’re also making plans for the Read more…
Article published in the Ringing World 30th September 2022: What a momentous week it was for ringers: muffles on, muffles off, muffles on again… and slow tolling. At least 23 young ringers aged 18 and under are believed to have rung in their towers around Kent to mark the Read more…
It appears that we may be fewer in number than originally anticipated (weddings, school sports etc). We may, therefore, compress the planned sessions into the morning only at Kemsing 10-12. Please keep an eye out for emails and updates. Young ringers have been busy ringing at their local towers to Read more…
We’re getting off to a good start with our programme 2022-2023 for Kent MINI-Ringers and Kent Young Ringers with our first sessions on Sat 24th September. We’ll be at St Mary the Virgin, Kemsing TN15 6NA from 10:00 – 12 noon for MINI-Ringers (school year 7 and below & inexperienced). Read more…
We had another great session with Kent MINI-Ringers this morning woth 7 primary school children, 3 teenage helpers and various parents and helpers. Lucy came to supervise efforts on handbells and other activities were on offer to occupy the youngsters when they weren’t on the end of a rope. We Read more…