St Mary Redcliffe Church - A Year at Redcliffe
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Service Ringing<br />
Sunday ringing has been well supported once again and we were pleased to be able to ring for<br />
almost all Sunday and special services. Once a month, the Sunday morning ringing is<br />
organised to include the most able ringers from both our guild and other city towers, in<br />
order to give the best Bristol ringers a chance to ring together.<br />
Practice Nights<br />
Our Thursday night practices continue to be busy. We ring from 7pm to 9pm each week and have<br />
rung Avon Delight Maximus, Newg<strong>at</strong>e Surprise Maximus, Bristol Surprise Maximus, Spliced<br />
Surprise Maximus and Erin Cinques in the past year to name but a few of our methods.<br />
Peal and Quarter Peals<br />
In total twenty one quarter peals, each lasting about an hour, have been rung on the bells. These<br />
give guild members a chance to ring for a longer, unbroken period of time and so help to improve<br />
their overall standard of ringing. Five full peals, each lasting about four hours, have also been rung<br />
on the bells this year.<br />
<strong>St</strong>riking Competitions<br />
The <strong>Redcliffe</strong> band represented the Bristol branch of the Gloucester and Bristol in the six bell<br />
striking competition held in the Cheltenham branch and were placed first!<br />
<strong>Redcliffe</strong> were placed third in the Bristol six bell striking competition held <strong>at</strong> Pip ’n’ Jay. Bristol<br />
also entered a team in the N<strong>at</strong>ional Twelve Bell <strong>St</strong>riking Competition; six members of the team of<br />
twelve were <strong>Redcliffe</strong> ringers. The final was held <strong>at</strong> Aston, Birmingham. This competition is the<br />
most prestigious in the ringing community and the team from Bristol were placed second.<br />
<strong>Redcliffe</strong> Ringing Outing<br />
A very successful outing was held in September to the Hereford area and we had the privilege of<br />
ringing <strong>at</strong> Hereford C<strong>at</strong>hedral and Malvern Priory as well as 3 other churches in th<strong>at</strong> area.<br />
Tower Tours<br />
Once again, the doors open event was a big day for the ringers. The tower was packed with visitors<br />
all day long. Visits to look <strong>at</strong> the bells, chiming and ringing demonstr<strong>at</strong>ions were all very well<br />
received. Approxim<strong>at</strong>ely 350 people visited the bell chamber.<br />
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