Rochester District News

***************************************************************************** Just a reminder to everyone that the District Outing is fast approaching & there are still places available on the coach.  Don’t hesitate – BOOK YOUR PLACE NOW! ***************************************************************************** The itinerary for the District Outing to Essex/Suffolk on Saturday 19th May is as follows: [TABLE=9] It was decided this Read more…

Some home-grown entertainment this week.  As a prelude to the full report on the District Striking competitions, here’s some of the ringing from Bredgar.  It has a clip from the call change competition (Bobbing band) and a clip from the striking competition (Meopham band).  I didn’t quite get it the Read more…

Following on from information received during a recent County Committee meeting, I got in touch with Peter Joyce at Southfleet to find out what is happening there.  Peter writes: ‘The situation with St Nicholas’ is that we have had quotes from bell founders for a new ring of 6.  We’ve had Read more…

A quick note to let everyone know that the winners of the District Competitions held at Bredgar today are: Call-change – Meopham Striking – Bobbing Each competition had 4 teams entered. Congratulations to both teams & thanks to Frank and Catherine Lewis for judging for us at short notice. A Read more…

Daniel Brady, KCACR Training Officer, has setup a new Facebook page to gather ideas from people around the County about training they would like to see offered & also advertise any training they may be organising.  I’ve added a link in the Links section on the website (left side of Read more…

As I’m sure everyone knows as a result of the over-reporting in the media, Sunday 15th April was the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the RMS Titanic.  What you may not be aware of is that there are some methods that have been named after this famous ship – Read more…

****Update 18/4 – Kelvedon now confirmed**** The itinerary for the District Outing to Essex/Suffolk on Saturday 19th May is as follows: [TABLE=9] It was decided this year to just have the single pick-up/drop-off point in Meopham as Hempstead Valley Shopping Centre have now introduced a 6-hour limit on free parking, Read more…

The Archives page has been updated today to include links to any District Representatives Reports that are provided to the Rochester District Committee members after a KCACR County Committee meeting has been held. The first, from February 2012, is available now.

As I was on holiday over the past week, the YouTube Weekly feature has also had a week off.  It will return next week as usual.

A more detailed report on the County AGM held in the Ashford District on 9th April can be seen on the KCACR Website, but a couple of points of note provided by Rochester District Chairman Margaret Funnell: 1) The handbooks are not quite ready yet and hence were not handed Read more…