I am very sad to report that, after a short illness, Emma Cundiff of Tunstall passed away this morning. Our thoughts are with Stuart and Rachel at this difficult time. More details will follow as appropriate in due course.
The Rochester District outing is on Saturday 13th June 2026. We are going to the Kingston upon Thames area. The outline is below, more detailed instructions (including parking information) have been emailed to your tower correspondent. 9:30-10:15am St Nicholas, Thames Ditton, KT7 0QG 6 (8cwt) 11am-noon Read more…
The next Rochester District Practice will be held on Saturday 16th May 2026 from 3-5 pm at St Giles Church, Wormshill, ME9 0TT. The May district practice will mark the end of our Firsts Month, hopefully by then you will have had the opportunity to achieve something new and uploaded it Read more…
The Rochester District Firsts Month runs from 11th April until 16th May (the next district practice). We celebrate when a ringer rings their first quarter or peal, but we should also get excited about other firsts achieved too. Some have been scored already, e.g., first ring at a 4-bell tower, 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…
Jackie Dyson, one-time Tower Captain at Newington-next-Sittingbourne, sadly passed away recently. Her funeral will be held at Newington on Thursday 23rd April at 2pm, and all are welcome to attend.
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 next Rochester district event is the 6-bell striking competition on Saturday 11th April. The competition will be held at St Margaret, High Halstow, ME3 8SA from 2 pm. There will be both method and call change competitions; rules can be found at: https://kcacr.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Rochester-District-Striking-Competition-Rules-From-July-2024.pdf Please could you let your district secretary 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.
This is a quick reminder that the next Rochester District ringing practice is at St John the Baptist, Tunstall, ME9 8DU, on Saturday 21st March from 3:00 till 4:30 pm. District practices are intended to give anyone who can handle a bell independently the chance to ring in a different Read more…