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Eight-bell Striking Competition

The 2019 Guild Eight-Bell Striking Competition will be hosted by the North Bucks Branch on Monday 6th May.

The Final will be held at Great Brickhill (SMV (8), 14-0-7) MK17 9BE starting at 4.30 pm.

If heats are needed, they will be at Calverton and Stoney Stratford at about 1400.

The closing date for entries is Sunday 14th April and this date will be strictly applied. Tower Captains/Correspondents will be advised of the time of ringing as soon as possible. The Competition is open to Branch and Tower bands and standard Guild Striking Competition Rules will apply.

The Test Piece will be four courses of Grandsire Triples (see attachment).

Entries must reach Tony Crabtree (email depmaster@odg.org.uk) by the closing date. The names of the ringers must be given to Tony Crabtree or his deputy before ringing.

Pre booked Teas available at Great Brickhill from 5.00 pm. Please give numbers with your entry. Tea, coffee & soft drinks will be available without booking.

Eight Bell Striking Competition Notice 2019

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ODG Ringing Day details announced

Monday 6th MAY 2019

Route 1

09.30 Thornborough 5 11-2-23 MK18 2DG SP743336 GF R
10.00 Padbury 6 10.5cwt MK18 2AJ SP722310 GF T
10.30 Beachampton 5 8-0 -27 MK19 6DT SP770370 GF
11.00 Shenley 6 17-1-11 MK5 6LL SP831367 T
11.30 Loughton (no day tickets) 6 11-2-14 MK5 8AS SP837378 GF T
12.00 Downs Barn 8 6-0-10 MK14 7RP SP863404 T R
12.30 MK Village 6 9 cwt MK10 9AF SP887391 GF T
13.00 Woughton on the Green 6 7 cwt MK6 3BS SP876376 GF T
13.30 Wavendon 6 8-3-15 MK17 8LW SP911371 T
14.00 Simpson 6 7-1-7 MK6 3AD SP883362 T
14.30 Fenny Stratford * 6 8-0-4 MK2 2BU SP882340 T
15.00 Newton Longville 8 12 cwt MK17 0AL SP484314 T

 

Route 2

10.00 Shalstone 5 7-1-13 MK18 5LX SP641364 GF
10.30 Buckingham 8 27 cwt MK18 1BS SP694337 T
11.00 Maids Moreton 6 10-3-20 MK18 1QD SP706351 T
11.30 Old Wolverton 6 14 cwt MK12 5NH SP803412 T
12.00 Bradwell Village * 6 7-2-15 MK13 9EY SP831394 T
12.30 Gt Linford 6 16-1-22 MK14 5AU SP850423 GF T R
13.00 Newport Pagnell 8 21-2-16 MK16 8AR SP877439 T
13.30 Sherrington 5 12 cwt MK16 9PD SP890467
14.00 Emberton 6 9-0-18 MK46 5DA SP884494 GF T R
14.30 Clifton Reynes 6 10-2-14 MK46 5DT SP899514 GF T R
15.00 Olney 10 24-0-9 MK46 4AD SP889509 T
15.30 Stoke Goldington 6 13-2-12 MK16 8NZ SP831491
16.00 Lavendon 6 10-3-3 MK46 4EX SP916536

All towers open for 1 hour.  R= Refreshments. T = Toilet. GF = Ground floor. *TBC

£1 per tower or Day Tickets available from stewards at first 3 towers on each route.

Any Changes will be listed on the Guild website and advertised at the first 3 towers on each route.

IMPORTANT the start and finish times shown here will be observed precisely.

ALL PROCEEDS GO TO THE OXFORD DIOCESAN BELL FUND

ODG ringing day – MSWord

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ODG Young Ringers’ Fest 2019!

This is a day’s ringing outing to central Oxford towers.  It is arranged specifically for the enjoyment of just young ringers.

Any young ringer (under 21) from an ODG tower who can handle a bell safely by himself or herself and can ring rounds will be welcome to join us on the Saturday 13th April.

(Parents/guardians need to arrange appropriate supervision all day.)

Donations of £5.00 per young ringer will be collected

To register and to receive more details, please email:

Susan Read,
training-officer@onb.odg.org.uk

 

2019 04 Oxford Youth Poster

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Old North Berks Branch is Highly Commended!

Last weekend at the ART conference Award Ceremony, we heard that ten applications had been made for the Award for Excellence in Recruitment or Retention (of learners).  The Old North Berks Branch of the ODG was runner up and received a Highly Commended Certificate for the work done by the Branch Ringing School.

Please see the ART web site for a description of the Branch Ringing School and a photo:

http://ringingteachers.org/recognition/2019-winners/old-north-berks-branch

 

Susan Read

Training Officer, Old North Berks Branch

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Winter is nearly over

Winter seems almost to be over; the birds are beginning to shout at one another in the mornings and very soon ringers will be able to get to practice nights in daylight, what a joy that will be rather than negotiating a dark and sometimes treacherous route to the ringers’ door!

It is the season for Branch AGMs and the officers and stewards have tried to attend as many as possible; the ones that I didn’t manage to get to this year will be top of my list in 2020. It has been a real pleasure to catch up with many people at the Branch meetings, I have enjoyed finding out about topics of importance and made the most of delicious teas; thank you all for making me feel welcome.

We are fast heading for the busy summer ringing schedule with weddings and other special occasions which call for our skills. For some new bands this will be a new, and perhaps, daunting experience but I am sure that you will be well supported by neighbouring towers with more experienced ringers.

The Guild AGM will be held at Great Missenden on 18th May. Please try to attend, we need everyone’s enthusiasm and support, and all ringers are welcome.

Between now and then I will be moving home – for a few years I considered Orkney but there are too few bells up there to keep me busy – so I am only going a few yards down the road in Wheatley. It is highly likely that BT will cut off my contact with the ODG (and the rest of the world) for one to two weeks while they decide who is going to connect the wire, or flick the switch, or whatever manoeuvre it requires, so if you email me and I do not reply you will realise that I am in the throes of unpacking boxes grumbling at the engineers.

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New Webstie V2.0

Welcome to the new website for the Oxford Diocesan Guild of Church Bellringers. We are currently in the process of developing this new site in an agile manner, so please bear with us while we get everything up and running. This does mean that not all aspects are final, and the site shall grow over time. For now, you’ll find all the basics here, such as officer details, links to our branches, and most importantly a diary of upcoming Guild events.

You will find that layout and styling may change over the next few weeks. Should you have any queries, please do get in touch with the Web Master.