Peal Weekend 8th-10th February 2008


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The Annual ULSCR Peal Weekend was held this year between the 8th and 10th of February. Friday night saw no less than 3 simultaneous attempts of Yorkshire Surprise Major take place of which 1 in hand was successful. (The other handbell peal fired out after a valiant effort and the third, tower bell peal was lost after a former master of the society managed to slip wheel!) The evening was spent in the Shooting Star as the UL made sure that any losses were suitably drowned in a sea of Discovery beer.


Saturday morning saw Lucy's first peal of surprise in hand scored in Mottingham as well as one of Cambridge Maximus scored at St Sepulchre including 2 first peals on 12 as well as a first of maximus, an impressive achievement for all involved. The peal of Grandsire at Waterloo Road was unfortunately lost although a quarter was scored by the band. With no time, even for Rupert to squeeze in a beer for lunch, the bands all moved on to the afternoon towers.


The afternoon saw a quarter of Superlative at Spitalfields scored after the peal came to grief as well as one of Plain Bob at Chelsea. The afternoon's peal attempt was one of 6 Spliced Surprise Major seeing both Nick H and Clare score their first spliced peal with both Clare and Andy certainly having the blisters afterwards to prove it!

The evening's festivities saw everybody convene on the Harp near Trafalgar Square to have a well deserved pint of Harvey's Best Bitter before moving on for a Chinese at the UL's regular haunt of Wong Kei's.

The following day, saw Lian score her first quarter peal ringing Plain Bob on handbells as well as Josie and Jacqui scoring their first quarter of Little Bob. Finally, a peal attempt of Cambridge Royal was scored at Shoreditch.

Overall, the weekend saw 5 peals and 5 quarters scored including no less than 9 firsts of some sort or another. All in all a successful and good fun weekend was had by all. Roll on Peal Weekend 2009!


Peter Jasper
Master 2007-2008

University of London Society

Camden Town, London NW1
43 Weavers Way

Friday, 8 February 2008 in 2h 18 (13 in E)

5152 Yorkshire Surprise Major
Composed by: Arr IRF

1-2 Nicholas W Jones
3-4 Katherine L Town
5-6 Michael J Trimm
7-8 Ian R Fielding (C)

For UL peal weekend.

University of London Society

Mottingham, Kent: 2, West Park

Saturday, 9 February 2008 in 2h18 (7)

5088 Yorkshire Surprise Major
Composed by: S. Humphrey

1-2 Lucy M Bricheno
3-4 Caroline M Ogilvie
5-6 Peter J Blight
7-8 Roger Bailey (C)

For Society Peal Weekend. First Peal of Surprise in Hand 1-2.

University of London Society

Bermondsey, London SE16
St James

Saturday, 9 February 2008 in 2h45 (14-1-15)

5056 Spliced Surprise Major (6 methods)
1184 Rutland; 1056 Superlative; 768 Bristol, Cambridge; 672 Yorkshire; 608 Lincolnshire; 109 changes of method, all the work
Composed by: Neil R Aspland

1. Lucy M Bricheno
2. Andrew P F Bradford
3. Clare E F Dyer
4. Nicholas J Hartley
5. Michael J Trimm (C)
6. Rebecca S Bruce
7. Quentin S A Jackson
8. Katherine L Town

First peal of spliced: 3, 4.
Rung for the Society's peal weekend.

University of London Society

Shoreditch, London E1
St Leonard

Sunday, 10 February 2008 in 3h11 (25)

5000 Cambridge Surprise Royal
Composed by: Donald F Morrison (no. 4)

1. Clare E F Dyer
2. Charles W G Herriott
3. Peter M Jasper
4. Rupert H J Littlewood
5. Fiona M Wheeler
6. Katherine L Town
7. Quentin S A Jackson
8. Andrew P F Bradford
9. Martin J Cansdale
10. Michael J Trimm (C)

Rung for the Society's peal weekend.

University of London Society

London, EC
St Sepulchre

Saturday, 9 February 2008 in 3h26 (29)

5042 Cambridge S Maximus
Composed by: D F Morrison (no. 43)

1. Robert C Kippin
2. Katherine L Town
3. Clare E F Dyer
4. Peter M Jasper
5. Peter J Bennett
6. Charles W G Herriott (C)
7. Rupert H J Littlewood
8. Nicholas W Jones
9. Quentin S A Jackson
10. Martin J Cansdale
11. Andrew P F Bradford
12. Oliver D Cross

First on 12: 3,4
First of Maximus: 7
Rung for Society Peal weekend



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University of London Society

Kensal Green, Middlesex
52, Burrows Road

Sunday, 10 February 2008 in 47m (12F)

1260 Plain Bob Minor
Composed by: Arr IRF

1-2 Lian von Wantoch
3-4 Marika Pascovitch
5-6 Nicholas W Jones (C)

For Society Peal Weekend. First Quarter Peal 1-2.

University of London Society

Westminster, London
St Clement Danes

Saturday, 10 February 2008 in 2h18 (7)

1280 Little Bob Minor

1. Roger Bailey (C)
2. Josephine K Crimp
3. Jacqueline L Bale
4. Clara P Westlake
5. Nicholas J Hartley
6. Nicholas W Jones

For Society Peal Weekend. First in Method - 2 & 3.

University of London Society

Chelsea, London
All Saints (Old Church)

Saturday, 9 February 2008 in 45m (10-2-12)

1260 Plain Bob Minor

1. Thomas D Baldwin
2. Laura M Matheson
3. Tim Joiner
4. Rona Joiner
5. Nicholas W Jones (C)
6. Adrian R Udal

For Society Peal Weekend.

University of London Society

Spitalfields, London E1
Christ Church

Saturday, 9 February 2008 in 45mins (17)

1280 Superlative

1. Oliver D Cross (C)
2. Clara P Westlake
3. Jacqueline L Bale
4. Peter M Jasper
5. Peter J Bennett
6. Rupert H J Littlewood
7. Charles W G Herriott
8. Mark A Humphreys

Rung on the Society's peal weekend.

University of London Society

Waterloo, London SE1
St John

Saturday, 9 February 2008 in 44 mins (18)

1260 Grandsire Triples

1. Laura M Matheson
2. Jacqueline L Bale
3. Clara P Westlake
4. Thomas D Baldwin
5. Hugh J Spalding
6. Adrian R Udal
7. Michael J Trimm (C)
8. Nicholas J Hartley

Rung on the Society's peal weekend.



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