Another wide ranging list of Firsts, as found on Bellboard. The complete list with further details can be found here: https://bb.ringingworld.co.uk/search.php?id=6574 . Well done to everyone!

General Ringing

First length of ringing by an all Universities of Leicester Student band in over 20 years, ringing rounds at St Mary de Castro on 4^th February.

Quarters

First Quarter peal

Alex Hopwood ringing treble to Plain Bob Doubles at Barrow upon soar on 10^th January
Laura Ward ringing treble to Grandsire Doubles at Earl Shilton on 18^th January
Glenn Jones ringing tenor behind to Plain Bob Doubles at Aylestone on 28^th January
Barry Hackett ringing tenor behind to Plain Bob Doubles at Medbourne on 31^st January
Phil Mattingly ringing treble to Plain Bob Doubles at Knighton on 15^th February
Mat Whitaker ringing tenor behind to Plain Bob Doubles at Thurnby on 8^th March
Sophie Haynes ringing tenor behind to Plain Bob Doubles at St Mary de Castro on 18^th March
Caroline Cockayne ringing tenor behind to doubles at Wanlip on 22^nd March

First Inside

George Davis ringing Plain Bob Doubles at Thurcaston on 4^th March

First of Minor

Kath Eastwood-Paramore ringing treble to Plain Bob Minor at Barrow upon Soar on 1^st January

First on 8

Karen Allen ringing treble to Yorkshire S Major at Sapcote on 3^rd March

First of Surprise

Jake Harkett ringing Cambridge S Minor at Wanlip on 17^th March

First of Surprise Major

Jeremy Bowman ringing Cambridge S Major at Oaks in Charnwood on 11^th January
Edward Angrave ringing Yorkshire S Major at Sapcote on 31^st January

First as conductor

Tessa Preston ringing Yorkshire S Major at Sapcote on 31^st January
Jake Harkett ringing Plain Bob Doubles at Knighton on 15^th February

First surprise as conductor

Dexter Deakes ringing Cambridge S Royal at St Mary de Castro on 2^nd January
Catherine Baker ringing Cambridge S Minor at Packington on 12^th January

First in Method

Terry Iliffe ringing Chester S Minor at Higham on the Hill on 4^th January
Whole band, ringing Geegelup S Minor at Fenny Drayton on 4^th January
Liz Watson and Rebecca Banner ringing Single Oxford Bob Triples at Barrow upon Soar on 9^th January
Aoife Harrison ringing Pudsey S Major at Whetstone on 16^th January
Helen Straw ringing Plain Bob Minor at Wanlip on 18^th January
Tessa Preston, Brenda Parr, Nicholas Parr, and Joseph Blake ringing Bristol S Royal at St Mary de Castro on 18^th January
Rebecca Banner and Mark Banner ringing Primrose S Minor at the Bellfoundry on 4^th February
Ian McKelvey ringing Grandsire Doubles at Oadby on 7^th February
Liz Reading ringing Warkworth S Minor at Hallaton on 8^th February
Jane Boyd and Elizabeth Wright ringing St Clements Minor at Aylestone on 25^th February
Rebecca Banner and Mark Banner ringing Norfolk S Minor at the Bellfoundry on 4^th March
Oliver Harvey ringing Yorkshire S Major at St Mary de Castro on 13^th March
Dexter Deakes ringing Bristol S Major at St Mary de Castro on 16^th March
Rebecca Banner and Mark Banner ringing Deva S Major at Whitwick on 27^th March

First of Spliced Surprise

Jethro Woolley ringing Yorkshire and Cambridge S Major at Hathern on 20^th February
Rebecca Bullingham ringing Cambridge and Yorkshire S Major at Leicester Cathedral on 8^th March

First of 8 Spliced Major

Stephen Hamby at Earl Shilton on 31^st January

First including Variable Hunt

Karen Allen ringing Plain Bob Doubles with Variable Hunt at Packington on 23^rd February

First in Method as conductor

Richard Thomas ringing Plain Bob Minor at Wanlip on 18^th January
Alex Johnson ringing Grandsire Caters at All Saints Loughborough on 8^th March

Variation named

Twelfth Night Doubles, rung at Packington on 5^th January

Peals

First Peal

Samuel Rose ringing tenor behind to Stedman Doubles at Branston on 7^th March

First in Method

Tessa Preston and Charlie Worger ringing Lincolnshire S Major at Enderby on 1^st January

First as Conductor

Dexter Deakes ringing Yorkshire S Major at St Mary de Castro on 9^th March

Handbells

First Spliced Grandsire

Whole band ringing Grandsire Triples and Major on 18^th January

First in Method

Whole band ringing St Martins Triples on 19^th January
Whole band ringing St Simons Major on 18^th February

Method Named

St Martins Bob Major rung on 23^rd February
St Barnabas Bob Major rung on 29^th March