Devon Association of Ringers - News & Events
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North and South Devon 6 bell qualifying rounds
This Saturday the 12th May is the North And South Devon qualifying rounds. They are being held at Welcombe in North Devon and at Sheepstor in South Devon.
Both sets of bells should make for interesting qualifying rounds. Top 5 teams in each competition qualify for the Major 6 bell Final and the teams that finish from 6 to 10 will compete at the Minor 6 bell final.
The weights of the bells at Welcombe are as follows:
treble: 2-3-15
2nd: 3-1-5
3rd: 3-2-7
4th: 4-0-2
5th: 5-0-23
tenor: 7-0-17 in B
Weights of the bells at Sheepstor:
treble: 4-0-24
2nd: 3-3-21
3rd: 4-0-0
4th: 4-1-9
5th: 4-3-24
tenor: 6-2-19 in A
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Devon 8 bell Final @ Chittlehampton on 28th April 2012
This Saturday 28th April is the Devon Association 8 bell Final.
This year's event takes place at the beautiful parish church of St Hieritha, Chittlehampton in North Devon.
The octave have a fine tone but are a challenging peal, the bells should make for a very competitive Final.
The bells of St Hieritha
Treble: 4-0-26
Second: 4-0-19
Third: 5-0-18
Fourth: 5-3-1
Fifth: 6-2-15
Sixth: 8-1-6
Seventh: 9-1-3
Tenor: 13-0-15 in F#
Good luck to all those teams entering.
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Inter-Deanery competition @ Cheriton Bishop 21/04/2012
This year's Inter-Deanery competition takes place at the Parish Church of St Mary, Cheriton Bishop.
The bells are very much a challenge but can be rung.
Bells weight's are as follows:
Treble: 5 1/2 cwt
Second: 5 3/4 cwt
Third: 6 1/4 cwt
Fourth: 7 1/4 cwt
Fifth: 9 cwt
Tenor: 14 cwt in F
Good luck to all teams.
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Throwleigh & Ide Competition 14/04/2012
This Saturday, 14th April is the start of the new ringing season.
Two events take place one at Throwleigh and the other at Ide.
Throwleigh bells:
treble: 3-2-19
second: 4-1-1
third: 4-1-22
fourth: 4-1-16
fifth: 6-2-3
tenor: 8-1 24 in Ab
A good ring of six which go well and sound good having undergone restoration by Gillett & Johnston in 1935. Gillett & Johnston also re-cast the treble, fourth and fifth bells.
Ide bells:
treble: 3-2-3
second: 3-3-2
third: 4-0-21
fourth: 4-3-8
fifth: 6-0-18
tenor: 7-0-18 in Ab
Ide bells go well having undergone some restoration in 2005 when new steel headtsocks were fitted to replace the old elm headstocks.
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Stoke Canon bells finally ringable again
After 4 years of silence the bells of Stoke Canon are now finally ringable again.
After a lengthy resoration project which included replacing the original treble and 5th bells and re-casting the original 2nd with new ones cast by The Whitechapel Bell Foundry.
During the restoration it was also found that the 3rd bell, which was of poor tone, needed to be replaced and a bell was found via the Keltek Trust. The new 3rd bell for Stoke Canon originally formed part of a chime of 8 at St Mary, Highfield Street in Liverpool, the bell was cast by John Taylor & Co of Loughborough in 1952.
The bells of Stoke Canon
Treble: 4-0-6 in E
Second: 4-1-16 in D
Third: 5-1-25 in C
Fourth: 6-0-7 in B
Fifth: 7-3-3 in A
Tenor: 9-3-19 in G 39.63" dia
You can also listen to the bells being rung to call changes for the first time on 29th March by going on to "You Tube" and typing in the search field "Stoke Canon Bells". The bells sound excellent and it is brilliant to see another Devon tower ringable again.
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Change to Minor Final Venue and Rules Clarification
Due to an error on the side of the officers at the AGM we cannot enforce the team list rule, but we hope teams will still comply to enable us to police the existing rules more closely. Teams will still be allowed to borrow ringers at short notice as the rules allow - please inform the relevant Assistant Secretary on the day before the draw if this applies.
Also, due to unforeseen urgent repairs to the tower at Thurlestone the Minor Final will no longer be held at this location. Arrangements have been made to hold this event at Broadhempston, the date and time remain the same (2pm on May 26th 2012).
The officers would like to apologise for any confusion and inconvenience caused, and would also like to thank Julia and her team at Broadhempston for stepping at short notice. -
Okehampton Deanery Annual Meeting.
On Friday 16th March the Okehampton Deanery held its annual meeting at the Church House South Tawton. Ten towers were represented.
Officers elected were Chairman, Chris Clayton. Secretary, Karen Squire. Treasurer, Julia Endacott.
The Secretary read the minutes and after the Chairman had reported and thanked Lydford for running a very successful competition last year, the Treasurer declared a healthy balance sheet.
Most of the meeting was taken up discussing what to do about the annual competition which is held on the first Sat in June and which this year is the Jubilee Day.
After much discussion a vote was taken to defer this years competition, as moving it to a fresh date was not an easy option.
The meeting closed with prayers at 8pm.
CC.
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Throwleigh & Ide Competition 14/04/2011
Any teams wishing to enter the Throwleigh and Ide 6 bell competition's are asked to contact Dave Hatton at Throwleigh & Simon Tucker at Ide to register their tower and to book a time, tea's are available at both churches, they both welcome new teams whether you are experienced or not.
Tenor at Throwleigh weighs 8-1-24 in Ab and the Tenor at Ide weighs 7-0-18 in Ab.
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Mid Week Ringkly Ringers meeting for March 2012
The Ringkly Ringers will meet on 14 March (2nd Wednesday of the month) to ring at East Portlemouth from 10:30am when light refreshments will be available. A pub lunch has been organised. The afternoon ring will be at Sherford.
Harry Bardens will be the contact for this meeting.
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Devon Association 6 bell South Qualifier
Association South Quaulifier is being held at the parish church of St Leonard, Sheepstor on Saturday 12th May 2012.
The ring of 6 bells have recently been re-hung and re-tuned by Nicholson Engineering and the Whitechapel Bell foundry respectively. The bells weights are as follows:
Treble: 4-0-24
2nd: 3-3-21
3rd: 4-0-0
4th: 4-1-9
5th: 4-3-24
Tenor 6-2-19 in A
Please be aware that the tower closes for practices 2 weeks prior to the competition taking place. And you are expected to be at the church by 2pm on the day of the event.
I do hope that more towers will come forward for this event this year.
Good luck to all those that enter.
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Ide Competition to be held on 14 April 2012
The Ide competition this year is to be held on 14 April 2012.
Invitations will be issued, however, should you not receive one, please do not hesitate to contact Simon Tucker.
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Mid Week Ringkly Ringers meeting for February 2012
The Mid Week (Ringkly) Ringers Meeting for February 2012 will be on Wednesday 8 February (2nd Wednesday) at
Holcombe Burnell from 10:30
Roast Lunch at the Red Lion
Whitestone after Lunch
Organiser is John Moody.
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Devon Association Novice Competition 2012
The 2012 competition will be staged at Rewe parish church on Saturday 10th March. This is a ground floor ring of six bells where the tenor weighs approx 9¼ cwt. Two sections will be run: 1. Round ringing, and 2. Call Change ringing.
Rules
- The aim of this event is to encourage and have fun. These rules are a guide with the main theme concentrating on the spirit of the competition – the competition secretary reserves the right to disqualify any teams seen to be abusing the nature of this NOVICE event.
- Teams should consist of 6 ringers who are regular service ringers for that tower.
- Where a tower wishes to enter two teams it is suggested that there should be at least 10 ringers.
- Teams may borrow one ringer, but they are not to ring the treble or tenor.
- This competition will involve top ringing only: there will be no raising and lowering
- No practice will be allowed at the tower after the Association AGM in the previous November
- The judge's decision will be final.
- Certificates will be awarded to all competing teams.
- Entry fee of £3.00 per team, payable on the competition day.
- Non affiliated teams to the Association are invited to affiliate on the day.
Click below for further details
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Former Secretary, Jereme Darke, involved in an accident
On 9 January 2012 Jereme Darke, Secretary of the Devon Association up to 2011, was involved in a accident on a farm and suffered critical head injuries when a cow kicked a gate. Jereme was taken to Frenchay hospital, Bristol and has had two operations. Further information will be provided in due course.
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A new invitation competition
A new 8 bell invitation competition is being proposed by Widecombe in the Moor. The intention is to have the faults from two towers, Widecombe in the Moor and Buckland in the Moor, added together to find the final result. The team with the least overall faults wins the Pascoe Memorial Cup for that year.
Some rules below are being proposed and Mike Pascoe is open to ideas and asks for suggestions.
This will be an invitation competition and time slots allocated.
The teams must represents a ringing tower. There is no restriction on the number of bells in the tower that is to be represented. For example, teams from towers with 5 or 6 bells will be eligible to enter.
Ringers will only be able to ring once, at each tower. This is to encourage as many ringers as is possible to have the opportunity to ring in the competition.
The peal to be rung will be as rung for the Devon Association 8 Bell competition including a rise and fall and ringing shall last for at least 20 minutes.
The competition is to be held annually and for 2012 the proposal is 24 March. The competition is to be held in the afternoon and not expected to last into the evening. Refreshements will be available.
The above rules are proposals at this stage, and any teams interested, and any comments, please contact Mike Pascoe by email or telephone. You can also contact him from this website, go to homepage>Tower Information.
