Our young handbell ringers have been super busy over the last 8 days and made terrific progress. Daniel Jarvis rang in peals of P B Royal, Superlative S Major (first blows in the method on handbells), Kent Treble Bob Royal, 7 Minor methods (most methods in hand) and called a Read more…
Our young Handbell ringers are on a roll with another quarter peal of P B Minor rung at Aylesford today by Callum, Amber and Dan, followed by a peal of Doubles (2m) and Minor (3m) at Wormshill by Adam, Amber and Dan. Performances by young ringers in Kent occupy 4 Read more…
Two of our Kent youngsters have appeared on RW Bellboard in the last couple of days: Charlotte Elvers (aged 7yrs) chimed the 3rd 75 times at Maidstone, St Michael and All Angels for VJ Day on Saturday 15th August. Dad, Mark, says, “Lottie was very proud to have done it. Read more…
Almost a year after the RWNYC contest 2019 in Liverpool the engraved plinth and its handbell topper of the RW Editor’s Trophy for Excellence were united. The handbell has been hosted by each member in turn since last summer and had been “residing” with Read more…
3 of our Young Ringers (aged 16, 19, 20yrs) have been mentioned again today on “What’s Hot on Bellboard”. They have been extending their handbell ringing skills during the last few months with 3 peals rung successfully in the last 10 days. Amber(*) and Adam rang their first peals of Read more…
Nice to have something to post! We have just had our first session in Ringing Room with 4 Kent Mini-Ringers and 4 helpers. It was a good introduction to this platform, getting to grips with how it all works. We rang very good rounds on 6 and on 8 and Read more…
I have sent emails to 94 Young Ringers whom I know of in Kent with various pieces of information to keep them up to date with ringing information during these non-ringing months. These include 13 “MINI-Ringers”, 25 “active” (Yr 13 and below) 4 “active” (over school-leaving age). The others on Read more…
Young Ringers Report 2019 for Handbook 2020 RWNYC Liverpool: Winning the RW Editor’s Trophy for Excellence was without doubt the high spot of 2019 for Kent Young Ringers. After practices fitted in around GCSE and “A” Level exams we enjoyed a fantastic weekend in Liverpool and the Kent Team was Read more…
RWNYC 2020 POSTPONED I am very sorry to say that RWNYC 2020 has been postponed, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Until the last few days, I had been optimistic that the event could still go ahead on 4th July, but the rapid esclation of the situation means this is no Read more…
This is to confirm that all quarter peal attempts, events and activities (ringing or otherwise) for Kent Young and MINI-Ringers have been cancelled in line with Association and National guidelines for the foreseeable future. This includes SEECON on 4th April and our outing to the Lee Valley Youth Hostel on Read more…