Quarter Peals
First Quarter
Anthony Burbage ringing treble to Cambridge Surprise Minor at Sapcote on 21st February
Helen Gordon ringing Plain Bob Minor at Shepshed on 29th March
Emma Richards ringing Plain Bob Minor at Shepshed on 29th March
Rich Moon ringing tenor behind at Desford on 31st March
first away from cover
Claire Thompson ringing treble to Plain Bob Doubles at Desford on 31st March
First covering
Karen Allen at Packington on 17th February
Sally Kearns at Knighton on 22nd March
First inside to Minor
Jez Bowman ringing Plain Bob Minor at the Bellfoundry on 12th March
First of Triples
Di Lackenby ringing treble to Plain Bob Triples at Whitwick on 2nd February
First in Method/Variation
Liz Reading and Terry Iliffe ringing Berwick Surprise Minor at Medbourne on 10th January
Mark Banner and Rebecca Banner ringing Ashtead Surprise Major at the Bellfoundry on 15th January (also first blows in method)
Lisa Gammon ringing Reverse Canterbury Doubles at Packington on 27th January
Eliza Lewis-Skeath ringing Bristol Surprise Major at the Bellfoundry on 29th January
Mark Banner and Rebecca Banner ringing Cornwall Surprise Major at Hathern on 31st January (also first blows in method)
Tessa Preston ringing Bristol Surprise Major at Sapcote on 2nd February
Whole band ringing Farne Island Lighthouse Surprise Minor at Medbourne on 7th February
Lisa Gammon ringing St Valentine Doubles at Packington on 17th February
Judith Godfrey ringing Chester and Munden Surprise Minor at the Bellfoundry on 19th February
Liz Reading, Richard Holyland and Chris Rudge ringing Coldstream Surprise Minor at Misterton on 28th February
Kiera Boylan ringing Pudsey Surprise Major at Ashby Folville on 28th February (also first blows in method)
Oliver Harvey ringing Cambridge Surprise Major at Sapcote on 11th March
Martin Jones ringing Bourne Surprise Minor at the Bellfoundry on 26th March (also first blows in method)
Kiera Boylan ringing London Surprise Major at Ashby Folville on 28th March
First in Method on Tower Bells
Judith Godfrey ringing Cornwall Surprise Major at Hathern on 31st January
First of Spliced
Aoife Harrison ringing Superlative, Lincolnshire, Cambridge and Yorkshire at St Mary de Castro on 2nd January
First of Eight Spliced
Tessa Preston at Sapcote on 1st January
Peals
First Peal
Aoife Harrison ringing Cambridge surprise Major at Earl Shilton on 16th March
Oliver Harvey ringing Cambridge Surprise Major at Countesthorpe on 29th March
First in method
Tessa Preston ringing Superlative Surprise Major at the Harecroft Ring, Sapcote, on 1st January
First on a mini ring
Tessa Preston and Andrew Preston ringing Superlative Surprise Major at the Harecroft Ring, Sapcote, on 1st January
First of Royal
Tessa Preston and Kiera Boylan ringing Cambridge Surprise Royal at St Mary de Castro on 19th January
Handbell Quarter Peals
First in hand
Will Norton ringing Plain Bob Minor on 27th February
First on an inside pair
Andrew Young ringing Plain Bob Minor on 27th February
First in Method
Tim Peverett, Alison Godfrey, Judith Godfrey and Robert Watson ringing:
Ealing Surprise Major on 9th February
Ickleton Surprise Major on 2nd March (Also believed to be first quarter in the method on handbells)
Aldenham Surprise Major on 23rd March
Xenodocheionology Surprise Major on 23rd March
Morlais Castle Surprise Major on 24th March
New Cambridge Surprise Major on 24th March
Tim Peverett, Alison Godfrey and Robert Watson ringing Stedman Doubles on 1st March
Alison Godfrey and Robert Watson ringing Norwich Surprise Minor on 15th March

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