Simon Bond's Ringing Records

First quarter: 6. Birthday compliment to Simon 'Big Man' Roberts.

First quarter: 6. First away from cover: 1. A birthday compliment to Douglas Stanford, brother of 1. Also an engagement compliment to 1 & 5.

First inside: 2. A farewell to Emma, returning to Americaland after an extremely productive year with the OUS. "Sonorous metal blowing martial sounds: At which the universal host up sent A shout that tore hell's concave, and beyond Frighted the reign of Chaos and old Night." J Milton

First in hand and of minor: 1-2.

First on eight: 1. First of Major: 5. 50th Quarter: 6.

First in method: 3.

First Erin for all except 7 and as conductor. First of Caters: 8. 100th on the bells: 7. A compliment to Duncan McBurnie and Katy Idle on the day of their wedding, with the band's apologies for their absence.

First as conductor on 8. First as tenor lady. First of Grandsire Triples: 5.

First Spliced Major: 6 & 7. Congratulating Wilf on a successful viva and the completion of his MChem. Umpire: Bronwen Stanford.

First of Surprise: 3.

50th together: 2 & 4.

A farewell to Rozzy, leaving Oxford to take up a post-doc position in Montreal. 50th quarter and first inside on 10: 5.

600th quarter peal: 7-8. First on eight in hand and first outside the Oxford ringroad: 3-4. First at this address. A 33rd wedding anniversary compliment to Michael and Jacqueline Bond.

First on twelve: 5 & 6.

First Spliced Surprise Major: 4 & 8. Most Spliced Surprise Major: 3 & 5. 50th quarter: 4.

First in method: 4.

First peal: 5. First on eight: 4. By a Lincoln College practice night band.

First on 10: 4.

First Stedman: 2 and as conductor.

Most Spliced Surprise Major: 4 and 6. First of Spliced Surprise Major as conductor.

First of Spliced Surprise on an inside pair: 3-4 A get well compliment to Emma Stanford.

First peal of spliced: 3 A birthday compliment to Katherine Stonham.

Celebrating the admission, earlier today, of Prof. Louise Richardson as the 272nd Vice Chancellor of the University of Oxford. First Oxford TB Major: 2, 3, 4, 5 & 7.

First in method: 7.

First blows: 2, 3, 4, 6 and 7. First in method: 8.

First "just a quarter" of Cinques: 2.

First spliced major and most spliced: 3.

A graduation compliment to Rozzy.

First of Royal: 5.

Marking the 350th anniversary of the Great Fire of London.

First on 10: 6. Celebrating, very belatedly, the conductor's engagement and wedding.

Most regretted wardrobe decision: 8.

Half-muffled for Remembrance.

Bomb-proof. First Grandsire Triples: 3. Was resplendent: 7.

Rung to celebrate the life of John Camp.

On Society Dinner Day.

Most methods: 3. In anticipation of the conductor's 30th birthday.

For Palm Sunday. First on 12, and first of Stedman: 6. Biggest job: 12.

First on 10: 10. First inside on 10: 6.

1st in method: 7. 1st on 12 as conductor. Rung to congratulate Courtney Spoerer and Hannah Guggiari on their engagement.

First in workplace: 5.

On the centenary of the death of Private James Braithwaite Bond of the 13th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment, great-great-uncle of the conductor, who died on 10th August 1917 during the Battle of Passchendaele.

First Spliced Surprise Major: 3. Most Spliced Surprise Major: 5, 6, 7, 8 and as conductor.

A 30th birthday compliment to the tenor ringer, rung by a Lincoln College practice night band. Katherine Stonham would like everyone to know that this was really quite good.

Most methods: 4. First of Minor on towerbells: 2.

Half-muffled. Lest we forget the lessons of history.

Before a carol service as part of Oxford Christmas Light Festival. The first ringing on the bells since reopening of the church after building of a new gallery.

Celebrating Jo's three successfully completed decades. Circled the tower (with a somewhat permissive interpretation of the term): 1.

All twelve members of this band rang their first quarter peal of Bristol Maximus on these bells. The band is placed from most recent (June 2017) on the treble to least recent (June 2006) on the tenor. We would like to associate Jenny Lane, Courtney Spoerer and Harriet Armitage, who also qualify for this band, with this performance. 200th together: 9 & 11.

First of Bristol Surprise Maximus: 5.

A compliment to Stephen Cameron, Senior Member of the OUS, ahead of his 60th birthday this weekend. First of Royal: 7. First of Surprise Royal: 8. 250th as conductor. Since the arranger had given 22 days notice of this attempt, not even 21 members of Congregation could prevent it from taking place.

First in method: 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10 & 11. Boltorelegocampanophobia: the irrational fear of Bolton being relegated while you're ringing a quarter peal.

First in method: 5, 6, 7 & 10.

With the Society’s best wishes to Leah Stead and Jack Collins, to be married in this chapel tomorrow.

Remembering Clive.

First on 12: 5. Most metal: 12.

First of Maximus: 7. First of Surprise Maximus: 2. Rung to celebrate the installation of the new Succentor, the Reverend Philippa White.

First 8 bell peal as conductor.

First on 12: 3. First on 12 as conductor. First of Grandsire Cinques: 5.

"Most methods ever": 4. First Core Seven: 2, 3, 4, 6, 7.

50th quarter peal and first in method: 6 In anticipation of the wedding of Richard Puckey and Caroline Barton, sister of Dorothy Hall.

Remembering Audrey Woodward and Margaret Taylor, Great-Aunts of the conductor, who both died this weekend.

First of Caters: 6 &10. A farewell to Emma, leaving Oxford for the States at the end of the month, again.