Bells Near Newbury

Branch Practice
2023-06-02 19:30 - 21:00 (Europe/London)
The First-Friday Branch Practice in June will be at Beedon on Friday 2nd, 7:30pm. Special method is Beedon Surprise Minor. Rounds and call changes, plain hunt, regular doubles and minor methods and some ‘specials’ will also be on the menu.

Advanced Practice
2023-05-19 19:30 - 21:00
May’s advanced practice will be held on Friday 19th from 7.30 to 9.00 pm at Andover.

Branch Practice
2023-05-05 19:30 - 21:00
The May first Friday coincides, of course, with the Coronation weekend, and the intention is to hold a Branch practice on May 5th. East Garston has been booked, so you will have the treat of ringing on the newly rehung bells.We will ring rounds, call changes, plain hunt and any doubles or minor methods we fancy, and the special method is King Charles Delight Minor (attached).

Advanced Practice
2023-04-21 19:30 - 21:00
The advanced practice in April will be held on Friday 21st, 7.30 to 9.00 pm at Kintbury.Methods on offer will be the Standard Eight, plus Kent, Oxford, Double Norwich, Plain & Little Bob Major, Stedman and other Triples as requested. The special feature method will be King Charles III Delight Major.

[CANCELLED] Branch Practice
2023-04-07 00:00
The Branch Practice for April falls on Good Friday, so unfortunately that practice won’t be going ahead.

Branch AGM
2023-03-04 14:00 - 17:00
The Newbury Branch AGM 2023 will be held at Bucklebury, on Saturday afternoon, 4th March.Timetable:
2pm-3pm Open Ringing
3pm-3:30pm Service
3:30pm-4pm Tea
4pm Meeting
Tea and the AGM will be in the Victory Rooms, just around the corner from the Church.
There is ample car parking in the Hall Car park.

Advanced Practice
2023-02-17 19:30 - 21:00
February’s advanced practice will be held on Friday 17th, 7.30 to 9.00 pm at Hungerford.The Standard Eight will be on the menu, plus the usual favourites; Double Norwich, Stedman etc.
Apart from that, nothing new has been requested, so December’s feature method will remain – Lessness Surprise Major.

Branch Practice
2023-02-03 19:30 - 21:00
The next first-Friday practice is at Yattendon, with suggested methods of Plain Bob Doubles, Plain Bob Minor, Grandsire Doubles and Grandsire Minor, plus plain hunt, rounds and call changes, and anything else the assembled ringers want to ring.

Advanced Practice [CANCELLED]
2023-01-20 19:30 - 21:00
The Advanced Branch Practice, planned to be held at Lambourn on Friday 20th January, is cancelled.The next Advanced Practice is scheduled for Hungerford on Friday 17th February. Further details nearer the time.

Branch Practice
2023-01-06 07:30 - 21:00
The first Branch practice of 2023 will be at Lambourn.Taking up the suggestions in the Ringing World, we will try whole-pull and stand, whole-pull plain hunt (on 7 and possibly 8). We will also try Duffield, if possible. And, of course, our favourite Triples methods.
The bells were re-hung last year so come and help make a joyful sound in Lambourn.

Advanced Practice
2022-12-16 19:30 - 21:00
December’s advanced practice will be at Highclere on 16th December. All the usual methods will be on offer (Plain, Little, Treble Bob, Stedman, Standard 8) and a request has been received for Lessness S Major as a special method.

Branch Practice
2022-12-02 19:30 - 21:00
The December Branch practice is at Great Shefford. Methods include Barsham Treble Place Doubles, London Surprise Minor and Methusalah.

Practice session for Branch Ten Bell Striking Competition
2022-11-26 09:00 - 11:00
This will be a practice session for the Branch Ten Bell Striking Competition team, prior to the actual event at Shrivenham that afternoon.

Wedding Ringing
2022-11-19 14:40 - 15:00
2pm wedding.Band – AndrewC-M, Ian, Martin, Eleanor, David, JuliaH, Sue, ChrisP.
The clock bells will have been left up at the end of the Advanced Practice on the evening of Friday 18th November.

Advanced Practice
2022-11-18 19:30 - 21:00, 2022-10-21 19:30 - 21:00, 2022-07-15 19:30 - 21:00, 2022-06-17 19:30 - 21:00
There will be an Advanced Practice (formerly the Surprise Practice) on the third Friday of each month from 7:30pm to 9pm. The practice will include methods such as Stedman, Little Bob, Kent, Oxford and Double Norwich, as well as the previous Standard eight surprise and special methods. We will try to include whatever people would like to ring in the more advanced field and if there are special requests, please let Mike Hopkins Till know.

Branch Advanced Practice
2022-11-18 19:30 - 21:00
Newbury Tower will be hosting the Branch Advanced Practice (formerly the Surprise Practice) on Friday 18th November from 7:30pm to 9pm.Attending keyholder – Martin.

Branch Practice
2022-11-04 19:30 - 21:00
November’s Branch practice will be held at Speen on Friday 4th November, 7.30 to 9.00 pm. All Saints Doubles, Plain and Little Bob Minor, Beedon Surprise Minor, and any other requests.

Visiting band
2022-10-29 13:45 - 14:30
A different band to the morning’s full peal attempt will be ringing at Newbury Tower for their annual outing from 1:45pm to 2:30pm on Saturday 29th October.Attending keyholder – David/Deb.

Full Peal attempt
2022-10-29 09:00
A visiting band will be attempting a full peal at Newbury Tower starting around 9am on Saturday 29th October.Attending keyholder – Martin.

Branch Practice
2022-10-07 19:30 - 21:00
The October Branch 6-bell practice is to be held at Hampstead Norreys. Special methods Erin Doubles and Norwich Surprise Minor.

[CANCELLED] Advanced Practice
2022-09-16 19:30 - 21:00
The advanced practice planned to be held at Highclere on Friday 16th September is cancelled as a mark of respect during this period of national mourning.

Branch Practice
2022-09-02 19:30 - 21:00
September’s Branch Practice will be held at Compton on Friday 2nd, 7.30 to 9.00 PMSpecial method:
Grandsire doubles with 5th as hunt bell (as opposed to treble). Method rules exactly the same as regular Grandsire, except based on where you pass the 5th. Thus, pass the 5th in 1-2; make thirds and back; pass 5th in 2-3 dodge 4-5 up, etc. The 3 will be the second hunt bell until a call is made.

Advanced Practice
2022-08-19 19:30 - 21:00
August’s Advanced Branch Practice will take place 7.30-9.00 pm on Friday 19th at Thatcham. Methods will be what the assembled band wants to ring. It would be good to try some touches of various methods, should people wish to do so.

Bradfield Ringing Course 2022
2022-08-18 19:30 - 21:00
Newbury Tower will be hosting the Bradfield Ringing Course on the evening of Thursday 18th August.Attending keyholder – Martin.

[TBC] Branch Practice
2022-08-05 07:30 - 21:00

Branch 6-Bell Striking Competition
2022-07-01 19:30 - 21:00
From: The Branch Chairman, Martin Rice.At the Branch AGM we decided to hold a Branch 6-bell Striking Competition this summer. I have booked the bells at St Mary’s, Shaw for the occasion for the evening of Friday, July 1st.
I do hope your tower will enter a band. The rules for entering are that the majority of your band are from your tower and that you ring for about 5 minutes. You can have a few minutes practice immediately before your ‘proper’ ringing, and when you are ready to start, ring two whole-pulls on the treble to alert the judge.
What you ring is up to you, but it is expected that most bands will ring what they would for a Sunday service: probably call-changes or 120 of Grandsire Doubles. The judging will be based on the evenness and pleasantness of the ringing, rather than its complexity.
At the end of the evening we will pick a band to go forward to represent our Branch at the Guild 6-bell competition. This will also be at Shaw, by the way, on Saturday, October 1st. But don’t let that put you off coming to our local event! Come and show what you can do.
Some idea of the number of bands hoping to come would be helpful, if you could let me or Mark know.

Manchester University Guild Outing
2022-06-18 16:15 - 17:15
The Manchester University Guild (ancient members) will be ringing at Newbury Tower from 4:15pm to 5:15pm as part of their outing on Saturday 18th June.Attending keyholder – Deb.
