Firsts From Bellboard – July to September 2025

Quarter Peal band at Barrow upon Soar on 28th September. Featuring a 1st Quarter (6), first inside (2) and first as conductor (5).
R-L: Karen Selby (6), Andrew Boston (C 5), Eliza Lewis-Skeath (4), Jeremy Bowman (3), Kath Eastmore-Paramore (2), Sally Brown (1).

First Quarter

Geordan Boylan ringing treble to plain bob doubles at Branston on 18th July
Tom Bullock ringing Plain Bob Minor at Stoney Stanton on 10th August
Carl Bullingham ringing treble to Plain Bob Doubles at St Mary de Castro on 25th September
Matthew Leavy ringing tenor cover at St Mary De Castro on 25th September
Alex Hopwood ringing tenor cover at Wanlip on 28th September
Karen Selby ringing tenor cover at Barrow upon Soar on 28th September

First away from cover

Rich Moon ringing treble to Plain Bob Doubles at Desford on 5th July
Mel Dughan ringing treble to Plain Bob Doubles at Packington on 1st September

First Doubles inside

Kath Eastwood-Paramore ringing Plain Bob Doubles at Barrow upon Soar on 28t September

First of Triples

Helen Gamble, Jake Harkett and Sam Orton ringing Grandsire Triples at Knighton on 20th July

First on 12 bells

Aoife Harrison ringing treble to Grandsire Cinques at the Cathedral on 16th August

First Treble Bob

Karen Allen ringing treble to Cambridge S Minor at St Mary de Castro on 22nd September

First of Surprise

Jeremy Bowman ringing Cambridge S Minor at Wanlip on 14th September

First treble to Surprise Major

Jeremy Bowman trebling to Lincolnshire S Major at Ashby Folville on 26th September

First in method

Mark Banner and Rebecca Banner ringing Rossendale and Samford S Minor at Kirkby Mallory on 4th July
Terry Iliffe ringing Bourne S Minor at Medbourne on 7th July
Brenda Parr ringing Stamford and Rossendale at Bellfoundry Tower on 9th July
Jethro Woolley ringing Superlative S Major at Bellfoundry Tower on 23rd July
Jethro Woolley ringing Double Oxford Minor at Bellfoundry Tower on 30th July
Aoife Harrison ringing Cambridge S Royal at St Margarets on 9th August
Jethro Woolley ringing Norwich S Minor at Bellfoundry Tower on 13th August
Jethro Woolley ringing Bourne S Minor at Bellfoundry Tower on 20th August (also first blows in method)
Alistair Donaldson ringing Rossendale S Minor at Medbourne on 25th August
Jethro Woolley ringing Yorkshire S Major at Prestwold on 29th August
Helen Straw ringing Grandsire Doubles at Wymeswold on 30th August
Edward Angrave ringing Cambridge S Minor at Sapcote on 5th September (also first touch in the method)
Richard Thomas ringing Bacup and Bamborough S Minor at Swithland on 24th September
Helen Camps and Terry Iliffe ringing Durham S Minor at Medbourne on 24th September
Hilary Pawley ringing Lincolnshire S Major at Ashby Folville on 26th September

First with a Variable Hunt Treble

Lisa Gammon, Catherine Baker, David Gammon and Simon Melen ringing plain bob doubles at Packington on 11th August

First as Conductor

Andrew Boston ringing Plain Bob Doubles at Barrow Upon Soar on 28th September

Handbells

First in method

Alison Godfrey and Judith Godfrey ringing Bourne S Minor on 5th July
Judith Godfrey ringing Cambridge S Minor on 5th July
Whole band ringing Grandsire Major on 20th July
Alison Godfrey and Judith Godfrey ringing Norwich S Minor on 18th August
Alison Godfrey and Judith Godfrey ringing Ipswich S Minor on 18th August
Whole band ringing Westminster S Minor on 15th September
Alison Godfrey and Judith Godfrey ringing St Clements Minor on 15th September

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