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                       2^nd      39 faults

Merstham                 6^th       103 “

Kingston                    1^st       20 “

Newdigate                8^th       126 “

Dorking                      5^th       64 “

Croydon                    3^rd       56 “

Benhilton                  7^th       116 “

Caterham St J          4^th       62 “

8 bell contest:

Croydon                    2^nd      58 “

Kingston                    1^st       55 “

Caterham and

Merstham                 3^rd       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
http://bb.ringingworld.co.uk/view.php?id=1168268

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)

Here is our programme for ringing during December.  All ringing will be at normal times on Wednesdays and Sundays unless shown otherwise here.  In particular please note we will be having our usual practice on Wednesday 28 December and usual morning and evening ringing on Sunday 1 January:

Wednesday 14 December: No practice due to carol service.

Sunday 18 December: Evening ringing is from 3.45 pm to 4.30 pm due to early carol service.

Saturday 24 December:  Ringing from 10.15 pm to 11 pm for midnight mass.

Sunday 25 December: Normal morning ringing.  No evening ringing.

Saturday 31 December:  Ringing in the New Year.  Meet at the church at 11.45 pm after earlier party.  Get in touch if you would like to come to that.