Bovey Bellringers +

  For the Coronation in May we are hoping to ring rounds and call changes.  What do you need to be able to do in order to achieve this?  Firstly ring both strokes together consistently. Most of you are at or about to be at this point.  Next you need to be able to change the speed of your bell - just a LITTLE.  LISTEN to your bell. Hear the gaps between bells - they should be even.  If you need to ring more quickly. You need to ring below the balance so that the bell moves through a smaller arc: Slow or check the sally or backstroke so the bell does not rise as high. You may need to: check the sally and don’t let it rise so high at handstroke - this means catching the sally a little higher up, hands nearer the top of the fluffy bit take some rope in [shorten the tail-end] at backstroke - so you have more rope beneath your hand, less rope between you and the bell put more weight on the stroke to keep the bell up after you have checked the stroke - so apply mo...

  Monday practice at Bovey was fun. We had learners ringing in rounds, a decent raise and lower on eight and practice of “whole pull and stand”. No practice next week as it’s our Easter ringing tour. If you want to come but haven’t yet said then please contact Peter Richards asap.

  Roy's last Sunday with us today before he moves away. He has been a stalwart of the band for many many years. We will miss his friendly presence and secure accurate ringing. Good luck Roy and Diane in your new home

 This blog may strike a chord with our learners https://dingdong887180022.wordpress.com/2023/03/20/multi-tasking-2/

Bells tied (and therefore silent) so we tried saying “BONG” when you thought your bell would be making a sound! (Hint: the bell sounds as your hands pass your nose going upwards -approximately)

  This is a stay Well it’s half a stay A stay is a piece of ash wood that allows the bell to rest in its upright position. Whilst they are designed to break (in preference to the whole bell frame breaking) it is not a desirable outcome of a teaching session! Definitely the teachers fault, not the pupil. Katie was the teacher! Many apologies to Robert Brown, Highweek ringing this weekend might be challenging. Katie with the broken stay

This is the name for the Devon Call Change competition piece. So called because it is 60 changes based on the starting point of “Queens” (135246). Why not “60 on Queens”? Well Queens was previously called “Thirds” because musically the intervals between bells when rung in that order are thirds. It is actually 66 changes because it takes three changes to get from rounds to queens and three to get back again at the end. Here is a link to a team from Shaugh Prior ringing a beautifully struck peal of 60 in thirds: CALLCHANGES.CCCBR.ORG.UK Sixty on 3rds And these are the changes for “60 on thirds” So you read the dash as “to” which actually means “after” It begins in rounds , 1 2 3 4 5 6 4-5 means the bell no 4 should ring after the bell no 5 The change is made at the next handstroke (when you pull on the sally or fluffy bit). You keep ringing in the order 1 2 3 5 4 6 until the next call is made. The tenor, or bell no 6, does not change position, it always rings at the back no matter what...