The 1st Tuesday of every month is the Surrey Association Open 10 & 12 Bell Practice, held at Croydon Minster. This practice is designed to cater for those wanting to build up their experience of ringing on Higher Numbers. Rounds on 12, Plain Hunt on 9/11 are always featured. Grandsire & Stedman Caters is also common. If numbers permit we also ring Cinques.   

Meet at West Door for 19:30.

Parking available outside the Church, plenty of Bus/Tram access from East & West Croydon stations, closest tram stops are Church Street and Reeves Corner 

Owen Toller will lead this course helping you to ring a plain course of Plain Bob Doubles.

The event will be at St Mary the Virgin, Mortlake.  It is advisable to use public transportto get to this event.

Students should be able to:

• Confidently and competently handle a bell
• Make long and short places
• Dodge up
• Dodge Down 
• Plain hunt on 5 from any start bell

As with all training sessions there is a small fee of £5.

Please book via MemberMojo @ https://membermojo.co.uk/surreybellringers/store

Helpers

All courses need the support of competent ringers so please, if you can ring PBd then check-out as a helper for this course via the same MemberMojo link.

Southern District Surprise Major Practice (2nd Saturday of the month). This month we are ringing on 10-bells and will focus on Grandsire and Stedman Caters, Little Bob Royal and Cambridge Royal - no major! 

All welcome but please let Noel Gibbin know if you are planning on attending.

Please note venues will be moving around the District from month to month.

The Assocation Call Change Competition will be held on Saturday 12th July at St Michael, Betchworth

Judge: Jackie Roberts from Guildford Guild

We will be ringing rounds, call changes, plain hunt and methods to suit whoever comes.

Everyone welcome!

A relaxed practice for ringers who want to call doubles or minor methods. Beginner, improver and expert callers are all welcome.

This month the practice is at St Giles, Ashtead

There will be NO 8-bell method practice in July 2025 due to planned rope maintenance at East Molesey.

See you all in August!

Open practice for 12 bell ringing

Methods rung:

Stedman Cinques

Cambridge, Yorkshire, Bristol and Zanussi Max

PLEASE contact me if new to the group and would like to attend

Caroline 

A monthly Saturday morning district practice open to all.

Ringing for all abilities as long as you are able to safely handle a bell, from rounds and changes up.

An advanced 6 bell practice of plain and surprise and minor methods.

Regular surprise methods are Cambridge, Norwich, London and Carlisle and Touches and Spliced Plain and Little Bob, St Clements and Double Oxford Minor.

Minimum ringing level to ring Cambridge from any place bell.