November is Quarter Peal Month in the Rochester District. We encourage all towers to have a go, in particular to try something new or a bit different. If you need support please do ask and we will see what we can do. There is an event on Bellboard to link Read more…
The Rochester Christmas Social has been cancelled as we have not sold enough tickets to break even.
The Rochester District will be holding a district practice followed by the Annual District Meeting on Saturday the 19th of October 2024 from 3 pm. This year the venue is St John the Baptist, Tunstall, ME9 8DU. The agenda, minutes of the previous meeting and documents about KCACR rule changes Read more…
The next Rochester District Practice will be on Saturday, 21st September, 3 pm – 4:30 pm at Holy Trinity, Milton Regis, ME10 2HA. This practice will focus on surprise major ringing, in particular, Cambridge, Yorkshire, Superlative and London Surprise Major. If you have learnt any of these surprise major methods Read more…
The next Rochester District event will be held on Saturday 20th July from 3 pm – 5:30 pm at Saint Botolph, Northfleet, DA11 9EU. There will be a District Practice followed by a Quarterly meeting. There is parking in the church car park (access via a short road way by Read more…
Derek Wilkinson, life member of the Association and former Tower Captain at Northfleet, has died aged 88 after a long illness. His funeral will be at 12.00pm on Thursday, 11 July 2024 at St Botolph’s Church, Northfleet, DA11 9EU, followed by burial at Northfleet Cemetery, Springhead Road, Northfleet, DA11 8HW. There will be Read more…
The Rochester District Outing to the Hastings area will be taking place on Saturday 15th June 2024. We will be visiting: Sedlescombe 9:30 am; Battle 10:45 am; Hastings (Blacklands) Christchurch noon; Hastings All Saints 2:45 pm: Hastings St Clements 3:45 pm; St Leonards 5 pm and Alan Pink’s pub – Read more…
The next Rochester District Practice will be held on Saturday 18th May at St Peter and St Paul, Swanscombe, DA10 0BA, from 10 am until 11:30 am. This practice will focus on ringing rounds, call changes and plain hunt and may include some theory, so please bring your learners along. Read more…
We will be holding the Rochester District 6-bell striking competition at St John the Baptist, Bredgar, ME9 8EX, on Saturday 20th April from 3pm. This will be followed by the quarterly meeting. For the 6-bell call change striking competition, we welcome all entrants. Your ringers do not need to be Read more…
Firsts Month This year in the Rochester District we are holding a ‘Firsts Month’ from 20th April to 20th May. This timeline includes both the district striking competition at Bredgar, and the district practice at Swanscombe: good opportunities to score firsts! The purpose of the month is both to encourage Read more…