Farnborough, Greater London
St Giles
Friday, 27 December 2019 in 2hrs 22mins (2-2-26 in E)
5040 Surprise Minor
7 methods: One extent each of Bourne, York, Durham, Norwich, Beverley, Surfleet and Cambridge.

1. Nicholas J Wilkins
2. J Richard Anthony
3. Jacqueline M Barlow
4. Anne M Anthony
5. Peter J Blight
6. Paul J Flavell (C)

Celebrating the life of John S Barnes, long standing resident of this parish.

Backwell, Somerset
St Andrew
Saturday, 28 December 2019 in 3hrs 6mins (17-3-9 in Eb)
5000 Bristol Surprise Royal
Composed by George H Campling

1. Anthony M Bulteel
2. Jennifer R Sparling
3. Hilary A Beresford
4. Rebecca J Cox
5. Anthony J Cox
6. Alison E Leach
7. Ian R Fielding
8. Donald B Carter
9. Ian Roulstone (C)
10. Claire F Roulstone

First peal of Bristol Royal on the bells.

Twyford, Hampshire
St Mary
Sunday, 29 December 2019 in 2hrs 49mins (10-3-17 in G)
5088 London Surprise Major
Composed by Stephen J Ivin

1. Margaret H Ross
2. Beryl R Norris
3. David G Pearson
4. Felicity S Warwick
5. David C Bath
6. David A Warwick (C)
7. Adam S Greenley
8. Claire F Roulstone

First of London on the bells.

Basingstoke, Hampshire
All Saints
Saturday, 4 January 2020 in 2hrs 56mins (11-0-6 in F)
5082 Sgurr A'Chaorachain Surprise Royal
Composed by Robert W Lee

1. Angela M Athawes
2. Daniel J Page
3. June D Wells
4. Beryl R Norris
5. Margaret H Ross
6. Katharine J Firman
7. Timothy R Forster
8. Jack E Page (C)
9. Joanna E Knight
10. Douglas J Beaumont

Betchworth, Surrey
St Michael and All Angels
Saturday, 4 January 2020 in 2hrs 50mins (11-0-10 in Ab)
5088 Ely Surprise Major
Composed by Benjamin D Constant

1. Adam S Greenley
2. Paul A Cammiade
3. Anne L Rueff
4. David C Bath
5. Shirley E McGill
6. Daniel R Jarvis
7. Richard L Thumwood
8. Benjamin D Constant (C)

500th peal: 4.

Ipswich, Suffolk
St Mary le Tower
Saturday, 18 January 2020 in 3hrs 30mins (34-3-6 in Db)
5021 Stedman Cinques
Composed by Mark R Eccleston

1. Shirley E McGill
2. Sally A Brown
3. Michael R Crockett
4. Linda M Garton
5. Benjamin F Ricketts
6. Daniel J Page
7. John P Loveless
8. Benjamin D Constant
9. Jack E Page (C)
10. Nicholas M W Haggett
11. Thomas B Mack
12. Adam S Greenley

Birthday compliments to the tenor ringe

Salford, Lancashire
Sacred Trinity
Saturday, 18 January 2020 in 2hrs 41mins (11-2-17 in G)
5024 Lessness Surprise Major
Composed by Donald F Morrison

1. Carol A Marchbank
2. Elizabeth A Hibbert
3. Katherine A Hinchliffe
4. B Haley Barnett
5. Andrew C D Mayes
6. Daniel R Jarvis
7. Stephen R Aldridge (C)
8. Mungo B Stacy

A ‘re-run’ of an attempt originally organised for the 2019 society peal weekend with an all North-West-based band. Rung in affectionate memory of John S Barnes, long-time organiser of the society’s peal weekend.
First Major as conductor, and first as conductor for the society.

Clifton, Bedfordshire
All Saints
Wednesday, 22 January 2020 in 2hrs 53mins (10-0-6 in Ab)
5152 Spliced Surprise Major
Composed by Norman Smith
23 methods: 224 changes each of Ashtead, Bristol, Cambridge, Cassiobury, Cornwall, Cray, Double Dublin, Glasgow, Ipswich, Jersey, Lincolnshire, Lindum, London, Preston, Pudsey, Rutland, Superlative, Tavistock, Uxbridge, Watford, Wembley, Whaley and Yorkshire. 160 changes of method, all the work.

1. Rosalind J Burrough
2. Shirley E McGill
3. Simon A Rudd (C)
4. Philippa M Whittington
5. Frank W Rivett
6. Ian G Campbell
7. Alan Regin
8. Claire F Roulstone

With best wishes to Amanda Richmond for a speedy recovery.

Reading, Berkshire
26 Redlands Road
Friday, 31 January 2020 in 2hrs 19mins (12 in F)
5088 Bristol Surprise Major
Composed by Donald F Morrison

1. 1–2Luke G Groom
2. 3–4Jack E Page (C)
3. 5–6Daniel J Page
4. 7–8Jimmy L Yeoman

First Surprise Major on handbells: 1-2.

Bermondsey, Greater London
St James
Saturday, 1 February 2020 in 2hrs 57mins (14-1-15 in F#)
5056 Medway Surprise Major
Composed by Benjamin D Constant

1. Michael H D O'Callaghan
2. John J Ford
3. Timothy R Forster
4. Joseph E T Waters
5. David C Bath
6. Ian G Mills
7. Peter W Emery
8. Benjamin D Constant (C)

For SRCY “Not the Dinner Day”.

Holborn, Greater London
St Giles in the Fields
Saturday, 1 February 2020 in 2hrs 52mins (14-0-16 in F)
5040 Stedman Triples
Composed by Alan S Burbidge

1. Shirley E McGill
2. Anne M Anthony
3. Peter J Blight
4. Joseph E T Waters
5. Daniel R Jarvis
6. Jack E Page (C)
7. Martin J Bright
8. Barry D Mack

For Society 'Not the Dinner' Day.

Shoreditch, Greater London
St Leonard
Saturday, 1 February 2020 in 3hrs 26mins (25-1-11 in Eb)
5136 Bristol Surprise Maximus
Composed by Alan G Reading

1. Joanna K Dorling
2. Shirley E McGill
3. Elizabeth A Hibbert
4. Jimmy L Yeoman
5. Claire F Roulstone
6. Daniel J Page
7. Daniel R Jarvis
8. Luke G Groom
9. Jack E Page (C)
10. Adam S Greenley
11. Ian G Campbell
12. Alan Regin

First in method: 7.
For Society 'Not the Dinner' Day.

Southwark, Greater London
St George the Martyr
Saturday, 1 February 2020 in 3hrs 2mins (14-2-24 in F)
5056 Bristol Surprise Major
Composed by Mark B Davies

1. Simon J Davies
2. Geraldine R Forster
3. Penelope J V Sharpe
4. Timothy R Forster
5. Ian G Mills
6. Ian Roulstone (C)
7. Peter W Emery
8. Claire F Roulstone

900th peal: 3. A NTDDP and NBP.

Spitalfields, Greater London
Christ Church
Saturday, 1 February 2020 in 3hrs 9mins (17-1-6 in E)
5152 Spliced Surprise Major
Composed by Donald F Morrison
8 methods: 896 Cambridge, Pudsey, Superlative; 672 Rutland; 448 Bristol, Lincolnshire, London, Yorkshire; 126 changes of method; all the work.

1. Ian G Campbell
2. Elizabeth A Hibbert
3. Daniel J Page (C)
4. Andrew D Hodgson
5. Jimmy L Yeoman
6. Luke G Groom
7. Alan Regin
8. Thomas B Mack

Rung for the Society’s ‘Not the Dinner Day’.

Kingston upon Thames, Greater London
All Saints
Sunday, 2 February 2020 in 3hrs 26mins (18-3-27 in Eb)
5184 Spliced Surprise Maximus
Composed by David G Hull
4 methods: 1344 each Bristol, Cambridge; 1296 Orion; 1200 Zanussi. 3 changes of method.

1. Adam S Greenley
2. Shirley E McGill
3. Michael R Crockett
4. Geraldine R Forster
5. David C Bath
6. Luke G Groom
7. Jimmy L Yeoman
8. Nicholas M W Haggett
9. Claire F Roulstone
10. Alan Regin
11. Ian Roulstone (C)
12. Benjamin D Constant

Loughborough, Leicestershire
All Saints
Saturday, 8 February 2020 in 3hrs 38mins (30-2-0 in Db)
5120 Spliced Surprise Royal
Composed by Robert C Kippin
5 methods: 1120 London No.3, 1000 each of Bristol, Cambridge, Superlative No.2 and Yorkshire, with 116 changes of method and all the work.

1. Sally A Brown
2. Shirley E McGill
3. Felicity S Warwick
4. Luke G Groom
5. Jimmy L Yeoman
6. Margaret Whiteley
7. David A Warwick (C)
8. Douglas J Beaumont
9. Benjamin D Constant
10. Adam S Greenley

City of London,
St Magnus the Martyr
Saturday, 15 February 2020 in 3hrs 31mins (26-3-9 in D)
5088 Spliced Surprise Maximus
Composed by John S Warboys
4 methods: Contains 1296 Ariel, Phobos, Zanussi; 1200 Bristol; 53 changes of method; all the work.

1. Adam S Greenley
2. Shirley E McGill
3. David C Bath
4. Jimmy L Yeoman
5. Luke G Groom
6. Jack L Edwards
7. Mark J Pendery
8. Daniel J Page
9. Jack E Page (C)
10. Nicholas M W Haggett
11. Michael R Crockett
12. Benjamin D Constant

South Petherton, Somerset
St Peter and St Paul
Saturday, 15 February 2020 in 3hrs 19mins (22-3-15 in D)
5000 London No.3 Surprise Royal
Composed by Benjamin D Constant

1. Lucy S Warwick
2. Rosemary J Duke
3. Patricia O M Hitchins
4. Felicity S Warwick
5. Hilary A Beresford
6. Graham A Duke
7. David A Warwick (C)
8. Donald B Carter
9. Harry E Blamire
10. Nigel R Woodruff

Southwark, Greater London
Cathedral Church of St Saviour
Saturday, 22 February 2020 in 3hrs 58mins (48-3-1 in Bb)
5042 Cambridge Surprise Maximus
Composed by David Hull

1. Alison C Waterson
2. Shirley E McGill
3. Michael R Crockett
4. Annabelle F Frost
5. Edward R Mack
6. David A Warwick (C)
7. Matthew C Gardiner
8. Adam S Greenley
9. Nicholas M W Haggett
10. Benjamin D Constant
11. Thomas B Mack
12. Thomas J Waterson

To congratulate Julian Haggett on his forthcoming election to the Royal College of Organists.

Walton on Thames, Surrey
St Mary
Saturday, 22 February 2020 in 3hrs 10mins (21-2-7 in E)
5088 London Surprise Major
Composed by Stephen Ivin

1. Geraldine R Forster
2. Harry E Blamire
3. Timothy R Forster
4. Felicity S Warwick
5. David A Warwick (C)
6. Ian Roulstone
7. Claire F Roulstone
8. Nigel R Woodruff

Rung on the 20th Anniversary of Harry's first peal, Plain Bob Triples on the same bell.

Llandaff, Cardiff
Cathedral Church of St Peter and St Paul
Saturday, 29 February 2020 in 3hrs 22mins (24-1-15 in Eb)
5138 Spliced Surprise Maximus
Composed by Robert D S Brown
3 methods: 2448 Bristol, 1346 Cambridge and 1344 Yorkshire with 49 changes of method and all the work.

1. Ian R Fielding
2. Shirley E McGill
3. Helen Phillips
4. Felicity S Warwick
5. David C Bath
6. Jennifer R Sparling
7. Daniel R Jarvis
8. Michael R Crockett
9. Jack E Page
10. Benjamin D Constant
11. Adam S Greenley
12. David A Warwick (C)

750th peal - 3.

Newport, Newport
Cathedral Church of St Woolos
Saturday, 29 February 2020 in 3hrs 20mins (21-2-20 in D)
5006 Spliced Cinques and Maximus
Composed by Mark R Eccleston
2510 Stedman Cinques; 2496 Bristol Surprise Maximus; 7 changes of method/princple

1. Felicity S Warwick
2. Jennifer R Sparling
3. Shirley E McGill
4. David C Bath
5. Daniel R Jarvis
6. Helen Phillips
7. David A Warwick
8. Jack E Page (C)
9. Adam S Greenley
10. Benjamin D Constant
11. Michael R Crockett
12. Ian R Fielding

First peal of Cinques and Maximus in Wales.

Brecon, Powys
Cathedral Church of St John the Evangelist
Sunday, 1 March 2020 in 3hrs 13mins (16-2-14 in E)
5120 Triton Delight Royal
Composed by Benjamin D Constant

1. Michael R Crockett
2. David C Bath
3. Helen Phillips
4. Felicity S Warwick
5. Shirley E McGill
6. Daniel R Jarvis
7. Adam S Greenley
8. David A Warwick
9. Benjamin D Constant (C)
10. Jack E Page

For St David’s Day.

Farnborough, Kent
St Giles the Abbot
Tuesday, 3 March 2020 in 2hrs 24mins (2-2-26 in E)
5040 Surprise Minor
7 methods: One extent each of London, York, Durham, Bourne, Norwich, Beverley and Cambridge.

1. Margaret E Oram
2. Anne E Franklin
3. Ian H Oram
4. Maureen A Poole
5. Jacqueline M Barlow
6. Nicholas J Wilkins (C)

Rung in thanksgiving for the life of Peter Thomas Appleby (25th December 1921 - 31st January 2020, a member of the Tuesday morning working party and whose funeral was held yesterday at St Giles.

Terrington St John, Norfolk
St John the Baptist
Friday, 6 March 2020 in 2hrs 51mins (10-3-2 in F#)
5040 Surprise Minor
7 methods: One extent each of Wearmouth, Munden, Cunecastre, Annable's London, York, Hull and Ipswich. 7 callings.

1. Russell A Brown
2. Susan E Marsden
3. Paul F Curtis
4. Peter J Waterfield
5. Alistair M Donaldson
6. Paul M Mason (C)

Rung in memory of George W Pipe.

Watlington, Norfolk
St Peter and St Paul
Friday, 6 March 2020 in 2hrs 43mins (8-2-2 in A)
5040 Surprise Minor
7 methods: One extent each of London, Cambridge, Carlisle, Durham, Norwich, Surfleet and Westminster. 7 callings.

1. Ruth Curtis
2. Paul M Mason
3. James E Benner
4. Simon A Rudd
5. P Barry Jones
6. Paul F Curtis (C)

Rung in memory of George W Pipe.

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
Minster Church of St Mary
Saturday, 7 March 2020 in 3hrs 25mins (21-2-1 in Eb)
5040 Spliced Treble Dodging
Composed by Alan G Reading
6 methods: 960 Zanussi Surprise; 864 Ariel Surprise, Avon Delight; 816 Orion Surprise, Phobos Surprise; 720 Bristol Surprise; 37 changes of method; all the work.

1. Annabelle F Frost
2. Michael R Crockett
3. Jack E Page (C)
4. Katharine J Firman
5. Daniel J Page
6. Luke G Groom
7. Adam S Greenley
8. Benjamin D Constant
9. Colin M Lee
10. Edward R Mack
11. Thomas J Waterson
12. Thomas B Mack

Downham Market, Norfolk
St Edmund, King and Martyr
Saturday, 7 March 2020 in 2hrs 44mins (10-3-6 in G)
5024 Bristol Surprise Major
Composed by Anthony J Cox

1. Andrew J Davey
2. John J Ford
3. Ruth Curtis
4. Philippa M Whittington
5. Paul F Curtis
6. Peter J Waterfield (C)
7. Russell A Brown
8. Frank W Rivett

In memory of George W Pipe.

Stow Bardolph, Norfolk
Holy Trinity
Saturday, 7 March 2020 in 2hrs 57mins (10-0-5 in F#)
5152 Ytterbium Surprise Major
Composed by Benjamin D Constant

1. Ruth Curtis
2. John J Ford
3. Janet E Menhinick
4. Peter J Waterfield
5. Andrew J Davey
6. Russell A Brown
7. Frank W Rivett
8. Paul F Curtis (C)

Rung in memory of George W Pipe

Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
St Peter and St Paul
Sunday, 8 March 2020 in 3hrs 26mins (20-3-14 in D)
5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal
Composed by Roderick W Pipe

1. Ruth Curtis
2. Joanna K Dorling
3. Janet E Menhinick
4. John J Ford
5. Paul M Mason
6. James E Benner
7. Peter J Waterfield (C)
8. Paul F Curtis
9. Alan Regin
10. P Barry Jones

In memory of George W Pipe

Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire
Minster Church of St John and St Martin
Saturday, 14 March 2020 in 3hrs 56mins (41-1-20 in C)
5050 Stedman Caters
Composed by Mark R Eccleston ("only 23 56789s")

1. Sally A Brown
2. Michael R Crockett
3. Jack E Page (C)
4. Jimmy L Yeoman
5. Luke G Groom
6. Christian M Peckham
7. Adam S Greenley
8. Benjamin D Constant
9. Thomas J Waterson
10. Thomas B Mack

To mark Mike Robson's 50 years of ringing at Beverley Minster.

Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire
Holy Trinity
Saturday, 14 March 2020 in 3hrs 30mins (29-2-26 in Db)
5088 London Surprise Major
Composed by James W Washbrook

1. Benjamin D Kipling
2. Felicity S Warwick
3. Daniel J Page
4. Philip A L Rioch
5. Adam W Kilgour
6. Harry E Blamire
7. Nigel R Woodruff (C)
8. Claire F Roulstone

Merton, Greater London
St John the Divine
Saturday, 14 March 2020 in 3hrs 8mins (11¾)
5084 Stedman Caters
Composed by Lucinda J Woodward

1. Stephanie J Pattenden
2. Lucinda J Woodward (C)
3. Beryl R Norris
4. Paul A Cammiade
5. Joseph E T Waters
6. David C Bath
7. Anne L Rueff
8. Shirley E McGill
9. Margaret H Ross
10. Penelope J V Sharpe

Affectionately dedicated to a Great Man.
Rest in Peace George W Pipe 1935-2020

Reading, Berkshire
26 Redlands Road
Saturday, 4 July 2020 in 2hrs 24mins (12 in F)
5152 Spliced Surprise Major
Composed by Donald F Morrison
8 methods: 896 Cambridge, Pudsey, Superlative; 672 Rutland; 448 Bristol, Lincolnshire, London, Yorkshire; 126 changes of method; all the work.

1. 1–2Luke G Groom
2. 3–4Jimmy L Yeoman
3. 5–6Jack E Page (C)
4. 7–8Daniel J Page

First spliced on handbells: 1-2.

Reading, Berkshire
26 Redlands Road
Thursday, 20 August 2020 in 1hr 50mins (8 in C)
5040 Plain Bob Minor

1. 1–2Anne L Rueff
2. 3–4Daniel J Page
3. 5–6Jack E Page (C)

Completes the calendar year to peals: 1-2.
First handbell peal since 1988: 1-2.

Ringing Room,
UK
Saturday, 21 November 2020 in 2hrs 14mins ()
5040 Minor (3 Methods)
3 extents of Kent Treble Bob, 2 extents of Cambridge Surprise, 2 extents of Plain Bob.

1. 1–2Julia R Cater
2. 3–4Tina R Stoecklin
3. 5–6Simon J Gay (C)

The first handbell peal in Ringing Room (i.e. every person ringing two bells). Rung with motion-sensing dummy handbells and simulated sound. For the Society's peal weekend.

Reading, Berkshire
26 Redlands Road
Thursday, 1 April 2021 in 2hrs 36mins (9 in Bb)
7200 Spliced Treble Dodging Minor (178 Methods)
Composed by John S Warboys (TD1002)
178 methods: Alderbourne, Balmoral, Barham, Beeston, Belvoir, Berkeley, Bogedone, Bucknall, Cadoxton, Caernarvon, Cambridge, Carisbrooke, Castleton, Chelsea, Chepstow, Cogenhoe, Conisborough, Conway, Coventry, Danbury, Disley, Donottar, Dover, Dunedin, Easthampstead, Edinburgh, Ely, Evening Star, Finchampstead, Fotheringay, Francis Genius, Fulmer, Hatherop, Hertfordshire, Hitcham, Kentish, Knutsford, Leasowe, Ludlow, Melandra, Middlesex, Neath, Oswald, Pattishall, Pebmarsh, Pembroke, Pevensey, Peveril, Pontefract, Richborough, Richmond, Rostherne, Shelford, Skipton, Stirling, Stisted, Tollesbury, Warwick, Wath, Westmorland, Wiggenhall, Wilmslow 3D; Abbeyville, Bedford, Braintree, Burnaby, Burslem, Canterbury, Charlwood, Clarence, College Bob IV, Combermere, Crowland, Elston, Evesham, Fountains, Glastonbury, Humber, Kirkstall, London Victory, Marple, Melrose, Merton, Neasden, Newdigate, Old Oxford, Sherborne, Southwark, St Albans, St Werburgh, Taxal, Tewkesbury, Tintern, Vale Royal, Waltham, Willesden, Wragby 4D; Allendale, Alnwick, Annable's London, Bacup, Bamborough, Berwick, Beverley, Blunsdon, Bourne, Brentford, Caithness, Cambridge, Canterbury, Carlisle, Chester, Coldstream, Cranford, Cunecastre, Durham, Flamstead, Fryerning, Hathern, Hexham, Hull, Ipswich, Kelso, Langleybury, Lightfoot, Lincoln, London, Morpeth, Munden, Netherseale, Newcastle, Norfolk, Northumberland, Norwich, Offley, Primrose, Redbourn, Rossendale, Sandiacre, Sedlescombe, Stamford, Surfleet, Warkworth, Wearmouth, Wells, Westminster, Whitley, Wooler, York S; Berwyn, British Scholars' Pleasure, Burton, Capel, Chadkirk, Cheviot, Chiltern, College Exercise, Cotswold, Duke of Norfolk, Kent, Killamarsh, Kingston, London Scholars' Pleasure, Mendip, Morning Star, Nelson, Norbury, Norton-le-Moors, Ockley, Oxford, Pennine, Quantock, Rochester, Sandal, Snowdon, Trinity Sunday, Waterford, Woodcock's Victory TB.

1. 1–2Daniel J Page
2. 3–4Alex S Riley
3. 5–6Jack E Page (C)

Reading, Berkshire
26 Redlands Road
Saturday, 3 April 2021 in 2hrs 27mins (12 in F)
5088 Kent Treble Bob Major
Composed by W Hudson

1. 1–2Adam S Greenley
2. 3–4Jack E Page (C)
3. 5–6Luke G Groom
4. 7–8Michael R Crockett

First for a while: 7-8. Well done Master Michael!

Reading, Berkshire
26 Redlands Road
Saturday, 3 April 2021 in 1hr 55mins (11 in G)
5040 Spliced Surprise Minor (41 Methods)
Composed by John S Warboys

1. 1–2Luke G Groom
2. 3–4Alex S Riley (C)
3. 5–6Daniel J Page

1-2: First 41-spliced in hand.