Quarter peals in 2017

1260 Grandsire Doubles

1 Pam Wakeling

2 Alison Daniels

3 Margaret Skinner

4 Kay Lucas

5 Betty Baines (C)

6 Helen Lewis

First Quarter of Grandsire Doubles for 3. Rung by a Ladies' Guild band for Christmas

1260 St Nicholas Bob Doubles

1 Sue Stephens

2 Wendy Godden

3 Valerie Banwell

4 Helen Webb

5 Janet Garnett (C)

6 Vanessa E Webster

Rung by members of the Ladies Guild on the 60th anniversary of the death of Dorothy L Sayers, at Witham where she lived from 1929 - 1957, in celebration of her life. Also in memory of Bernard Palmer of Witham, an enthusiastic supporter of the Dorothy L Sayers Society. A short file made for the Dorothy L Sayers Society which includes the start of the quarter peal is here.

1260 St Nicholas Bob Doubles

1 Polly Osborne

2 Julie Hodkin

3 Patricia Davidson (C)

4 Elizabeth Davey

5 Judith Williamson

6 Mary Melbourne

Rung on the Patronal Feastday of St Nicholas by members of the Southern District, Ladies Guild.

1260 Doubles (600 of St. Nicholas Bob and 660 of Reverse Canterbury Pleasure Place)

1 Angela Packer

2 Sue McCouaig

3 Sylvie Fawcett

4 Kay Lucas

5 Betty Baines (C)

6 Helen Lewis

Rung by a Ladies Guild band on St. Nicholas Day, remembering Nicolas Risler, who died at Easter this year

1260 Plain Bob Doubles

1 Elizabeth A Smith

2 Alison Varney

3 Sarah Thomas

4 Margaret Ingman

5 Susan Bacon (C)

6 Chris Cooke

First quarter as conductor. Rung to celebrate the 70th wedding anniversary of HM The Queen and HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Rung by the South Midlands District of the Ladies Guild; Karen Colvin wishes to be associated with this quarter.

1260 Double Oxford Bob Minor

1 Rona Sporle

2 Claire Willetts

3 Ann-M Webb

4  Betty Baines

5 Kay Lucas

6 Katie Wright (C)

First in method for 2. Rung by a Ladies Guild band

1320 Cambridge Surprise Minor

1 Kay Lucas

2 Ann-M Webb

3 Claire Willetts

4 Rona Sporle

5 Betty Baines

6 Katie Wright (C)

Rung by a Ladies Guild band

Gislingham, Suffolk, St Mary in 42 minutes (14–1–23 in E)

1260 Grandsire Doubles

1 Ann-M Webb

2 Katie Wright

3 Kay Lucas

4 Zoe Wright

5 Betty Baines (C)

6 Jane Palmer

First in method for 4. Rung half muffled for Armistice Day by a Ladies Guild band.

Tendring, Essex, St Edmund King and Martyr in 48 mins (6–2–17)

1260 Doubles (2m: 660 Grandsire, 600 Plain Bob)

1 Margaret Roberts

2 Vicky De-Vries

3 Wendy Godden (C)

4 Lynda Lee

5 Valerie Banwell

6 Jo Elliott

Rung half-muffled by members of the Eastern District on Armistice Day. To mark the centenary of the sacrifice made by the servicemen of Tendring who gave their lives in 1917. Also a 'get-well' wish to Evelyn Reeve who was to have rung in this quarter.

1260 Doubles (5 Methods) Reverse Canterbury, St Simon's, St Martin's, Eynesbury, Plain Bob

1 Jeannine Roe

2 Ann-M Webb

3 Caroline Ellis

4 Betty Baines

5 Katie Wright (C)

6 Rona Sporle

Rung by a Ladies’ Guild band

Chevening, Kent, St Botolph in 48 mins

1320 Cambridge Surprise Minor

1 Julie McDonnell

2 Clare Bellis (C)

3 Elizabeth M Shearman

4 Maureen A Poole

5 Dorothe Steidinger

6 William N Evans

For Strike Back Against Blood Cancer. Rung with the help of an associated Laddie.

1260 Plain Bob Doubles

1 Angela Packer

2 Margaret Skinner

3 Zoe Wright

4 Sylvie Fawcett

5 Betty Baines (C)

6 Helen Lewis

First quarter peal for Ladies Guild for 2 and 6. Rung in memory of Pamela Mitchell (friend of 1). R.I.P.

1260 Plain Bob Minor

1 June Buffery

2 Polly Osborne

3 Carol Higgins

4 Sally Jenkins

5 Judith Williamson (C)

6 Patricia Davidson

Rung to celebrate the enthronement of The Right Reverend June Osborne, the former Dean of Salisbury, as Bishop of Llandaff in Llandaff Cathedral today. Also for the Bicentenary of the death of Jane Austen. First Minor, 1. Rung by members from the Ladies Guild, Southern District.

1260 Plain Bob Minor

1 Zoe Wright

2 Carmen Wright

3 Sylvie Fawcett

4 Ann-M Webb

5 Betty Baines

6 Katie Wright (C)

First inside to minor for 2. Rung by a Ladies Guild band to congratulate Carmen Wright on winning the Dorothy L. Sayers award and for reaching Grade 5 on the "Learning the Ropes" scheme.

1260 Plain Bob Doubles

1 Bo Hollingshurst

2 Margaret Ingman

3 Heather Bletchly

4 Chris Cooke

5 Elizabeth A Smith (C)

6 Pam M Bailey

Rung by the South Midlands District of the Ladies Guild

1320 Norwich Surprise Minor

1 Anne Bridge

2 Andrea Alderton

3 Ann-M Webb (C)

4 Janet Garnett

5 Lesley Steed

6 Katie Wright

1260 St Simon's Bob Triples  (Composed by C Adams) 

1 Anne E Pettifor

2 Elizabeth G Turner

3 Donna Jones

4 Christine Silkstone

5 Celia Hughes-D'Aeth

6 Dawn R Neville

7 Jane Lynch (C)

8 Viv Clayton

First in method for all except 5.

East Tytherley, Hampshire  St Peter  (14–1–5 in F♯)

1260 Plain Bob Triples

1 Carol Higgins

2 Sally Jenkins (C)

3 Louise A Gay

4 Patricia M Davidson

5 Rosemary Rogers

6 Judith Williamson

7 Christine R Hill

8 Nicki Tinkler

1st of triples - 1

Hursley, Hampshire All Saints (13–3–26 in F♯)

1264 Plain Bob Major

1 Judith Williamson

2 Maureen J Hanney

3 Valerie Williams

4 Polly Osborne

5 Mary Melbourne

6 Patricia M Davidson

7 Teresa Brown

8 Christine R Hill (C)

Lockerley, Hampshire, St John (12–1–15 in G)

1260 Doubles (1140 Plain Bob, 120 April Day)

1 Judith Williamson

2 Louise A Gay

3 Carol Higgins

4 Sally Jenkins

5 Christine R Hill (C)

6 Rosemary Rogers

Old Alresford, Hampshire St Mary (10–0–9 in G)

1260 Plain Bob Doubles

1 Maureen J Hanney

2 Wendy Ling

3 Christine Wright

4 Polly Osborne (C)

5 Michelle Day

6 Jenny Watson

Sparsholt, Hampshire St Stephen (7–1–20 in A)

1260 Plain Bob Minor

1 Nicki Tinkler

2 Maureen J Hanney

3 Polly Osborne

4 Rosemary Rogers (C)

5 Jenny Watson

6 Judith Williamson

All rung by Southern District members as part of Quarter Peal Day.

1260 Doubles (240 each of Grandsire, Reverse Canterbury Pleasure Bob, St. Simon's and St. Martin's and 300 of Plain Bob)

1 Briony Davies

2 Chris Davies

3 Yvonne Lowe

4 Kay Lucas

5 Betty Baines (C)

6 David Lowe

Most methods rung in a quarter for 2 and 3. Rung to celebrate the birth of Elizabeth (Lily) Sylvia, born 23rd March 2017, a second grandchild for 4.

1260 Mixed Doubles (4m: 240 each St Simon's & St Martin's, 360 Plain Bob, 420 Grandsire)

1 Kath Gorrod 

2 Claire Willetts 

3 JoAnne Rutter 

4 Betty Baines 

5 Janet Garnett (C)

6 Jane Palmer 

Rung by members of the Eastern District of the Ladies Guild. 1st quarter for the Ladies Guild: 2.

Monday, 3 April 2017 (9½ in A♭)

1260 Plain Bob Minor

1 Carmen Wright

2 Sylvie Fawcett

3 Ann-M Webb

4 Zoe Wright

5 Betty Baines (C)

6 David Webb

First of Minor for 1, First of Minor inside for 4 and attained Grade 5, 50th quarter this year for 6. Rung by a Ladies Guild band plus a friend.

1260 Grandsire Doubles

1 Bobbie Fairclough

2 Elizabeth M Shearman

3 Margaret Funnell (C)

4 Julie McDonnell

5 Helen Webb (C)

6 Barbara Randall

Rung open in celebration of the life of Freda Cannon, former President of the Guild and former Vice President of the Kent District, who passed away 14th January 2017.

1260 Doubles (360 each of St. Simon's and St. Martin's and 540 of Plain Bob)

1 Jane Grandfield

2 Carmen Wright

3 Sylvie Fawcett

4 Zoe Wright

5 Betty Baines (C)

6 Jane Palmer

Rung by a Ladies Guild band. First in 3 methods for 2 and 4. Congratulations to Zoe Wright for completing her degree in "Early Years".

1260 Mixed Doubles  in 40min (15–1–4 in F♯) (660 Grandsire Doubles, 600 Plain Bob Doubles)

1 Margaret Funnell

2 Elizabeth M Shearman

3 Lesley Barclay (C)

4 Sue Cameron

5 Helen Webb (C)

6 Isabel M Pearce

Rung open in celebration of the life of Freda Cannon, former Vice-President of the Kent District, and former President of the Guild

1260 Reverse Canterbury Pleasure Place Doubles  (9½ in A♭)

1 Kath Gorrod

2 Carmen Wright

3 Sylvie Fawcett

4 Zoe Wright

5 Betty Baines (C)

6 Jane Palmer

Rung by an Eastern District Ladies Guild band. First in method for 2, 3 and 4

1260 Plain Bob Doubles in 46mins (11–2–15 in F♯) with 768 cover

1 Carolyn Dawson (Western)

2 Lorna E Swan (Western)

3 Brenda Barton (South Eastern)

4 Isabel M Pearce (South Eastern)

5 Janet K Wyatt (Western) (C)

6 Chris Goldsmith (South Eastern)

7 Helen Webb (South Eastern)

8 Debra Say (South Eastern)

Rung open in celebration of the life of Freda Cannon, former President of the Guild, who was called home to rest on 14th January 2017, and whose funeral service is being held this afternoon at St Alfege, Greenwich

1260 Reverse Canterbury Pleasure Place Doubles

1 Jeannine Roe

2 Gale Hodgkinson

3 Jane Palmer

4 Ann-M Webb

5 Betty Baines (C)

6 Rona Sporle

Rung by a Ladies Guild band in memory of Freda Cannon, who was a former Ladies Guild President. First in method for 2 and 3

1260 Doubles (3m: 240 Reverse Canterbury, 360 Grandsire, 660 Plain Bob)

1 Carol Higgins

2 Polly Osborne

3 Nicki Tinkler

4 Patricia Davidson (C)

5 Judith Williamson

6 Elizabeth Davey

150th Q together 4 and 5. Rung by members of the Southern District following the February Lunch meeting

1296 Plain Bob Caters

1  Val Williams (Southern)

2  Mary Gilbert (Western)

3  Elaine Wilkinson (Marches)

4  Sally Jenkins (Southern)

5  Lorna E Swan (Western)

6  Janet Garnett (Eastern) (C)

7  Teresa Brown (Southern)

8  Maureen A Poole (South Eastern)

9  Janet K Wyatt (Western)

10 Vanessa E Webster (Eastern)

First quarter peal on ten: 2

1259 Grandsire Caters

1  Rosemary Cox (South Eastern)

2  Chris Hickey (Western)

3  Vanessa E Webster (Eastern)

4  Lorna E Swan (Western)

5  Susan B Roderick (South Midlands)

6  Tosh Arscott (Western)

7  Christine R Hill (Southern) (C)

8  Janet Garnett (Eastern)

9  Maureen A Poole (South Eastern)

10 Helen Webb (South Eastern)

1296 Plain Bob Caters

1  Isabel M Pearce (South Eastern)

2  Ruth Groves (Central)

3  Jenny Instone (Central)

4  Rosemary K Tuhey (Western)

5  Rosemary E Hill (Southern) (C)

6  Tiffy Lynch (South Eastern)

7  Jeffrey D Simcox

8  Peter W Hill

9  Christine R Hill (Southern)

10 Dawn R Neville (North Western)

1260 Plain Bob Doubles

1 Zoe Wright

2 Sylvie Fawcett

3 Carmen Wright

4 Kay Lucas

5 Betty Baines (C)

6 Jane Palmer

First quarter inside for 3. Rung by an Eastern District Ladies Guild Band

1260 Plain Bob Doubles

1 Marion Squier

2 Wendy Godden

3 Yvonne Lowe

4 Kay Lucas

5 Janet Garnett (C)

6 Charmane May

1st as cover: 6. Rung by members of the Ladies Guild, Eastern District in memory of Felicity Webster.

1260 Plain Bob Doubles

1 Carmen Wright

2 Sylvie Fawcett

3 Jane Grandfield

4 Zoe Wright

5 Betty Baines (C)

6 Jane Palmer

First quarter inside for 4. Rung by an Eastern District Ladies Guild Band

1260 Mixed Doubles (4m: 240 each St Simon's and Plain Bob, 360 St Martin's Bob, 420 Grandsire)

1 Lyn Clackson

2 Sue Ellis

3 Jackie Latham

4 Janet Garnett

5 Catherine Richardson

6 JoAnne Rutter

Jointly conducted by 2, 3, 4 and 5. In memory of our dear friend, and member of the Ladies Guild, Felicity Webster, died 05/12/2016. AnneMarie Adams, Linda Bullough and Vanessa Webster wish to be associated with this quarter.