An ART M1 Training Course (teaching bell-handling) will be held at Staplehurst on Saturday 9th December 2023. Details are on the ART Events Website at ART Events – Upcoming events (bellringing.org) There currently remain 8 places available, so please book soon to avoid disappointment. KCACR will pick up the £25 Read more…
Saturday 30th September saw the resumption of the 6 bell competitions. It has been 3 years since the competition was last held due to the prolonged absence of ringing due to the Covid pandemic in 2020 and 2021 and the death of HM Queen Elizabeth II last year. As Read more…
At the beginning of the month, the Central Council of Church Bell Ringers held their Annual General Meeting in Ipswich. As a (relatively) newly appointed representative, I headed up the A12 to participate in this event. The Central Council was founded in 1891 and is an organization that leads and Read more…
My words are a little later than usual this month having been enjoying a few days holiday in the Provence region of France. There, like here, the sound of bells still formed part of the soundscape: the chiming of church bells drifting across the landscape on a Sunday morning and Read more…
I have returned from a weekend in York with the Kent Young Ringers. We had a taken a team of 6 ringers to take part in the Ringing World National Youth Contest which is one of currently two major national competitions in ringing, both of which have recently taken place. Read more…
Dear Members, I would like to invite you to take part in the first Association 6-bell Call-Change Competition on Saturday 30th September. It will take place at St Mary Magdalene, Monkton (6, 7-0-9) in the Canterbury District and the draw will be at 2:00pm. The aim of this competition is Read more…
Summer seems to finally have arrived, even though the last week was still a little cold. However, as I write this the sun is beaming down and the weather is definitely more seasonable than it has been of late. As we move into the Summer months, the demand on our Read more…
Just a reminder that the Festival of Ringing and Association 8-bell Striking Competition is happening next Saturday 17th June based at Lympne. Updated version of the flyer below, note the change to Sellindge in the open towers.
This year’s Association 8-bell striking competition and Festival of Ringing are being held at Lympne on Saturday 17th June. Details of the event in the poster below, please do encourage your ringers along.
Things are settling down again after the Coronation last weekend. It has been a busy few months for many of us in the run up to this event. I think that the Ring for the King initiative really helped to promote ringing and raise awareness with the general public and Read more…