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Performances reportThis page gives a report of the performances matching your search criteria. There were 77 matching performances. Guild of Devonshire Ringers Heavitree, Devon St Michael and All Angels Thursday, 1 January 2026 in 3h 18 (25–3–2 in E♭) 5056 Bristol Surprise Major Composed by D F Morrison (no 7619) 1 Ian W Avery 2 Timothy M Bayton 3 Ian V J Smith 4 Helen C Mansley 5 James Kirkcaldy 6 Matthew D Dawson 7 Michael E C Mears (C) 8 Oliver C Bates Guild of Devonshire Ringers Stokeinteignhead, Devon St Andrew Saturday, 3 January 2026 in 45m (10–0–3 in G) 1320 Norwich Surprise Minor 1 Emily Watts 2 Mike Wigney 3 Sue Sawyer 4 Judith Alford 5 Rodney Horder 6 Neil Deem (C) First q in method: 5 Ringing World page reference: 5987.0062Guild of Devonshire Ringers Kingskerswell, Devon St Mary Saturday, 3 January 2026 in 45m (7–0–3 in G♯) 1260 Grandsire Triples 1 Alesha Leggett 2 Philip Stevens 3 Simon Alford 4 Sue Sawyer 5 Janet Deem 6 Mike Wigney (C) 7 Neil Deem 8 Mia Rowswell First quarter peal: 1 and 8 Ringing World page reference: 5987.0058Guild of Devonshire Ringers Exeter, Devon St David Saturday, 3 January 2026 in 2h 51 (11–2–23 in G) 5056 Bristol Surprise Major Composed by O C Bates (No. 1) 1 Richard S Johnson 2 Oliver C Bates (C) 3 Taihei M Baker 4 Peter L Bill 5 Andrew M Alford 6 Stephanie E Hills 7 Michael E C Mears 8 David Hird First peal: 3 The band would like to associate Ian & Wendy Campbell with this peal, who were due to ring today. Rung in memory of Richard Featherstone and Liz Crockett. Ringing World page reference: 5986.0035Guild of Devonshire Ringers Coffinswell, Devon St Bartholomew Saturday, 3 January 2026 (11–0–5 in F) 1260 Doubles (3m) 3m: 360 Stedman, 360 Grandsire, 540 Plain Bob 1 Mike Wigney 2 Sue Sawyer 3 Janet Deem (C) 4 Emily Watts 5 Neil Deem 6 Martin Mansley 25th Quarter - 4 Guild of Devonshire Ringers Sidmouth, Devon St Giles and St Nicholas Sunday, 4 January 2026 in 45m 1260 Doubles (3m) St Simons, St Martins, Plain Bob 1 Annie Ashton 2 Elisabeth Robertson (C) 3 Anne E Bailey 4 Revd Jonathan G Rose 5 Paul V M Parkes 6 Ian Watson Rung for the Feast of Epiphany 1st Quarter Peal - 6 Rung on the front 6 Ringing World page reference: 5990.0132Guild of Devonshire Ringers Kingswear, Devon St Thomas of Canterbury Monday, 5 January 2026 in 43m (9–0–25 in A) 1260 Plain Bob Doubles 1 Henry Grice 2 Mike Wigney 3 Tim J King (C) 4 Martin Mansley 5 David Hird 6 Owen Widdicombe First Quarter peal: 6 First Quarter peal away from Tenor 1 Ringing World page reference: 5987.0058Guild of Devonshire Ringers Compton Gifford, Devon Emmanuel Tuesday, 6 January 2026 (19–3–14 in E♭) General Ringing General ringing before the funeral service to celebrate the life of Trevor Vercoe Alena J Wardle Sheila J Reynolds Delphine Holman Alex Dyer Liza K Crewe Josephine A K Maddick Glenn Francis Jonathan Gale Elena L Brake Peter F Sparkes Mark Williams Fergus M S Stracey Kerry Vaughan Phil Dunn Jess Dixon Paul Johnson Jane Dunn Howard Franklin Jane Blatchford John Bowler Barbara Hocke Guild of Devonshire Ringers Bishopsteignton, Devon Bishops-Ting-Tong Tuesday, 6 January 2026 in 1h 43 (10lb 0oz in G) 5040 Surprise Minor (20m) (1) London, Wells (2) Chester, Carlisle, Munden (3) Westminster, Allendale (4) York (5) Durham, Beverley, Berwick, Hexham, Surfleet (6) Norwich (7) Cambridge, Norfolk, Ipswich, Hull, Primrose, Bourne 1 Ian W Avery 2 James Grant 3 Timothy M Bayton 4 James Kirkcaldy 5 Robert D S Brown 6 Michael E C Mears (C) 200th peal on the bells in this location:6. Ringing World page reference: 5987.0056Guild of Devonshire Ringers Uffculme, Devon Piglet Ring Friday, 9 January 2026 in 35m (20lb 11oz in D) 1260 Plain Bob Minor 1 Charlotte A Boyce 2 Matthew H Weighell 3 Sofie Emmens 4 Sheila J Scofield 5 John R Martin (C) 6 Jonathan P Weighell Rung as a birthday compliment to Matthew Weighell. Guild of Devonshire Ringers Bickleigh, Devon St Mary the Virgin Friday, 9 January 2026 in 3h 5 (9–3–27 in F) 5040 Surprise Minor (7m) (1) London (2) Ipswich (3) Norwich (4) Bourne (5-6) Beverley, Surfleet (7) Cambridge 1 Ian V J Smith 2 Jill M Hansford 3 Michael C Hansford 4 Harry J Andrews 5 Philip M Dunn 6 John R Martin (C) Most methods - 4. Most Minor methods - 5. Rung in celebration of the life of Trevor Vercoe. Guild of Devonshire Ringers Tiverton, Devon St Paul Saturday, 10 January 2026 in 46m (8–3–5 in A) 1296 Cambridge Surprise Minor 1 Tim Jones 2 Sheila J Scofield 3 Richard C Shere 4 Matthew H Weighell 5 Leslie E Boyce 6 Jonathan P Weighell (C) Guild of Devonshire Ringers Exeter, Devon St Michael and All Angels, Heavitree Sunday, 11 January 2026 in 52m (25–3–2 in E♭) 1280 Lessness Surprise Major 1 Janet Deem 2 Kate Fulcher 3 Lesley Tucker 4 Sue Sawyer 5 Neil Deem 6 Graham Tucker 7 Andrew Digby 8 David Hird (C) Guild of Devonshire Ringers Lydeard St Lawrence, Somerset St Lawrence Monday, 12 January 2026 in 2h 49 (15–2–6 in F) 5120 Spliced Surprise Major (4m) 1440 Lincolnshire; 1280 Cambridge, Yorkshire; 1120 Rutland; 74 changes of method; all the work. Composed by J S Warboys 1 John A Foster 2 David J Garton 3 Jill M Hansford 4 James Kirkcaldy 5 Michael C Hansford 6 Revd Jonathan G Rose 7 John R Martin 8 Michael E C Mears (C) Guild of Devonshire Ringers Kingsteignton, Devon 'LB' Campanile Tuesday, 13 January 2026 in 2h 20 (30lb 1oz in F) 5152 Ethelfleda's Delight Major Composed by R Baldwin arr M Maughan 1 Ian L C Campbell 2 Robert D S Brown 3 John A Foster 4 Ian R Fielding 5 Peter M C Crawley 6 P Wendy Campbell 7 David Hird 8 Michael E C Mears (C) Guild of Devonshire Ringers Bishopsteignton, Devon Bishops-Ting-Tong Tuesday, 13 January 2026 in 31m (10lb 0oz in G) 1320 Hume Castle Surprise Minor 1 Ian Avery 2 Elaine Grant 3 Nigel Birt 4 Sue Sawyer 5 James Grant 6 Donald Carter (C) 200th together - 1 & 6 Guild of Devonshire Ringers Bishopsteignton, Devon Bishops-Ting-Tong Tuesday, 13 January 2026 in 31m (10lb 0oz in G) 1320 Spliced Surprise Minor (7m) 720 Durham, Beverley, Surfleet, York, 600 Ipswich, Bourne, Cambridge 1 Elaine Grant 2 Ian Avery 3 Sue Sawyer 4 James Grant 5 Nigel Birt 6 Donald Carter (C) Guild of Devonshire Ringers West Cranmore, Somerset St Bartholomew Wednesday, 14 January 2026 in 2h 39 (8–1–18 in A) 5040 Surprise Minor (17m) (1) London, Wells, Cunecastre (2) Westminster, Allendale (3) Netherseale (4) Primrose, Berwick, Hexham (5) Durham, Beverley, York, Surfleet (6) Norwich (7) Ipswich, Bourne, Cambridge 1 Revd Jonathan G Rose 2 Jill M Hansford 3 Robert D Crighton 4 Michael C Hansford 5 David Hird 6 Michael E C Mears (C) Guild of Devonshire Ringers Exeter, Devon St Michael and All Angels, Heavitree Friday, 16 January 2026 in 54m (25–3–2 in E♭) 1250 Yorkshire Surprise Major 1 Wendy Campbell 2 Lesley Tucker 3 Michael D'Avanzo 4 Graham Tucker 5 Taihei Baker 6 Kate Fulcher 7 Andrew Digby 8 Ian Campbell (C) Au revoir to Taihei (for the time being). First in method: 5. Ringing World page reference: 5988.0086Guild of Devonshire Ringers Broadclyst, Devon St John the Baptist Friday, 16 January 2026 in 49m (20–0–25 in E♭) 1280 Yorkshire Surprise Major 1 Robert A Neal 2 Sheila J Scofield 3 Richard C Shere 4 Leslie E Boyce 5 Charlotte A Boyce 6 John R Martin (C) 7 Jonathan P Weighell 8 Matthew H Weighell Guild of Devonshire Ringers Exeter, Devon St Mark Sunday, 18 January 2026 in 43m (12–1–19 in F♯) 1250 Yorkshire Surprise Major 1 Wendy Gill 2 Sarah Cooney 3 Sian Barns 4 Wendy Campbell 5 Lesley Tucker 6 Graham Tucker 7 Ian Campbell 8 David Hird (C) 1st in method - 2. Ringing World page reference: 5989.0109Guild of Devonshire Ringers Cadbury, Devon St Michael and All Angels Sunday, 18 January 2026 in 47m (11–1–8 in G♯) 1300 Doubles (4m) 240 St Simon's; 240 St Martin's; 400 Plain Bob; 420 Grandsire 1 Lynette Costello 2 Richard Shere 3 Sheila Scofield 4 Jonathan Weighell 5 Leslie Boyce (C) 6 Tim Jones Rung in memory of Andrew Green, ringer at Cadbury, who died in December and whose memorial service was held at The Mint Methodist Church, Exeter on Friday (16th). 700th Q.P.(3) Ringing World page reference: 5989.0107Guild of Devonshire Ringers Kingskerswell, Devon St Mary Monday, 19 January 2026 in 2h 47 (7–0–3 in G♯) 5088 Yorkshire Surprise Major Composed by J Clatworthy 1 Philip Stevens 2 Michael H Tompsett 3 Sheila J Scofield 4 David J Garton 5 Ian V J Smith 6 John R Martin (C) 7 Katherine H V Fulcher 8 Michael E C Mears First Major -3. The treble ringer has now rung a peal in 67 consecutive years. Guild of Devonshire Ringers Whimple, Devon 17 Bramley Gardens Tuesday, 20 January 2026 in 2h 30 (11 in G) 5152 Spliced Surprise Major (7m) 1568 Rutland; 1344 Yorkshire; 672 Lincolnshire; 448 Cambridge, Pudsey, Superlative; 224 Bristol; 104 com; atw. Composed by Norman Smith (Arr Emma Southerington) 1–2 Jill M Wigney 3–4 Oliver Coldrick 5–6 Matthew J Hilling (C) 7–8 Andrew P Digby Guild of Devonshire Ringers Kingsteignton, Devon 'LB' Campanile Tuesday, 20 January 2026 in 34m (30lb 1oz in F) 1280 Sawyer Delight Major 1 Ian W Avery 2 Charlotte A Boyce 3 James Grant 4 James Kirkcaldy 5 Ian L C Campbell 6 Michael E C Mears 7 John R Martin (C) 8 David Hird Rung as a compliment to Chris Sawyer on the 65th anniversary of her first peal. Guild of Devonshire Ringers Highweek, Devon All Saints Thursday, 22 January 2026 in 2h 57 (11–1–11 in F♯) 5024 Yorkshire Surprise Major Composed by A G Reading (No6) 1 Robert D S Brown 2 John A Foster 3 Ian W Avery 4 Jill M Hansford 5 Michael C Hansford 6 James Kirkcaldy 7 Ian V J Smith 8 Michael E C Mears (C) Another date crossed off John's calendar (only three to go) Ringing World page reference: 5991.0153Guild of Devonshire Ringers Exeter, Devon St Petrock Friday, 23 January 2026 in 46m 1260 Doubles (2m) Grandsire 780 plain bob 480 1 Ewan Kaczanow 2 Ian Campbell (C) 3 Mike Wigney 4 Jenny Sparling 5 Ryan Brodie 6 Henry Grice First Quarter 1 happy birthday to 1 Ringing World page reference: 5989.0107Guild of Devonshire Ringers Uffculme, Devon Piglet Ring Saturday, 24 January 2026 in 2h 4 (20lb 11oz in D) 5088 Roo Surprise Major Composed by A Hunt 1 Katherine H V Fulcher 2 Robert D S Brown 3 Charlotte A Boyce 4 John A Foster 5 Lester J Yeo 6 Andrew P Digby 7 Michael E C Mears 8 John R Martin (C) Circled tower (in 8 peals) - 1. Guild of Devonshire Ringers Compton Gifford, Devon Emmanuel Sunday, 25 January 2026 in 43m (11–0–4 in G) 1260 Plain Bob Doubles 1 Alena J Wardle 2 Harry J Andrews (C) 3 Sheila J Reynolds 4 John F Bowler 5 David J Crocker 6 Barbara M Hocke Rung to celebrate the life of Trevor Vercoe. Ringing World page reference: 5990.0132Guild of Devonshire Ringers Denbury, Devon St Mary the Virgin Monday, 26 January 2026 in 2h 31 (8–3–12 in A) 5040 Surprise Minor (14m) (1) London, Wells (2) Westminster (3) Netherseale (4) Durham, Beverley, Berwick, Hexham, Surfleet (5) York (6) Norwich (7) Ipswich, Bourne, Cambridge 1 Ian W Avery 2 Robert D S Brown 3 Michael H Tompsett 4 Michael C Hansford 5 James Kirkcaldy 6 Michael E C Mears (C) Guild of Devonshire Ringers Uffculme, Devon Piglet Ring Friday, 30 January 2026 in 34m (20lb 11oz in D) 1260 St Barnabas Bob Triples Composed by R A Wolfgang 1 Wendy Bishop 2 Charlotte A Boyce 3 Susan M Sawyer 4 Lesley Tucker 5 Jonathan P Weighell 6 Nigel G Birt 7 John R Martin (C) 8 Graham Tucker Guild of Devonshire Ringers Uffculme, Devon Piglet Ring Friday, 30 January 2026 in 34m (20lb 11oz in D) 1250 Quedgeley Surprise Major 1 Susan M Sawyer 2 Lesley Tucker 3 Nigel G Birt 4 Richard C Shere 5 Charlotte A Boyce 6 Graham Tucker 7 Jonathan P Weighell 8 John R Martin (C) Rung as a 90th birthday compliment to Ann Shere, Richard's mother. Guild of Devonshire Ringers Exeter, Devon St Mark Friday, 30 January 2026 in 2h 57 (12–1–19 in F♯) 5040 Foxhall Surprise Royal Composed by R D S Brown 1 Michael H Tompsett 2 Ian V J Smith 3 David Garton 4 James Kirkcaldy 5 Jill M Hansford 6 Michael C Hansford 7 Revd Jonathan G Rose 8 John A Foster 9 Michael E C Mears 10 David Hird (C) First peal of Royal in the method. x30x14x50x16x1270x18x34x3450x16.34.90 le 2nds. Rung in memory of Foster (Fos) Rogers, friend of 7. Ringing World page reference: 5990.0130Guild of Devonshire Ringers Tiverton, Devon St Peter Saturday, 31 January 2026 in 50m (25–2–18 in D) 1250 Lincolnshire Surprise Major 1 Lesley Tucker 2 Mike Wigney 3 Sheila Scofield 4 Sue Sawyer 5 Jonathan Weighell 6 Neil Deem 7 Graham Tucker 8 David Hird (C) Guild of Devonshire Ringers Silverton, Devon St Mary Saturday, 31 January 2026 in 47m (16–0–11 in F) 1280 Bristol Surprise Major 1 Richard Shere 2 Mike Wigney 3 Sue Sawyer 4 Lesley Tucker 5 Jonathan Weighell 6 Graham Tucker 7 Neil Deem 8 David Hird (C) Guild of Devonshire Ringers Sidmouth, Devon St Nicholas Saturday, 31 January 2026 in 3h 12 (18–2–12 in E) 5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal Composed by A S Riley 1 Ian V J Smith 2 Timothy M Bayton 3 David J Garton 4 Charlotte A Boyce 5 Jody A Wood 6 Katherine H V Fulcher 7 Revd Jonathan G Rose 8 John R Martin (C) 9 Phill J Payne 10 Michael E C Mears Rung as a celebration and early welcome to the Revd Victoria Chester in her move from curate to Rector designate of St Giles and St Nicholas Parish Church, Sidmouth. Guild of Devonshire Ringers Broadclyst, Devon St John the Baptist Saturday, 31 January 2026 in 51m (20–0–25 in E♭) 1376 Pudsey Surprise Major Composed by Paul Flavell 1 Mike Wigney (C) 2 Lesley Tucker 3 Sue Sawyer 4 Richard Shere 5 Jonathan Weighell 6 Graham Tucker 7 Neil Deem 8 James Kirkcaldy Guild of Devonshire Ringers Teignmouth, Devon St James the Less, West Teignmouth Sunday, 1 February 2026 (12–2–17 in F♯) 1260 Plain Bob Doubles 1260 Plain Bob Doubles with 7,6,8 covering 1 John Stern 2 Fiona Rock-Evans 3 Roger Treweek 4 Ian Dodds 5 Richard Barter (C) 6 John Brett 7 Jason Dowling 8 Nick Napper 1st Quarter Peal : 6 and 8 Rung in memory of Malcolm Loveday, Tower Captain of St Peters Chertsey, whos funeral is on Feb 6th and who taught Jason to ring Guild of Devonshire Ringers Tavistock, Devon St Eustachius Sunday, 1 February 2026 in 52m (24–0–5 in D) 1302 Plain Bob Triples View composition 1 Kathy Hayes 2 Sarah Hinton 3 Phil Dunn 4 Harry Parr 5 George Mudge 6 David Pike 7 Peter Hinton (C) 8 Chris Walke For Choral Evensong First on 8: 4 Ringing World page reference: 5991.0162Guild of Devonshire Ringers Kingsteignton, Devon St Michael Saturday, 7 February 2026 in 2h 57 (16–3–11 in F) 5152 70th Birthday Surprise Major Composed by A G Reading 1 Ian W Avery 2 Timothy M Bayton 3 Charlotte A Boyce 4 Ian V J Smith 5 Michael H Tompsett 6 James Grant 7 John R Martin 8 Michael E C Mears (C) 70th Birthday compliment to Nigel Birt Ringing World page reference: 5991.0153Guild of Devonshire Ringers Staplegrove, Somerset St John the Evangelist Tuesday, 10 February 2026 in 44m (11–2–12 in G) 1296 Spliced Surprise Minor (3m) 3m - Beverley, Cambridge, Surfleet 1 Mike Wigney (C) 2 Sheila Scofield 3 Lesley Tucker 4 Susan M Sawyer 5 Graham Tucker 6 James Kirkcaldy Guild of Devonshire Ringers Nynehead, Somerset All Saints Tuesday, 10 February 2026 in 43m (13–2–6 in F) 1260 Hampstead Bob Minor 1 Lesley Tucker 2 Mike Wigney 3 Susan M Sawyer 4 Giles Morley 5 James Kirkcaldy 6 Graham Tucker (C) Guild of Devonshire Ringers Kingsteignton, Devon 'LB' Campanile Tuesday, 10 February 2026 in 2h 6 (30lb 1oz in F) 5040 Surprise Minor (20m) (1) London, Wells (2) Chester, Carlisle, Munden, (3) Westminster, Allendale (4) York (5) Durham, Beverley, Berwick, Hexham, Surfleet (6) Norwich (7) Cambridge, Norfolk, Ipswich, Hull, Primrose, Bourne 1 Robert D S Brown 2 John R Martin 3 David Hird 4 John A Foster 5 Charlotte A Boyce 6 Michael E C Mears (C) Birthday compliment to "Jolly" Roger King 600th peal: 5. Ringing World page reference: 5992.0178Guild of Devonshire Ringers Cheddon Fitzpaine, Somerset Blessed Virgin Mary Tuesday, 10 February 2026 in 42m (8–2–3 in B♭) 1260 All Saints Place Doubles 1 Mike Wigney 2 Sheila Scofield 3 Susan M Sawyer 4 Giles R Morley 5 James Kirkcaldy (C) Guild of Devonshire Ringers Bishopsteignton, Devon Bishops-Ting-Tong Tuesday, 10 February 2026 in 32m (10lb 0oz in G) 1320 Inveraray Castle Surprise Minor 1 Ian Avery 2 Nigel Birt 3 James Grant 4 Sue Sawyer 5 Elaine Grant 6 Donald Carter (C) 70th birthday compliment to Nigel Birt Guild of Devonshire Ringers Bishopsteignton, Devon Bishops-Ting-Tong Tuesday, 10 February 2026 in 29m (10lb 0oz in G) 1320 Spliced Surprise Minor (7m) 720 Durham, Beverley, Surfleet, York. 600 Ipswich, Bourne, Cambridge 1 Elaine Grant 2 Ian Avery 3 James Grant 4 Nigel Birt 5 Sue Sawyer 6 Donald Carter (C) 400th quarter of spliced surprise as conductor on all numbers - 6 Guild of Devonshire Ringers Bishop's Hull, Somerset St Peter and St Paul Tuesday, 10 February 2026 in 43m (10–0–21 in F♯) 1272 Sandiacre Surprise Minor 1 Graham Tucker 2 Susan M Sawyer 3 Mike Wigney 4 Lesley Tucker 5 Giles Morley 6 James Kirkcaldy (C) Guild of Devonshire Ringers Pitcombe, Somerset St Leonard Wednesday, 11 February 2026 in 2h 37 (9–0–23 in G) 5040 Surprise Minor (12m) (1) London, Wells (2) Netherseale (3) Westminster, Allendale (4) York, Durham (5) Beverley, Surfleet (6) Norwich (7) Cambridge, Ipswich 1 James Kirkcaldy 2 Revd Jonathan G Rose 3 Robert D Crighton 4 Jill M Hansford 5 Michael C Hansford 6 Michael E C Mears (C) 80th birthday compliment to David House, we know how much he loves peals of Minor. Ringing World page reference: 5992.0178Guild of Devonshire Ringers Uffculme, Devon Piglet Ring Friday, 13 February 2026 in 34m (20lb 11oz in D) 1260 Plain Bob Minor 1 Sheila J Scofield 2 Richard C Shere 3 Richard H Johnston 4 Sofie Emmens 5 Charlotte A Boyce 6 John R Martin (C) Rung as a 30th birthday compliment to Sofie Emmens. Guild of Devonshire Ringers Bishopsteignton, Devon Bishops-Ting-Tong Friday, 13 February 2026 in 1h 46 (10lb 0oz in G) 5040 Surprise Minor (18m) (1) Nigel (2) London, Wells (3) Westminster, Allendale (4) York (5) Durham, Beverley, Berwick, Hexham, Surfleet (6 ) Norwich (7) Cambridge, Norfolk, Ipswich, Hull, Primrose, Bourne
1 Philip Stevens 2 James Grant 3 John R Martin 4 Nigel G Birt 5 Robert D S Brown 6 Michael E C Mears (C) 70th birthday compliment to Nigel Birt, first peal in his 8th decade. Ringing World page reference: 5992.0178Guild of Devonshire Ringers Exeter, Devon Cathedral Church of St Peter Saturday, 14 February 2026 in 4h 6 (72–2–2 in B♭) 5009 Stedman Cinques Composed by Mark R Eccleston 1 Stephanie E Hills 2 Kirsten J Hawkins 3 Katherine H V Fulcher 4 Ian V J Smith 5 Patricia Slade 6 Kevin J Skillings 7 Andrew M Alford 8 Paul J Pascoe 9 Matthew J Hilling (C) 10 Michael E C Mears 11 Louis P H Suggett 12 Thomas J Waterson Circled tower (all 14): 8 Ian Smith, aged 80 years 3 months, is now the oldest person to have rung a peal at Exeter Cathedral. Ringing World page reference: 5993.0204Guild of Devonshire Ringers Exeter, Devon St Michael and All Angels, Heavitree Sunday, 15 February 2026 in 55m (25–3–2 in E♭) 1280 Bristol Surprise Major 1 Wendy Campbell 2 Sian Barns 3 Lesley Tucker 4 Andrew Digby 5 Ian Campbell 6 Graham Tucker 7 Kate Fulcher 8 David Hird (C) 1st of Bristol - 2. Ringing World page reference: 5993.0208Guild of Devonshire Ringers Whimple, Devon 17 Bramley Gardens Monday, 16 February 2026 in 2h 28 (11 in G) 5152 Spliced Surprise Major (7m) (1568 Rutland; 1344 Yorkshire; 672 Lincolnshire; 448 Cambridge, Pudsey, Superlative; 224 Bristol; 104 com; atw) Composed by Norman Smith Arranged by Emma Southerington 1–2 Andrew P Digby 3–4 Oliver C Bates 5–6 Matthew J Hilling (C) 7–8 Oliver Coldrick Guild of Devonshire Ringers Dawlish, Devon St Gregory Monday, 16 February 2026 in 2h 50 (11–2–21 in F♯) 5152 Zetland Road Surprise Major Composed by G H Campling 1 Ian V J Smith 2 James Kirkcaldy 3 Jill M Hansford 4 Michael C Hansford 5 Ian R Fielding 6 David J Garton 7 John R Martin (C) 8 Michael E C Mears Guild of Devonshire Ringers Bishopsteignton, Devon Bishops-Ting-Tong Tuesday, 17 February 2026 in 29m (10lb 0oz in G) 1296 Surprise Minor (3m) 720 Beverley, Surfleet; 576 Cambridge 1 P Wendy Campbell 2 Charlotte A Boyce 3 John R Martin 4 John A Foster 5 James Grant 6 Michael E C Mears (C) Rung in celebration of the life of David Mayes, uncle of the ringer of the third and lifelong resident of Halstead, Essex who has died at the age of 97. Guild of Devonshire Ringers Lustleigh, Devon St John the Baptist Wednesday, 18 February 2026 in 2h 46 (12–0–0 in G) 5040 Spliced Surprise Minor (22m) (1) London, Wells (2) Chester, Carlisle, Munden (3) Westminster, Allendale (4) Netherseale, Lightfoot, Wearmouth (5) York, Durham (6) Surfleet, Beverley, Berwick, Hexham (7) Cambridge, Norfolk, Ipswich, Hull, Primrose, Bourne 1 Ian V J Smith 2 Jill M Hansford 3 Michael C Hansford 4 Robert D S Brown 5 James Kirkcaldy 6 Michael E C Mears (C) On the 65th anniversary of Ian Smith's first peal. Ringing World page reference: 5993.0204Guild of Devonshire Ringers Kingsteignton, Devon 'LB' Campanile Thursday, 19 February 2026 in 37m (30lb 1oz in F) 1280 Warwickshire Surprise Major 1 Lesley Tucker 2 Sue Sawyer 3 Graham Tucker 4 Michael Mears 5 Martin Mansley 6 Nigel Birt 7 James Grant 8 Donald Carter (C) Guild of Devonshire Ringers Kingsteignton, Devon 'LB' Campanile Thursday, 19 February 2026 in 36m (30lb 1oz in F) 1250 Mississippi Surprise Major 1 Martin Mansley 2 Lesley Tucker 3 Nigel Birt 4 Sue Sawyer 5 James Grant 6 Graham Tucker 7 Michael Mears 8 Donald Carter (C) Guild of Devonshire Ringers Pinhoe, Devon St Michael and All Angels Friday, 20 February 2026 in 47m (10–0–19 in G♯) 1280 Cambridge Surprise Major 1 Charlotte A Boyce 2 P Wendy Campbell 3 Richard C Shere 4 Russell C Chamberlain 5 John E Buckley 6 Ian L C Campbell 7 John R Martin (C) 8 John A Foster First quarter of Surprise Major since 1983 - 5. Guild of Devonshire Ringers Uffculme, Devon Piglet Ring Saturday, 21 February 2026 in 2h 7 (20lb 11oz in D) 5152 Christopher Robin Surprise Major Composed by E Pye 1 Andrea B Beaumont 2 Lester J Yeo 3 Melissa G Hunt 4 Michael R Spencer 5 Charlotte A Boyce 6 James Kirkcaldy 7 John A Foster 8 John R Martin (C) Guild of Devonshire Ringers Highweek, Devon All Saints Saturday, 21 February 2026 in 2h 47 (11–1–11 in F♯) 5040 Surprise Minor (15m) (1) London, Wells (2) Westminster (3) York, Durham (4) Bourne (5) Surfleet, Beverley, Berwick, Hexham (6) Norwich (7) Cambridge, Norfolk, Ipswich, Primrose 1 Revd Jonathan G Rose 2 Michael C Hansford 3 Ian V J Smith 4 Michael H Tompsett 5 James Grant 6 Michael E C Mears (C) On the 65th anniversary of Peter Bill's first peal. Martin Mansley and Robert Brown wish to be associated with this performance. Both were due to takes part but were prevented from doing so because of injury (Martin - knee; Robert - shoulder) Ringing World page reference: 5993.0204Guild of Devonshire Ringers Exeter, Devon St Mark Saturday, 21 February 2026 in 2h 50 (12–1–19 in F♯) 5024 Plain Bob Major Composed by Alan G Reading 1 Wendy Gill 2 Toby E Hilling 3 David P Hilling 4 Andrew P Digby 5 Andrew M Alford 6 Katherine H V Fulcher 7 Matthew J Hilling (C) 8 David Hird First peal: 2. Ringing World page reference: 5993.0204Guild of Devonshire Ringers Compton Gifford, Devon Emmanuel Sunday, 22 February 2026 in 43m (11–0–4 in G) 1269 Grandsire Doubles 1 David J Crocker 2 Barbara M Hocke 3 Alena J Wardle 4 Fergus M S Stracey 5 Harry J Andrews (C) 6 Kevin L Willis Rung for Evensong, Emmanuel Tower and Friends' Annual Christmas meal earlier today and birthday compliments to Barbara's mother (86 today) and Elena Brake. 1st Quarter Peal: Kevin L Willis 1st of Grandsire: Barbara M Hocke 1st conducting Grandsire: Harry J Andrews Guild of Devonshire Ringers Bishopsteignton, Devon Bishops-Ting-Tong Monday, 23 February 2026 in 2h 9 (10lb 0oz in G) 5760 Spliced Surprise Minor (41m) 240 each Allendale, Beverley, Hull, Kelso, Northumberland, Warkworth, Wearmouth; 120 each Alnwick, Annable's London, Bacup, Bamborough, Berwick, Bourne, Cambridge, Canterbury, Carlisle, Chester, Coldstream, Cunecastre, Durham, Hexham, Ipswich, Lightfoot, Lincoln, London, Morpeth, Munden, Netherseale, Newcastle, Norfolk, Norwich, Primrose, Rossendale, Sandiacre, Stamford, Surfleet, Wells, Westminster, Whitley, Wooler, York; all the work Composed by A E Holroyd 1 Ian W Avery 2 John R Martin 3 Charlotte A Boyce 4 Timothy M Bayton 5 James Grant 6 Michael E C Mears (C) First 41 S Minor ATW: 3. 500th together: 2,6. Guild of Devonshire Ringers Combe Raleigh, Devon St Nicholas Tuesday, 24 February 2026 (5–2–19 in B) Call Changes 1 Mark Boothby 2 Sally Church 3 Lisa Clarke (C) 4 Lynsey Fearn 5 Claire Kemp 6 Rose Lynn (C) 7 Lesley Oats 8 Janet Reynolds 9 Cathy Sandover 10 Stan Thompson (C) 11 Clare Weiss Rung to mark the fourth anniversary of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russian forces. We shared the ringing in support of all Ukrainians who have endured four years of war with constant strikes targeting their infrastructure when the temperature can drop to -20C in winter. In particular, supporting all those in the occupied territories and the brave soldiers on the front line doing all they can to keep the Russian forces out. 'Slava Ukraini'. On a happier note, Lynsey celebrated the anniversary of her marriage in this church 25 years ago. This was her first ring on the restored and augmented bells - she rang 4, 5 and 6 (the three original bells). Guild of Devonshire Ringers Lamerton, Devon St Peter Saturday, 28 February 2026 in 43m (11–1–26 in A♭) 1260 Plain Bob Doubles 1 Kathy Hayes 2 Phil Dunn (C) 3 Harry Parr 4 John Cook 5 Chris Walke 6 David Pike First QP on an inside bell:5 Guild of Devonshire Ringers Exeter, Devon St Petrock Monday, 2 March 2026 in 41m (5–0–0 in B) 1296 Lady Charlotte Delight Minor 1 Wendy Campbell 2 Lesley Tucker 3 Sue Sawyer 4 Graham Tucker 5 Ian Campbell 6 David Hird (C) Guild of Devonshire Ringers Combe Raleigh, Devon St Nicholas Wednesday, 4 March 2026 (5–2–19 in B) 120 April Day Doubles 1 Delie Perry 2 Anne E Bailey 3 Lisa Clarke (C) 4 Rose Lynn 5 Kathie Matthews 6 Susan A King First Doubles Variation for Rose, rung on her birthday, during a Variations practice. Guild of Devonshire Ringers Kingsteignton, Devon 'LB' Campanile Thursday, 5 March 2026 in 37m (30lb 1oz in F) 1250 Glamorgan Surprise Major 1 Ian Avery 2 Lesley Tucker 3 Sue Sawyer 4 James Grant 5 Michael Mears 6 Graham Tucker 7 Nigel Birt 8 Donald Carter (C) 1st in method - 2,3,4,6,7 and as conductor. Birthday compliment to Elaine Grant. Guild of Devonshire Ringers Kingsteignton, Devon 'LB' Campanile Thursday, 5 March 2026 in 36m (30lb 1oz in F) 1280 Biddenden Surprise Major 1 Sue Sawyer 2 Graham Tucker 3 Ian Avery 4 Lesley Tucker 5 James Grant 6 Nigel Birt 7 Michael Mears 8 Donald Carter (C) Get well compliment to Martin Mansley. Guild of Devonshire Ringers West Worlington, Devon St Mary Saturday, 7 March 2026 in 44m (7–3–21 in A) 1260 Plain Bob Minor 1 Florence Cook 2 Susan M Sawyer 3 Mike Wigney 4 James Kirkcaldy 5 Peter Crawley 6 Matthew Weighell (C) First minor: 1 Guild of Devonshire Ringers East Worlington, Devon St Mary Saturday, 7 March 2026 in 39m (5–1–23 in B) 1260 Doubles (11m) 11m: Stedman, Reverse Canterbury Pleasure, St Nicholas, Winchenden Place, St Remigius, Huntley Place, Plain Bob, St Simon's, St Martin's, St Osmunds, Eynesbury 1 Susan M Sawyer 2 Peter Crawley 3 Mike Wigney (C) 4 Matthew Weighell 5 James Kirkcaldy 6 Florence Cook First tenor behind: 6. Circled tower to quarters: 1. Guild of Devonshire Ringers Cruwys Morchard, Devon Holy Cross Saturday, 7 March 2026 in 47m (12–0–24 in F) 1272 London Surprise Minor 1 Mike Wigney (C) 2 Jonathan Weighell 3 Susan M Sawyer 4 Richard Shere 5 Peter Crawley 6 James Kirkcaldy 2,200th quarter: 4 Guild of Devonshire Ringers Exeter, Devon St Mark Sunday, 8 March 2026 in 41m (4–2–0 in C♯) 1260 Plain Bob Doubles 1 Charleen Lobb 2 Josh Lobb 3 Wendy Gill 4 Sue Sparling 5 Ian Campbell (C) 6 Wendy Campbell Rung prior to evening service. First attempt: 1. Guild of Devonshire Ringers Kingsteignton, Devon 'LB' Campanile Tuesday, 10 March 2026 in 2h 8 (30lb 1oz in F) 5040 Spliced Surprise Minor (41m) (1-3) Carlisle, Wooler, Whitley, Newcastle, Chester, Northumberland, Morpeth, Sandiacre, Canterbury, Munden, Alnwick, London, Kelso, Lincoln, Coldstream, Wells, Cunecastre (4-7) Norwich, Netherseale, Westminster, Allendale, Warkworth, Wearmouth, Lightfoot, Bamborough, Annable's London, Rossendale, Stamford, Bacup, Ipswich, Bourne, York, Durham, Hull, Primrose, Norfolk, Cambridge, Beverley, Berwick, Hexham, Surfleet Composed by J S Warboys (SUO 309, SUO 404) 1 P Wendy Campbell 2 John R Martin 3 Timothy M Bayton 4 Charlotte A Boyce 5 Robert D S Brown 6 Michael E C Mears (C) Birthday compliment to James Grant. Guild of Devonshire Ringers Bishopsteignton, Devon Bishops-Ting-Tong Tuesday, 10 March 2026 in 32m (10lb 0oz in G) 1320 Jedburgh Castle Surprise Minor 1 Ian Avery 2 Elaine Grant 3 Sue Sawyer 4 Nigel Birt 5 James Grant 6 Donald Carter (C) Birthday compliment to James Grant Guild of Devonshire Ringers Bishopsteignton, Devon Bishops-Ting-Tong Tuesday, 10 March 2026 in 30m (10lb 0oz in G) 1320 Spliced Surprise Minor (9m) 720 Beverlry, Surfleet, Berwick, Hexham, Durham, York; 600 Ipswich, Bourne, Cambridge 1 Elaine Grant 2 Ian Avery 3 James Grant 4 Sue Sawyer 5 Nigel Birt 6 Donald Carter (C) | |
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