Peal Weekend 2019

The Society’s annual peal weekend is this weekend (16–17 November). As many members are aware, we have recently received the very sad news of the loss of John Barnes, whose contribution to ringing in general and to the society was truly admirable, not least including his dedicated peal weekend organisation for the last 40 years.

During the summer John elected to stand down from his organisation role for peal weekend in light of his deteriorating health. Tim Forster and Michael Crockett jointly agreed to take over this role and they hope to ensure this event remains a success long into the future.

Michael and Tim are looking to review the list of peal organisers to ensure future correspondence regarding peal weekend is as far reaching and targeted as possible. If you are aware of any organisers who have not been contacted by Michael or Tim regarding peal weekend, or if you would like to be removed from their email list for peal weekend, please let them know.

Instructions for organisers

If you are organising any attempts for peal weekend and have not already advised Tim and Michael of your attempts for peal weekend, please send the details (including the date and tower) to both Tim or Michael as soon as possible so that the Society has an accurate record of all attempts that are taking place this weekend.

Following your attempt, would all organisers please send Michael and Tim, the following details:–

  1. Peal Reports – We try to send all the peals to “The Ringing World” together in one batch. In order to send them in promptly, please submit them to BellBoard together with the composition (see below) and link it to the official event. However please do not submit your peal to The Ringing World, as this will be done as an event write up.

    An event has been set up called “Society of Royal Cumberland Youths — Peal Weekend”. Michael and Tim will need the details of all successful attempts by midnight on Thursday 21 November 2019 at the latest. If for any reason (e.g., illness) you are unable to make that deadline, please let them know and send your report to “The Ringing World” and it will appear in the peal columns with other peals.

    The officers feel that given John’s significant involvement in peal weekend, a fitting tribute would be to dedicate all successful peals this weekend to him. When submitting your peal to BellBoard, please include the following the footnote, or words to this effect, in memory of John:

    “For SRCY peal weekend, and in affectionate memory of John S Barnes.”

  2. Fees – Steepleage is 50 pence per rope and Peal Booking Fee is also 50 pence per rope. That is, £1 per ringer for successful attempts and 50p per ringer for unsuccessful ones should be sent to Michael (as Junior Steward). Please make out cheques to The Society of Royal Cumberland Youths.

    Those of you who pay by credit transfer at a bank should ensure that their name is in the reference and should notify both Michael and our Treasurer, Claire Roulstone. Claire will supply account details should you need them.

    If you do not have internet banking you can take your cheque or cash to a branch of Barclays Bank and pay it into the Society’s account.

  3. Compositions – A publication name and page reference is sufficient, otherwise please send the composition. These should be sent to Michael along with details of your attempt.

As on previous occasions, we are very interested in how you attempt has fared and will place the results of the weekend on the Society’s website. Please let send through the details of those taking part in an attempt that fails, as we need these for statistics produced on the website and for recording steepleage. Thank you for taking part in this year’s peal weekend.