The Ancient
Society of
College
Youths
The Ancient
Society of
College
Youths
Established in 1637, the Society is the premier change ringing society in the City of London, with a national and international membership that promotes excellence in ringing around the world.
Master 2017-18
Henry D Coggill
Practices are held at 6:30pm except at St Sepulchre (6:10pm).
The next business meeting will be held on 10th Jul at The Counting House, Cornhill.
TIM D HOLLINGHURST, Whitton
DEREK BEAUFOY, South Petherton
CHARLIE TRUMAN, Whittlebury
DAVID CUBITT, Norwich
DAVID WILSON, Ringwood
On 6th January a series of peals composed by Graham John was organised. More details are available here.
On October 25th a Society band set a record for the longest peal yet rung on twelve bells, at St Anne, Alderney. 25056 Bristol Surprise Maximus was completed in 16 hours and 7 minutes.
Details of the peal are available on BellBoard.
The 2017 newsletter includes an excerpt from an article on meeting places used by the Society from the late 18th century to the present day, written by our former Librarian, Chris Ridley.
The full version of the article is available here.
At the November meeting Henry Coggill was elected as Master. Rob Lee becomes Immediate Past Master, a position vacated by Tessa Simpson. Leigh Simpson was elected Senior Steward, and Swaz Apter joined the top table after her election as Junior Steward. Simon Meyer was elected as Secretary, with David House standing down after six years.
14th July 2018
The 2018 Country Meeting will take place in Cardiff.
1st September 2018
The next instalment of this competition will be taking place in Guildford.
15th–16th September 2018
This year's peal weekend will include activities focused on South Devon.
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5074 Stedman Cinques
Rung on Monday, 18 June 2018
at Cripplegate (St Giles, Cripplegate), City of London.
5040 Spliced Treble Dodging Maximus
(4m)
Rung on Saturday, 16 June 2018
at Portsmouth (Cathedral Church of St Thomas of Canterbury), Hampshire.
5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal
Rung on Saturday, 16 June 2018
at Southampton (St Michael Archangel), Hampshire.
5055 Stedman Caters
Rung on Tuesday, 12 June 2018
at West Ham (All Saints), Greater London.
5016 Spliced Maximus
(6m)
Rung on Saturday, 2 June 2018
at City of London (St Magnus the Martyr, London Bridge).
30th June, Cornhill
6 Spliced Maximus
7th July, Dublin, St Patrick
Cambridge Surprise Maximus
8th July, Taney
TBD
8th July, Colliers Wood
41 Spliced Surprise Minor
10th July, St Dunstan-in-the-West
3 Treble Dodging Royal