There will be no ringing on Sunday morning 23 June as there is no service that morning at All Saints. There will be normal evening ringing 5-6 pm. Other towers in the area will be pleased to have help in the morning – East Molesey in particular (8.30-9 am).
Congratulations to our Kingston bell ringers on their tremendous win!
The Surrey Association 6 and 8 bell method striking competitions were held at St John the Divine, Merton on Saturday 27th April.
In tight contests (beating Putney by 1 fault into 2nd place in both) Kingston regained both the 6 and 8 bell trophies.
The results were:
6 bell
1st Kingston 25 faults
2nd Putney 26
3rd Benhilton 37
4th Croydon Minster 43
5th Battersea 44
6th Caterham St Johns and Merstham 58
7th Merton 80
8 bell
1st Kingston 35
2nd Putney 36
3rd Croydon Minster 38
Thanks to all the teams who entered, Merton for hosting, Caroline for organising, and David Perkins and Ryan Noble for judging and providing very positive comments for all bands.
Normal ringing Wednesdays & Sundays, other than:
Sunday 2 December Evening Quarter Peal
Sunday 9 December Concert finishing at 5 pm (followed by normal ringing)
Saturday 15 December Surrey Assn QP 9.30 am
Sunday 16 December Evening ringing is 3.30 – 4.30 pm for carol service
Wednesday 19 December No practice – carol service
Monday 24 December Ring 10.15 – 11 pm for midnight mass
Tuesday 25 December Ringing 08.30 – 09.30
Wednesday 26 December No practice
Monday 31 December Celebrations in the tower from 11 pm followed by ringing in the New Year – need to let us know you are coming and to arrive promptly as door will then be locked.
Then back to normal!
On 27 October we managed to win both the Surrey 6 and 8 bell competitions. Here are the results (in the order they rang):
6 bell contest:
Redhill 2nd 39 faults
Merstham 6th 103 “
Kingston 1st 20 “
Newdigate 8th 126 “
Dorking 5th 64 “
Croydon 3rd 56 “
Benhilton 7th 116 “
Caterham St J 4th 62 “
8 bell contest:
Croydon 2nd 58 “
Kingston 1st 55 “
Caterham and
Merstham 3rd 148 “
There is normal ringing on Wednesdays & Sundays in December unless shown otherwise below.
Wednesday 13 December – no practice – we are going to Docklands to defend our striking competition trophy
Sunday 17 December – normal morning ringing, afternoon ringing from 3.30 – 4.30 for Community Carol Service
Sunday 24 December – normal morning ringing, no evensong ringing but ringing from 10.15 – 11 pm for midnight mass
Monday 25 December – morning ringing from 8.30 – 9.30 only
Wednesday 27 December – normal practice.
Sunday 31 December – normal morning and evening ringing. Bring and share drinks & snacks from 11 pm then ringing in the New Year at midnight. Booking needed if you are intending to come, when further details will be provided.
And advanced notice:
Wednesday 10 Jan 2018 the Surrey Association has been invited to join the practice at Southwark Cathedral to try out the new bells. 6.30 to 8.30 pm. Everyone is welcome but I need to know names of those intending to come. There will not be a practice at Kingston that evening.
Kate
Following the building work to the top of the spiral staircase during July, we are now ringing again as usual. Do come & join us.
The long-awaited work to replace the roof skylight and re-mortar the walls at the top of the spiral staircase is due to start on 26 June and finish on 28 July. We have agreed that we will not ring during this time so that the work could be completed as quickly as possible and at the lowest possible cost – although it is still very expensive. While we are unable to ring at Kingston we will be arranging ringing at other towers for practices and provide suggestions for Sunday service ringing in the area where help will be appreciated.
Congratulations to Linda Aldroish on ringing her first quarter peal at Merton Park on 8 April 2017
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Kingston won the Docklands Trophy, a new striking competition measured and judged by Abel on the simulator set up at Christ Church Poplar, in 2015. We decided to defend the Trophy in 2016 and managed to post a winning touch of Grandsire Doubles, scoring 97%! Roger Booth from Docklands is seen here presenting the prize of a bottle of champagne to Kingston captain Paul Flavell. This will be opened at our barbeque in August!
There will be no Wednesday practice at Kingston on the following dates:
22 March (Event in church)
12 April (Holy Week)