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:
Please could you let your district secretary know as soon as possible if you plan to enter a team for either or both competitions.
This year we have organised a mini-tour of pre-competition ringing on that morning. We will be at:
St Helen, Cliffe, ME3 7QP (8) from 9:45 to 10:30 am, and
St James, Grain, ME3 0BS (4) from 11:15am to noon.
This event will also mark the beginning of our Firsts Month, which runs this year from 11th April and to 16th May (the next district event at Wormshill). We encourage you to think about what firsts you and your fellow ringers can achieve. Do you have anyone who hasn’t rung at a striking competition yet, or might get a first grab at a 4-bell tower (Grain), is there a new method you want to try to ring or call? If there is something that you are perpetually one short for, please do ask and we will see what we can do.
The striking competitions will be followed by a short quarterly meeting. The minutes of the previous meeting at available at:
Please could you let your district secretary know if you have any new members to nominate or items for the agenda.