With sadness I have to report that Gerald Sinfield, formerly a ringer and Treasurer at Boxley for many years, has recently passed away. No further details are available, but will be shared when known. Doug Davis, Tower Captain, Boxley
Just a reminder that we have a quarterly meeting coming up this Saturday 9th April at West Malling (8) from 10am to 12.30pm. Ringing will be from 10am to 11am, at which point we will break for a short meeting, with ringing resuming afterwards and continuing until 12.30pm. Apologies, new Read more…
I am considering organising a District Outing for the Maidstone District to take place on Saturday 17th September. It’s been a while since one happened (I believe) so thought I’d see what the appetite is like. A proposed itinerary is as follows: I would expect this to be a car-based Read more…
Just a reminder that we have a District Practice tomorrow morning (12th March) from 10am to midday at Bearsted (6). Look forward to seeing some of you there.
The first District Practice for 2022 will be held at Broomfield (6) on Saturday 12th February from 10am to 12pm. This is a ground floor ring, open to the church and with a door open to the outside as well, so we should be fine from a Covid-secure perspective to Read more…
We are holding our first Quarterly Meeting virtually this year due to the ongoing spread of the Omicron variant. The business meeting will be at 10am on Saturday. To register for the online meeting, please go to the following link: https://vmware.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYsduiqpzspHdz8ALAeh–koJYBuKNp-36I You will receive an email confirmation once registered with Read more…
With the fluid situation around the Omicron variant at the moment and the sheer rate of spread being so high, we have taken the decision to move the January District meeting to an online even instead. I know this is disappointing but we feel it’s the safest thing to do Read more…
I am very sorry to say that, following the latest news from the Government this evening that they are implementing Plan B rules over concerns about the new Omicron coronavirus variant, we have decided that it would not be sensible to go ahead with the Carol service this coming Saturday. Read more…
Just a reminder that the final District Practice for 2021 will be held at Yalding on Saturday 13th November, 10.30am to 12.30pm. Yalding is a ground floor ring open to the church with plenty of ventilation (wrap up warm!), and teas & coffees will also be provided by the local Read more…
On Saturday 9th October at Boxley we are running a ringing day/recruitment event from 11am to 3pm in the run up to the Annual District Meeting being held at the end of the day at 3pm. We will have the Maypole Bells, a mini-ring, handbells, e-bells plus the tower bells Read more…