As the KYR team mascot, Oscar the Octopus, I had an excellent time travelling around Nottingham. I started off the weekend by coming up from Chatham on the train. At Rochester I was given to my Custodian, Lottie, and I continued my journey to London. On arriving at London St Read more…
We had a fabulous weekend in Nottingham(Saturday) and Loughborough(Sunday); the icing on the cake was being second in the 6-bell method category. We were really thrilled with that! A few thoughts from some of our team: Esmé: an amazing experience: full Read more…
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…
The draft minutes of the Association AGM, held on Easter Monday, 6 April 2026, have now been published on the KCACR website Resources page. Also published are the minutes of the 2025 AGM and the 2025 EGM, which were adopted on 4 April, 2026. In the draft 2026 minutes 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…
Please note an updated AGM brochure has been published on the Annual General Meeting (AGM) page, with a slight change in the ringing routes: Rolvenden will unfortunately not be available for ringing after the AGM. Officers’ reports have also been published on the AGM page. Please note that reports and Read more…
Ahead of the Association AGM to be held on Easter Monday, Monday 6th April 2026 at 14:00, the Treasurer’s report and Accounts for 2025 have been uploaded to the website and can be viewed on the AGM page. Annual General Meeting The AGM will be hosted by the Ashford District Read more…
The draft minutes of the February 2026 meeting of the General Committee are available to be viewed here. The minutes of the November 2025 meeting of the General Committee were adopted, and are available here.