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I will start with a huge thank you to the Canterbury District and, in particular, the Canterbury Cathedral Company of Change Ringers for their efforts and help in making the arrangements for the recent KCACR Evensong. There were well over 50 attendees at the service and several more came to Read more…

There is a definite autumnal look about now as I travel around and about and the round of Annual District Meetings has passed. I managed to attend three of these meetings and get a feel for how things are going in our Association and I apologise to the Districts that Read more…

I have just returned from a very interesting weekend in Exeter at the annual meeting of the Central Council of Church Bell Ringers (CCCBR). I think that there are many ringers who are still unaware of the existence of the Central Council let alone its purpose. The Central Council is Read more…

Dear Members, I would like to invite you to to take part in this year’s 6-Bell Call-Change Competition to be held at Beckenham on Saturday 28th September. The draw will be at 2pm and we will be ringing on the back 6 bells (tenor 14cwt approx.) The number of entries Read more…

As I write this, the Summer holidays are in full swing, the Olympic Games have drawn to a close and, for some, it is an opportunity to go on holiday and be able to take a little bit of time out from the usual routines. I mention the Olympics because Read more…

I write this after returning home from the annual 8-Bell Striking Competition at Quex Park which also included the Extraordinary General Meeting to discuss the rule changes to the Bell Restoration Fund. Five Districts entered the competition and all successfully completed the test piece of 280 changes of Canterbury Pleasure Read more…

I am sure that most of you will have seen a couple of notices on the KCACR Facebook pages and on the website about the review of the Association Rules and a forthcoming Extraordinary General Meeting. Over the last few months I have been looking at our rules with a Read more…

I write this as we finalise the arrangements for the Association AGM on Monday 1st April at Rainham. You may have already seen the programme on the KCACR website which gives details of the towers that will be open as well as the timetable for events on that day. We Read more…

As I write this, I can see the first daffodil opening in my garden. It is always a joy to see the signs of Spring and the prospect that Winter is hopefully losing its grasp on us – although perhaps I am speaking too soon… Sadly, in recent weeks we Read more…