Contest
for Junior Steward |
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At the November Business
Meeting, there were unusually 3 candidates nominated for the post of Junior Steward. The
two main contenders are photographed here (Stef Warboys and Jim Hardy). Stef was finally
elected after the first round of voting. It is healthy to see this position contested and
long may it continue to be so. |
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Anniversary
Dinner |
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The 366th Anniversary Dinner
was held on 1st November at the Accountants Hall. See here a report from Steve Waters and
a full gallery of photographs from the occasions here. |
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Peal
by New Members from the Master's Year |
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A peal was rung at Solihull of
Yorkshire Maximus on 11th October. This was notable as it contained 9 members who were
elected during the current Master's year of office. The peal was conducted by the Master
and proved to be very respectable. Pictured here (left to right): Paul Tiebout, Paul
Hunter, John Mulvey, Becky Sugden, Tim Palmer, Clive Smith, Sam Austin, Dickon Love,
Gordon Birks, Janet Rothera, Henry Coggill, Nicholas Soanes. Of this band, only Tim and
Gordon were elected prior to Nov 2002. Click this image to
enlarge. |
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Peal
weekend |
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The Society peal weekend took
place on 19th - 21st September. Details of peals attempted and scored are given here. |
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Tour
to New Zealand and Australia |
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The highlight of
the year must surely have been the ASCY's 3 week tour of New Zealand and Australia. It was
the longest official tour in the Society's history, included the first official Tuesday
night practice outside the UK with peals at all the 12 bell towers and the 16 at Perth. A
day by day account may be read here and a report for
the Ringing World will be placed here also in due course. |
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Country
Meeting at Cambridge |
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The first Country Meeting of
the year was held at Cambridge, the Master's University city, on 31st July - 2nd August. A
report by Eleanor Kippin and a gallery of photos can be found here. |
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National
12-Bell Striking Contest |
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The final of the National
12-bell Striking Competition took place on Saturday 28th June at Surfleet. The method was
Stedman Cinques. The ASCY band was placed a very close 2nd to the winners, Birmingham. The
band is pictured here (l-r)(top) David Hilling, Stephen Coaker (C), Andrew Graham, Tony
Bloomfield, John Hughes-D'Aeth, Phil Rogers (bottom) Mark Humphreys, Stephen Waters,
Dickon Love, Simon Linford, Victoria Halliwell, Joanne Ainsworth. The quality of ringing
in the competition was very high and this band produced an excellent piece of ringing.
(Click on photo or here to enlarge.) |
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Weekend
in Manchester |
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On 24th-26th May, Jeff Brannan
organised a weekend for members of the Society who live in and around Yorkshire/Lancashire
to rings peals and gather for a dinner. See some pictures and read a report by Paul
Carless (to follow) here. Here the Master is pictured with 4
very new members from Liverpool. |
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Past
Masters' Tribute to Frank Darby |
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Frank Darby, the Society's
Senior member, passed away on 11th April 2003, aged 97. The Master rang a peal with Past
Masters at St Mary le Bow in his memory. It was 5097 Stedman Cinques, composed by Frank
Darby and arranged by Paul Mounsey. Frank had a particular connection with Bow as he was
the only person to have ever rung peals on all three rings of 12 there. Here the peal band
is pictured (l-r) Paul Williams, David Rothera, Chris Rogers, Paul Mounsey, Alan Frost,
John Hughes-D'Aeth, Alan Flood, Richard Tibbetts, Paul Carless, Andrew Wilby, John White,
Dickon Love. |
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Informal
Dinner |
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The Informal Dinner
was held on Friday 11th April, in Davy's Wine Bar in Creed Lane. Once again it was an
excellent evening enjoyed by all who went. A gallery of pictures may be viewed here. |
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Ernie
Rowe |
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Ernie Rowe passed
away in March 2003. Here he is pictured in the belfry of St Mary's, Sydney, a tower with
which he was closely involved. |
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Celebrating
St Patrick in Dublin |
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Dublin was the venue for a peal
by the Society on the relatively recently augmented ring of sixteen at the Diocesan
Cathedral of Christ Church. On Mon 17th Mar a peal of Bristol S Sixteen was successfully
rung in 4 hrs 5 mins. With this peal, the ASCY became the first society to ring peals on
each of the World's rings of sixteen. The
peal was rung at the conclusion of the St Patrick's Day parade through the centre of the
Irish capital.
More pictures here. |
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