News

• May 10th 2025   Alfie Stick has at last had the trophy that he was awarded at the AGM presented to him. After a bit of TLC had been carried out on the Trophy by Hugh Evans the award was presented to Alfie by the Youth Team Leader Ian Bucknell and the Chairman Roger Haynes at a Youth Team day out on Bank Holiday Monday. Throughout the day the Youth Team ringers were shadowed by a German film crew that are making a documentary for German and French television.
• April 26th 2025   The rules of the Association have been updated following the resolution at the recent AGM.
• April 8th 2025   The unapproved minutes of the recent Association AGM are now availablehere
• April 5th 2024   Tewkesbury were victorious in both striking competitions today. For the Penn (eight bell) trophy held at Barnwood and for the Croome (six bell) trophy held at Churchdown.
• April 3rd 2025   All practices at St Andrew, Chippenham have been CANCELLED due to one of the bells being temporarily unringable. This includes the regular Wednesday night practices and the Suprise Major practices on the first Wednesday; these have been transferred to St Paul. A further news item will be posted when they are back in order.
• March 24th 2025   A new page has been added about the Central Council's Ringing 2030 initiative, together with its background and progress. This is important if ringing is to be sustained, or even survive in certain parts of the country.
• March 4th 2025   The 2025 Achievement of the Year competition has been won by Cirencester Branch who received the Bliss Trophy. All of the entries are available to view here.
• March 4th 2025   The 2024 Annual Report and Accounts has been published; including the Tower Directory and Officers Lists 2025. Printed copies will be distributed via the Branch Officers to the towers. Additional printed copies may be obtained via this link. The electronic abridged Report will be released in due course.
• November 16th 2024   The G&B Firsts Fortnight and Peal & Quarter Peal Festival ran for the entire month of October. You can still get any Firsts added to list here by contacting your Branch Officers.
  Peal and Quarter Peal performances which were submitted to Bellboard linked to the G&B Peal & Quarter Peal Festival Bellboard event have now been sent to the Ringing World for publication.
• July 10th 2024   The G&B Youth Team took part in the 8 bell method category of the Ringing World National Youth Contest 2024. This took place at St Olave, Hart Street, London on Saturday 6 July. This year there were 36 teams competing in 4 categories; of which the 8 bell method was considered the most challenging. The team rang well but were up against some stiff competition and were placed 3rd equal. The members were as follows:
  1. Daisy Judson - Stroud Branch
  2. Megan Dawson Philips - Chippenham Branch
  3. Rupert Knight - Chippenham Branch
  4. William Roberts - Stroud Branch
  5. Alfie Stick - Gloucester Branch
  6. Toby Hicks (Conductor) - Cirencester Branch
  7. Andrew Woods - Cirencester Branch
  8. Will Hunter - Bristol Rural Branch
  . The reserves were William Baldwin (Stroud branch), Ada Thomas (Bristol Rural Branch), Oliver Bulteel (Bristol branch) and Alma Tillman (Cheltenham branch). All of the team members took part in ringing around London before and after the competition at St Mary-le-Bow, Spitalfields, Rotherhithe, Bermondsey and St Magnus the Martyr.
• October 5th 2023   The Association's Insurance Policy document has been updated following renewal of the insurance. This protects ringers when engaged upon Association business; see here for more details.