Since the fi rst in 1979, the SUA has established itself in the diaries of all university change ringing societies in the south of England. Just as the NUA has for the north. In fact, the UL dominated the early years, of the SUA, winning seven in a row before coming 3rd in 1986. This year […]
(…taken from The Ringing World website) “This week the University of London Society of Change Ringers have taken over the editor’s chair of The Ringing World and this issue showcases the strength and breadth of young people’s ringing in the UK today. The Ringing World National Youth Contest saw no fewer than 16 teams enter
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Saturday 3 May dawned bright and early though clearly too early for some. Al our travel plans worked smoothly and all 10 of us reached Tewkesbury with plenty of time for breakfast in The Royal Hop Pole Weatherspoon’s. The touch that had been designated for this years’ competition was Spliced Plain and Little Bob Royal,
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The day started with the majority of the band assembling for a pre competition breakfast in Smithfields market. It was a good hearty start to the day with much meat and was enjoyed by all apart from the much stressed manager who couldn’t understand why his pub was so busy. Breakfast was punctuated by Hills’
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This year’s SUA was hosted by Southampton University in Southampton (obviously) on 8th-10th November. The UL being organised as usual had managed to get a last minute band of 7 current students together although we all decided to only come down for the Saturday. This decision could be attributed to laziness or competition focus, I
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In 2013 the London Underground celebrated its 150th birthday, so the treasure hunt was organised around “any stations in zone 1…
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Catching the 06:21 train from Paddington is hardly the ideal start to a day, but after everyone had woken up a bit, it turned into a rather sunny morning, well that is until a rain storm caught us as we arrived at Ashcurch, fortunately Katie had the idea to book a taxi in advance, and
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This year SUA was held in Bristol (9th-11th Nov). We all arrived on Friday evening, some of us earlier for a quarter peal at St James, some of us a bit later such as Roxy and me who, because of the crowdedness of the train, ended up sitting on the floor for the whole journey
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This year the London 12 bell striking competition was hosted on the, well, awkward bells of St John’s, Croydon “Croydon Minister”, and the test piece was a fairly simple two courses of Stedman Cinques. I remember it being a really cold morning, but not sure whether there actually was snow… Just before the draw Shirley
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The Tewkesbury Shield competition was initiated in the early summer of 1973, a date which the majority of the band was very unfamiliar with! This meant that this year was the 40th Tewkesbury Shield competition, and would be held despite the BBC over exaggerating the flood situation. The organisers allowed every team 10 vouchers that
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