LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION PRESTON, Minster Ch of S John Ev, Lancs Sun 18th September 2005 in 3h5 (17-1-10) 5088 Yorkshire Surprise Major Comp. N J Pitstow 1 Robert V Criddle 2 Barbara D Murray 3 Jean Barnes 4 Simon A Bond 5 Ashley B Wilson 6 Richard Palmer 7 Frank N G Anderton (C) 8 Thomas F Metcalfe To welcome Father Timothy William Lipscombe to the benefice of Preston St John and St George the Martyr. Also to welcome Casson Thomas Metcalfe, first grandchild of the tenor ringer. A compliment to the ringers of 1, 4 and 5 on their departure to University. First Treble Bob: 1. First Surprise: 4. |
OXFORD UNIVERSITY SOCIETY OXFORD, S Thomas M, Oxon Mon 7th November 2005 in 2h49 (11-2-6) 5152 Yorkshire Surprise Major Comp. C P Starbuck 1 Dorothy G Hall 2 Jennifer C E Lane 3 Simon A Bond 4 Nicholas J Balderson 5 Douglas J Beaumont 6 Peter G Giles 7 Graham Drabble (C) 8 Henry D Coggill First Peal as Conductor. First in Method: 2. | ||
OXFORD, S Thomas M, Oxon Sun 27th November 2005 in 42 mins (11-2-6) 1250 Yorkshire Surprise Major 1 Caroline H Lee 2 Stephen J Ivin 3 Simon A Bond 4 Oliver T Lomax 5 Christopher J Backhouse 6 James C Marchbank (C) 7 Nicholas J Balderson 8 Graham Drabble |
OXFORD UNIVERSITY SOCIETY OXFORD, S Mary Magd, Oxon Thu 12th January 2006 in 2h42 (7-1-12) 5088 Yorkshire Surprise Major Comp. M B Davies 1 Simon A Bond 2 Peter G Giles 3 Alison J Moreton 4 Christopher J Backhouse 5 Caroline H Lee 6 Mark A Bell (C) 7 Henry D Coggill 8 Nicholas J Balderson First Surprise: 3. First in Method: 5. To congratulate Mark Bell and Claire Thomson on their engagement. | ||
OXFORD SOCIETY EAST ILSLEY, S Mary, Berks Fri 24th February 2006 in 2h41 (8-1-13) 5088 Yorkshire Surprise Major Comp. D F Morrison (No. 5) 1 Keith D Anderson 2 Oliver T Lomax 3 Caroline H Lee 4 Graham Drabble 5 Simon L Edwards 6 Robin O Hall (C) 7 Simon A Bond 8 Jonathan Cresshull |
OXFORD, S Thomas M, Oxon Sun 28th May 2006 in 40 mins (11-2-6) 1280 Yorkshire Surprise Major 1 Jonathan Cresshull 2 Simon A Bond 3 Christopher J Backhouse 4 Hugh J W Wilkinson 5 Caroline H Lee (C) 6 Graham Drabble 7 Oliver T Lomax 8 Nicholas J Balderson 1st Major as Conductor. A birthday compliment to the conductor. The band wishes Jenny a speedy recovery after her late-night bicycle acrobatics! | ||
CAMBRIDGE, Our Lady & Eng Martyrs, Cambs Fri 27th October 2006 in 48 mins (31-2-5) 1250 Yorkshire Surprise Major 1 James C Marchbank 2 Nicholas J Hartley 3 Simon A Bond 4 Leigh D G Simpson 5 Quentin S A Jackson 6 Edward P D Colliss 7 Luke T W Smith (C) 8 Alan G Reading Rung at the beginning of the SUA Weekend in Cambridge. |
OXFORD UNIVERSITY SOCIETY OXFORD, S Mary Magd, Oxon Thu 11th January 2007 in 2h39 (7-1-12) 5088 Yorkshire Surprise Major Comp. S Humphrey 1 Michael O'Hagan 2 Simon A Bond 3 Jennifer C E Lane 4 Hugh J W Wilkinson 5 Christopher J Backhouse 6 Nicholas J Balderson 7 Mark A Bell 8 James C Marchbank (C) First as Conductor. First treble bob: 1. | ||
OXFORD, S Thomas M, Oxon Sun 21st January 2007 in 40 mins (11-2-6) 1250 Yorkshire Surprise Major 1 James C Marchbank 2 Michael O'Hagan 3 Christopher J Backhouse 4 Hugh J W Wilkinson 5 Luke O Camden 6 Jennifer C E Lane (C) 7 Simon A Bond 8 Nicholas J Balderson First of major as conductor First in method: 2 First on 8: 5 |
OXFORD, S Mary Magd, Oxon Tue 27th February 2007 in 40 mins (7-1-12) 1250 Yorkshire Surprise Major 1 Michael O'Hagan 2 Nicholas J Balderson 3 Hugh J W Wilkinson 4 Christopher J Backhouse 5 Alexander J Dicks 6 Luke O Camden 7 Jennifer C E Lane (C) 8 Simon A Bond First in m: 5 A birthday compliment to Nick Balderson | ||
OXFORD, S Ebbe, Oxon Sat 21st April 2007 in 36 mins (4-3-19) 1250 Yorkshire Surprise Major 1 Jonathan Cresshull 2 Claire L Thomson 3 Sarah A Taylor 4 Hugh J W Wilkinson 5 Luke O Camden 6 Nicholas J Balderson 7 Michael A Williams 8 Simon A Bond (C) To mark the 81st birthday of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. The ringer of the 7 has now rung quarter peals in all 13 of the Oxford city centre towers. |
LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION NEWHEY, S Thomas, Gr Man Tue 28th August 2007 in 2h48 (4-1-17) 5088 Yorkshire Surprise Major Comp. N J Pitstow 1 Stephen R T Pocock 2 James E Andrews 3 Simon A Bond 4 Derek J Thomas 5 Philip J H Hudson 6 Raymond A Hutchings 7 Matthew J Jones 8 Ashley B Wilson (C) First as C. Circled the tower to peals: 4. | ||
OXFORD, S Mary Magd, Oxon Tue 9th October 2007 in 42 mins (7-1-12) 1250 Yorkshire Surprise Major 1 Michael O'Hagan 2 Claire L Bell 3 Stephen J D Dann 4 Hugh J W Wilkinson 5 Alexander J Dicks 6 Robert S Wallis 7 Luke O Camden 8 Simon A Bond (C) Rung prior to the first general practice of the academic year to welcome those ringers joining the OUS this term. First Surprise Major: 3. First with this surname: 2. |
OXFORD, S Thomas M, Oxon Sun 21st October 2007 in 42 mins (11-2-6) 1280 Yorkshire Surprise Major 1 Siân J Haseldine 2 Hugh J W Wilkinson 3 Christopher J Backhouse 4 Robert S Wallis 5 Caroline H Lee (C) 6 Stephen J D Dann 7 Luke O Camden 8 Simon A Bond First in m: 6 | ||
SAINT THOMAS SOCIETY OXFORD, S Mary Magd, Oxon Thu 11th September 2008 in 2h37 (7-1-12) 5152 Yorkshire Surprise Major Comp. C P Starbuck 1 Stuart T Nelson 2 Katherine R Poole 3 Christopher I Griggs 4 Helen C Mansley 5 Luke O Camden 6 Mark A Bell 7 Simon A Bond (C) 8 Jonathan Cresshull Chris's official first peal. A birthday compliment to Oliver T Lomax. First inside: 3. First Surprise as C. |
OXFORD, S Mary Magd, Oxon Tue 28th October 2008 in 39 mins (7-1-12) 1280 Yorkshire Surprise Major 1 Michael O'Hagan 2 Lucy M Bricheno 3 Luke O Camden 4 Alexander J Dicks 5 Christopher I Griggs 6 Stephen J D Dann 7 Robert S Wallis 8 Simon A Bond (C) | ||
OXFORD, S Mary Magd, Oxon Tue 20th January 2009 in 39 mins (7-1-12) 1250 Yorkshire Surprise Major 1 Maarit Kivilo 2 Robert S Wallis 3 Stephen J D Dann 4 Alexander J Dicks 5 Michael O'Hagan 6 Christopher I Griggs (C) 7 Luke O Camden 8 Simon A Bond Celebrating the inauguration of Barack Obama as 44th President of the United States of America. First Surprise Major as C. |
LUNDY ISLAND SOCIETY LUNDY ISLAND, S Helen, Devon Thu 23rd July 2009 in 2h39 (13-1-18) 5058 Yorkshire Surprise Major Comp. C Adams 1 Nicholas J Balderson 2 Ben Hockenhull 3 Halisi Drysdale 4 Alexander J Dicks 5 Christopher I Griggs 6 Luke O Camden 7 James C Marchbank (C) 8 Simon A Bond First Peal: 4. | ||
OXFORD, S Mary Magd, Oxon Tue 3rd November 2009 in 41 mins (7-1-12) 1250 Yorkshire Surprise Major 1 David E Giles 2 Kirsty K Monk 3 Simon A Bond 4 Stephen J D Dann 5 Michael O'Hagan 6 Robert S Wallis 7 Christopher I Griggs 8 Jonathan Cresshull (C) First on 8: 1. First in method: 2. |
GORING ON THAMES, S Thomas of Canterbury, Oxon Sat 21st November 2009 in 41 mins (8-0-21) 1280 Yorkshire Surprise Major 1 Ruth Stokes 2 Julie A Haseldine 3 Christopher I Griggs 4 Marika Haseldine 5 Andrew Haseldine (C) 6 Christopher C Stokes 7 Simon A Bond 8 James A Haseldine A wedding compliment to Tim Coleman and Sarah Eatherton, married today at Goring Free Church. | ||
LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION PRESTON, Minster Ch of S John Ev, Lancs Thu 31st December 2009 in 3h3 (17-1-10) 5088 Yorkshire Surprise Major Comp. R J Angrave 1 Dawn R Ashcroft 2 Robert V Criddle 3 Raymond A Hutchings 4 Ian Smith 5 Alison J Brittliff 6 Jeffrey D Simcox 7 Simon A Bond 8 Ashley B Wilson (C) First peal: 1. 1100th for the Association: 4. 150th for the Association: 8 |
OXFORD SOCIETY OXFORD, S Mary Magd, Oxon Tue 5th April 2011 in 2h41 (7-1-12) 5152 Yorkshire Surprise Major Comp. R W Pipe 1 Bernard J Stone 2 Michael O'Hagan 3 Keith D Anderson 4 Simon A Bond 5 Claire F Roulstone 6 John G Pusey 7 Clive Holloway 8 Colin M Lee (C) In celebration of the life of Roderick W Pipe. | ||
OXFORD, S Thomas M, Oxon Sat 2nd March 2013 in 44 mins (11-2-6) 1344 Yorkshire Surprise Major 1 Wilfred J M Lewis 2 Simon A Bond 3 Matthew R Johnson 4 Stephen J D Dann 5 Peter M Jasper (C) 6 Robert J Hornby 7 Michael A Williams 8 Nicholas J Hartley First Treble Bob Major: 1. First in method: 3. On OUSCR quarter peal day. Yorkshire: it's not for girls. |
OXFORD, S Thomas M, Oxon Mon 3rd June 2013 in 43 mins (11-2-6) 1250 Yorkshire Surprise Major 1 Simon A Bond (C) 2 John G Pusey 3 S L Catrin Morgan 4 Rosalind F Roberts 5 Stephen J D Dann 6 Alexander J Dicks 7 Douglas J Beaumont 8 Nicholas J Hartley First Yorkshire: 4. First Lancashire: 6. A compliment to the A34. | ||
OXFORD UNIVERSITY SOCIETY OXFORD, S Thomas M, Oxon Mon 25th November 2013 in 2h52 (11-2-6) 5088 Yorkshire Surprise Major Comp. G A C John 1 Nicholas J Hartley 2 Christine C Darby 3 Andrew N Stubbs 4 Rosalind F Roberts 5 Andrew R Freer 6 Stephen J D Dann 7 Simon A Bond (C) 8 Nigel R D Orchard First inside: 4. First Surprise: 5. |
OXFORD, S Mary Magd, Oxon Tue 23rd September 2014 in 42 mins (7-1-12) 1344 Yorkshire Surprise Major 1 Christopher I Griggs 2 Simon A Bond (C) 3 Robin O Hall 4 Michael O'Hagan 5 Katherine A Stonham 6 Stuart F Gibson 7 Mark D Tarrant 8 Michael A Williams Variable hunt. First with no bobs or singles: 4, and probably others. A compliment to David Hull, who we guess did this in the nineties. | ||
OXFORD, S Thomas M, Oxon Wed 5th November 2014 in 42 mins (11-2-6) 1250 Yorkshire Surprise Major 1 Robin O Hall 2 Charlotte Everett 3 Helen V Matthews 4 Simon A Bond 5 Harry Gibson 6 Michael O'Hagan 7 Michael A Williams (C) 8 Stuart F Gibson First in method: 3 & 5. Diminished 10-bell practice. |
OXFORD SOCIETY DORDRECHT, 't Klockhuys, Netherlands Sun 28th August 2016 in 2h34 (1-2-7) 5024 Yorkshire Surprise Major Comp. A G Reading 1 Michael O'Hagan 2 Jonathan Cresshull 3 Christopher I Griggs 4 Robin O Hall (C) 5 Dorothy G Hall 6 S L Catrin Morgan 7 J James G Morgan 8 Simon A Bond Celebrating Robin and Dorothy's marriage being old enough to drive. | ||
OXFORD, 52 Hutchcomb Road, Oxon Mon 9th January 2017 in 35 mins (11 in G#) 1280 Yorkshire Surprise Major 1-2 Simon A Bond 3-4 Robin O Hall 5-6 Elizabeth C Frye 7-8 Mark A Bell (C) |
OXFORD SOCIETY WHEATLEY, Leigh End, Oxon Sun 22nd April 2018 in 2h15 (0-2-8) 5088 Yorkshire Surprise Major Comp. J Clatworthy 1 Jonathan Cresshull 2 David L Thomas 3 Christopher I Griggs 4 Mark J Walker 5 Sophie L Martin 6 Matthew A Child 7 Simon A Bond (C) 8 Joanna E Knight Smallest towerbell to a peal for all except 4. Particular kudos to the tenor ringer for successfully catching her sally 2544 times. | ||
OXFORD, 52 Hutchcomb Road, Oxon Sun 28th June 2020 in 38 mins (14 in C#) 1280 Yorkshire Surprise Major 1-2 Simon A Bond 3-4 Robin O Hall 5-6 Elizabeth C Frye 7-8 Mark A Bell (C) In loving memory of Graham Bell (28/01/1926 - 24/06/2020), Mark's Grandad. Graham was formerly a ringer at St Mary's Handsworth, Sheffield. |
OXFORD, 90 Barracks Lane, Oxon Wed 28th October 2020 in 35 mins (11 in G#) 1280 Yorkshire Surprise Major 1-2 Simon A Bond 3-4 Mark A Bell (C) 5-6 J Chapman Knott 7-8 Rebecca Gingell First of Surprise on an inside pair: 5-6. | ||
RINGING ROOM Sat 6th February 2021 in 38 mins 1280 Yorkshire Surprise Major 1-2 Simon A Bond 3-4 Craig M Robertson 5-6 David L Thomas (C) 7-8 Adam D Rebick 200th of Major: 1-2. Rung on OUS Dinner Day. |
OXFORD, S Thomas M, Oxon Mon 8th November 2021 in 42 mins (11-2-6) 1280 Yorkshire Surprise Major 1 Claire L Pearson 2 David L Thomas 3 Marcus T Ham 4 Craig M Robertson 5 Ben White-Horne (C) 6 Cameron White-Spunner 7 Jonathan C Mills 8 Simon A Bond | ||
OXFORD, S Thomas M, Oxon Mon 7th March 2022 in 45 mins (11-2-6) 1344 Yorkshire Surprise Major 1 Simon A Bond 2 Claire L Pearson 3 Alice L Gambles 4 Craig M Robertson 5 Jonathan C Mills 6 Ben White-Horne 7 Cameron White-Spunner (C) 8 Alan M Eyles First blows in method: 3. |
OXFORD, Magdalen College, Oxon Sun 4th September 2022 in 53 mins (17-1-7) 1250 Yorkshire Surprise Major 1 Jeremy R Pratt 2 Phillip R J Barnes 3 Craig M Robertson 4 Isobel L Fray 5 Elizabeth A Barnes 6 Ben White-Horne 7 Cameron A Waters (C) 8 Simon A Bond A commuted peal attempt for the Society’s 150th anniversary year. With the band's best wishes to Dorothy Hall, injured in a cycling accident on the way to the tower, and hoping for a speedy recovery. Thanks also to Robert Sworder for standing down. | ||
OXFORD, S Mary Magd, Oxon Mon 10th October 2022 in 40 mins (7-1-12) 1250 Yorkshire Surprise Major 1 Robin O Hall 2 Jonathan Cresshull 3 Katherine A Stonham 4 Craig M Robertson 5 Lindsay Powell 6 Isobel L Fray (C) 7 Christopher I Griggs 8 Simon A Bond First in method as conductor. Remembering Joyce Audrey Fray (1929-2022) on the evening before her funeral. Rung on the tenth anniversary of the conductor's first lesson in bell handling, which was given in this tower by members of the Oxford University Society of Change Ringers. |