Firsts From Bellboard: October – December 2025

Quarter Peals

First Quarter Peal

Michael S Smith ringing treble to Plain Bob Doubles at Kirby Muxloe
Will C Mcgorum-Warrington ringing Plain Bob Minor at St Margaret’s
Emma Lovegrove ringing treble to Plain Bob Doubles at Thorpe Arnold
Marie McSeveney ringing Plain Bob Doubles at Shawell
Louise Higson ringing treble to Grandsire Triples at Loughborough All Saints
Joseph Travis ringing Plain Bob Major at Stoney Stanton

Emma Lovegrove (right) after her first quarter peal

First away from cover

Paul Watson ringing treble to doubles at Tilton on the Hill

First as cover

Poppy Watsham ringing tenor behind to Grandsire Doubles at Earl Shilton

First inside

Sally Kearns ringing Plain Bob Doubles at Knighton

First of Surprise

Darren Tilley ringing Cambridge Surprise Minor at Desford

First of Major

John Inkley ringing treble to Spliced Surprise Major at King’s Norton

First on 10

Catherine Baker ringing treble to Grandsire Caters at Ashby de la Zouch
David Gammon ringing tenor behind to Grandsire Caters at Ashby de la Zouch
Stewart Mason ringing tenor behind to Plain Bob Caters at Saltby

First of Royal

Jethro Woolley ringing treble to Yorkshire Surprise Royal at the Bellfoundry

First in Method

Kiera Boylan ringing Lincolnshire Surprise Major at Ashby Folville
Richard Thomas ringing London Surprise Major at Quorn
Richard Thomas ringing Spliced Surprise Major at Prestwold
Aoife Harrison ringing Bristol Surprise Major at Prestwold
Liz Reading, Joseph Blake, and Chris Rudge ringing Stamford Surprise Minor at Woodhouse Eaves
Liz Reading, Terry Iliffe, Chris Rudge, and Joseph Blake ringing Hull Surprise Minor at Woodhouse
Richard Thomas ringing Bristol Surprise Major at Coleorton (and first blows in method)
Tessa Preston ringing Pudsey Surprise Major at Countesthorpe
Rebecca Bullingham ringing Cambridge Surprise Major at Leicester Cathedral
Jonathan Seymour ringing Grandsire Doubles at Lubenham
Tessa Preston, andLewis Benfield ringing Cornwall Surprise Major at Sapcote

First as Conductor

Andy Hinton ringing Plain Bob Doubles at Shawell

First Spliced as Conductor

Alexander Johnson ringing 4 Spliced Surprise Major at the Bellfoundry

First Royal as Conductor

Mark Banner ringing Cambridge Surprise Royal at Loughborough All Saints

Peals

First in method

Tessa Preston, and Dexter Deakes ringing Yorkshire Surprise Royal at St Mary de Castro
Tessa Preston, and Kiera Boylan ringing Bristol Surprise Major at Quorn

Handbell Quarter Peals

First of Major in hand

Richard Pawley ringing the trebles to Kent Treble Bob Major

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