Kent Young Ringers

We are really hoping that we will be able to start up our sessions with MINI-Ringers again. These sessions are especially for our younger and more inexperienced ringers, mostly from school year 8 and below. Some of our older Young Ringers come along to help. Do let me know if Read more…

Fab afternoon at Hollingbourne: 17 Young Ringers…great to see new faces, Millie and Charlie (Amelia’s first “non-contest” afternoon?). Some great stretching by our youngest ringers. Sausage rolls (thank you, Katie!) and cakes in the sunny churchyard, along with a frantic game of “tag Ben!”. Great to see KYR traditions being Read more…

A reminder that our next KYR session is this coming Saturday 26th March 2-4pm at Hollingbourne All Saints Church, 4 Church Green,  Upper Street. ME17 1HW Come along and join in with our Young Ringers. We will probably be ringing rounds, call changes, plain hunt 5 and 7, Plain Bob Read more…

Our first team practice for 2022 was held at Staplehurst on the Wednesday of half term. This was Joe’s initiation into KYR team ringing! We were able to practise our listening exercises and Call Changes on 6 and on 8. Storm Eunice prevented a few members from getting to the Read more…

The next session for Kent Young Ringers will be on Sat 19th February at Aylesford from 2-4pm. (SS Peter & Paul ME20 7AY) Please remember to bring £1 tower donation and your own drink. (Appropriate Covid guidance will be followed.) The church is approximately 15 mins walk from the train Read more…

Thank you, thank you, thank you, Jacqui! We are thrilled and humbled to have been given these 20 beautiful handbells in memory of Tom Barlow, who was such a good friend and supporter to the Kent Young Ringers. The first time I properly met Tom was when he and Jacqui Read more…

The RWNYC  Editor’s Trophy for Excellence has been inscribed with 2021: Kent Young Ringers   The Kent Young Ringers Trophy has now been inscribed with 2021: Ashford.

We had some great sessions at the end of 2021 at Hollingbourne, on 27th November, at Great Chart with 11 youngsters from the Ashford District (very exciting) on 18th December and at Downe with 7 youngsters from the Tonbridge and Lewisham Districts on 21st December. We had a great outing Read more…

The Young Change Ringers Association was launched in September to support and mentor young ringers nationally; it is non-territorial and open to anyone young enough to handle a bell up to the age of 30. They aim to be an association for young ringers, run by young ringers with a Read more…