Society of Royal Cumberland Youths

Dordrecht, Netherlands
't Klockhuys
Saturday, 22 April 2023 in 2hrs 27mins (1-2-7 in G)
5024 Spliced Surprise Major (4 Methods)
Composed by Roderick R Horton
4 methods: 1344 Glasgow; 1248 London; 1216 Belfast, Bristol; 113 changes of method; all the work.

1. Matthew J L Durham
2. Martin J Bright
3. Daniel J Page
4. Roger S Riley
5. G Jessica Durham
6. Alan Regin
7. Alex S Riley
8. Jack E Page (C)

Westminster, Greater London
Liberties of St Martin in the Fields
Monday, 8 May 2023 in 3hrs 29mins (29-1-1 in D)
5040 Spliced Surprise Maximus (3 Methods)
Composed by Jonathan H Potter (No 157)
3 methods: 2256 Bristol; 1584 Yorkshire; 1200 Cambridge. 17 changes of method, all the work.

1. Elizabeth A Hibbert
2. Shirley E McGill
3. David C Bath
4. Michael R Crockett
5. Penelope J V Sharpe
6. Catherine N Merlane
7. Ian Roulstone (C)
8. Douglas J Beaumont
9. Stephen A Rossiter
10. Stephen J Bailey
11. Alan Regin
12. Thomas B Mack

In honour of the Coronation of Their Majesties King Charles III and Queen Camilla, residents of this parish.

Shoreditch, Greater London
St Leonard
Friday, 12 May 2023 in 3hrs 20mins (25-1-11 in Eb)
5040 Spliced Surprise Royal (14 Methods)
Composed by Alan G Reading
14 methods: 360 Alphin Brook, Anglia, Bristol, Cambridge, Friars Gate, Haven Banks, Kenninghall, Lincolnshire, London No. 3, Rutland, Superlative No. 2, Tyndall's Park, Uppington, Yorkshire; 125 changes of method; all the work.

1. Michael R Crockett
2. Richard A Pearce
3. David C Bath
4. Shirley E McGill
5. Jimmy L Yeoman
6. Samuel C Cave
7. Ruth E R Corney
8. Jack E Page (C)
9. Alan Regin
10. Thomas B Mack

City of London,
St Sepulchre without Newgate, Holborn Viaduct
Saturday, 13 May 2023 in 3hrs 37mins (28-2-16 in C#)
5136 Spliced Treble Dodging Maximus (8 Methods)
Composed by Alex S Riley
768 each Bristol S, Rigel S, Strathclyde S; 672 Avon D; 576 Orion S; 528 each Ariel S, Phobos S, Zanussi S. 26 changes of method, all the work.

1. Eleanor C Mack
2. Matthew S Pearson
3. Margaret Whiteley
4. Jennifer A Town
5. Alex S Riley (C)
6. Michael R Crockett
7. Luke G Groom
8. Edward R Mack
9. Jack E Page
10. Jimmy L Yeoman
11. Alan Regin
12. Thomas B Mack

Pimlico, Greater London
St Saviour
Saturday, 13 May 2023 in 3hrs 3mins (7-1-20 in G)
5056 Spliced Surprise Major (8 Methods)
Composed by Andrew N Tyler
704 each Lincolnshire, Superlative; 672 Rutland; 608 each Cambridge, Pudsey, Yorkshire; 576 each Bristol, London; 139 changes of method, all the work

1. Ian G Campbell
2. Anne M Anthony
3. Elizabeth A Hibbert
4. Geraldine R Forster
5. Fiona M Wheeler
6. Andrew D Hodgson
7. Peter J Blight
8. Richard A Pearce (C)

150th peal: 6.

Tottenham, Greater London
All Hallows
Saturday, 13 May 2023 in 2hrs 54mins (13-2-0 in F#)
5024 Spliced Surprise Major (8 Methods)
Composed by Noel J Diserens
8 methods: 640 each Bristol, Cambridge, Pudsey, Rutland, Superlative, Yorkshire; 608 London; 576 Lincolnshire. 119 changes of method, all the work.

1. Shirley E McGill
2. Anne L Rueff
3. David C Bath
4. Joseph E T Waters
5. Penelope J V Sharpe
6. Douglas J Beaumont
7. Ian Roulstone (C)
8. Claire F Roulstone

Boston, Lincolnshire
St Botolph
Saturday, 27 May 2023 in 3hrs 10mins (21-1-10 in Eb)
5040 Moray Firth Surprise Royal
Composed by Donald F Morrison

1. Benjamin D Constant
2. Ruth Curtis
3. Benjamin F Ricketts
4. David C Bath
5. Felicity S Warwick
6. Paul F Curtis
7. David A Warwick
8. Luke G Groom
9. Jack E Page (C)
10. Adam S Greenley

Bostin'!

Halifax, West Yorkshire
Minster Church of St John the Baptist
Saturday, 27 May 2023 in 3hrs 28mins (28-0-14 in D)
5088 Spliced Treble Dodging Maximus (4 Methods)
Composed by Roderick W Pipe
4 methods: 1296 each Bristol Surprise, Strathclyde Surprise; 1248 Avon Delight, Rigel Surprise. 82 changes of method, all the work.

1. Eleanor C Mack
2. Jimmy L Yeoman
3. Margaret Whiteley
4. Alex S Riley (C)
5. Jennifer A Town
6. Matthew S Pearson
7. Daniel J Page
8. Ian D Butters
9. Ewan G A Hull
10. Matthew D Hetherington
11. Daniel R Jarvis
12. Edward R Mack

Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire
St Mary
Monday, 29 May 2023 in 3hrs 17mins (25-1-20 in D)
5040 London No.3 Surprise Royal
Composed by C Kenneth Lewis

1. Benjamin F Ricketts
2. Benjamin D Constant
3. Lewis D Benfield
4. David C Bath
5. Felicity S Warwick
6. Evie Newton
7. Adam S Greenley
8. David A Warwick (C)
9. Mark A Boylan
10. Luke G Groom

First of London Royal - 3.

Wakefield, West Yorkshire
Cathedral Church of All Saints
Monday, 29 May 2023 in 3hrs 43mins (35-1-0 in C)
5136 Spliced Treble Dodging Maximus (4 Methods)
Composed by Alex S Riley
1440 Avon D; 1296 Zanussi S; 1248 Ariel S; 1152 Bristol S. 51 changes of method, all the work.

1. Wendy Bloom
2. Alex S Riley (C)
3. Eleanor C Mack
4. Jennifer A Town
5. Daniel J Page
6. Jack E Page
7. Edward R Mack
8. Matthew S Pearson
9. Ian D Butters
10. Jimmy L Yeoman
11. Julia R Cater
12. Ewan G A Hull

Bradford, West Yorkshire
Cathedral Church of St Peter
Saturday, 3 June 2023 in 3hrs 40mins (25-2-21 in D)
5136 Avon Delight Maximus
Composed by Alan G Reading

1. James P Town
2. Rachel L Mahoney
3. Simon D Ogier
4. Christian M Peckham
5. Ewan G A Hull
6. Alex S Riley (C)
7. Rachel C Wells
8. G Jessica Durham
9. Matthew J L Durham
10. Edward R Mack
11. Roger S Riley
12. Matthew D Hetherington

Shoreditch, Greater London
St Leonard
Sunday, 2 July 2023 in 2hrs 35mins (12 in F)
5152 Spliced Surprise Major (23 Methods)
Composed by Mark B Davies
224 each Abaia, Basilisk, Cerberus, Djinn, Ettin, Fenrir, Gorgon, Hydra, Incubus, Kraken, Lessness, Marshwiggle, Naiad, Ouroboros, Panserbjørn, Roc, Sphinx, Titan, Ungoliant, Valkyrie, Wyvern, Yeti, Zombie. 156 changes of method, all the work, each lead different.

1. 1–2Daniel J Page
2. 3–4Richard A Pearce
3. 5–6Alex S Riley (C)
4. 7–8Jack E Page

Hathern, Leicestershire
St Peter and St Paul
Thursday, 6 July 2023 in 2hrs 47mins (9-2-12 in G)
5056 Coniston Bluebird Delight Major
Composed by David G Hull (Op 2)

1. Michael H D O'Callaghan
2. Janet E Menhinick
3. Sally A Brown
4. Andrew J Cairns
5. Michael Angrave
6. Claire F Roulstone
7. R Philip Graves
8. Ian Roulstone (C)

Melbourne, Derbyshire
St Michael
Thursday, 6 July 2023 in 3hrs 10mins (15-1-24 in F#)
5088 Bristol Surprise Maximus
Composed by Mark R Eccleston

1. Ruth Curtis
2. Daniel J Page
3. Helen Phillips
4. Felicity S Warwick
5. Margaret Whiteley
6. Sophie M Middleton
7. Jack E Page (C)
8. Anthony P Cotton
9. David A Warwick
10. Paul F Curtis
11. Colin M Lee
12. Alan Regin

1000th peal on 12 bells: 12 - 838 Maximus, 18 Cinques and Maximus, 144 Cinques.
275th peal of Bristol Surprise Maximus: 12.

Prestwold, Leicestershire
St Andrew
Thursday, 6 July 2023 in 2hrs 55mins (10-2-21 in F#)
5120 Bristol Surprise Major
Composed by Anthony J Cox

1. Sally A Brown
2. Philippa M Whittington
3. Mary E Dunbavin
4. Stephen R Aldridge
5. Alistair M Donaldson
6. Frank W Rivett
7. Ian Roulstone
8. Claire F Roulstone (C)

Ticknall, Derbyshire
St George
Thursday, 6 July 2023 in 2hrs 57mins (9-1-26 in A)
5082 Bristol Surprise Royal
Composed by Alan G Reading

1. Ruth Curtis
2. Jack E Page
3. Felicity S Warwick
4. Daniel J Page
5. Frank W Rivett
6. Paul F Curtis
7. Luke G Groom (C)
8. Alan Regin
9. Colin M Lee
10. David A Warwick

Brinklow, Warwickshire
St John the Baptist
Friday, 7 July 2023 in 3hrs 5mins (8-1-20 in Ab)
5152 Eggplant Surprise Major
Composed by Ian R Fielding

1. Ian G Campbell
2. John J Ford
3. Mary E Dunbavin
4. Graham A Duke
5. Alistair M Donaldson
6. Russell A Brown
7. Jack E Page (C)
8. Anthony P Cotton

First peal in the method, previously rung in spliced.

Countesthorpe, Leicestershire
St Andrew
Friday, 7 July 2023 in 2hrs 36mins (10-0-17 in G)
5088 Spliced Surprise Major (8 Methods)
Composed by Noel J Diserens
736 Superlative; 704 each London, Rutland; 608 each Cambridge, Pudsey, Lincolnshire; 576 Bristol; 544 Yorkshire; 120 changes of method, all the work

1. Michael H D O'Callaghan
2. Beryl R Norris
3. Janet E Menhinick
4. Michael Angrave
5. Felicity S Warwick
6. David A Warwick (C)
7. Anthony P Cotton
8. Stephen R Aldridge

Rung for SRCY Country Meeting

Gilmorton, Leicestershire
All Saints
Friday, 7 July 2023 in 2hrs 48mins (10-2-9 in G)
5088 Ytterbium Surprise Major
Composed by Ian Butters (No 355)

1. Ruth Curtis
2. Paul M Mason
3. Joseph E T Waters
4. Andrew J Cairns
5. Claire F Roulstone
6. Ian Roulstone
7. Alan Regin
8. Paul F Curtis (C)

Rung for SRCY Country meeting

Loughborough, Leicestershire
Bell Foundry Tower
Friday, 7 July 2023 in 2hrs 59mins (6-2-13 in B)
5042 Cambridge Surprise Maximus
Composed by Ewan G A Hull

1. Michael R Crockett
2. Daniel J Page (C)
3. Andrew J Cairns
4. Sally A Brown
5. Ruth Curtis
6. Penelope J V Sharpe
7. Alan Regin
8. Adam W Kilgour
9. Joseph E T Waters
10. Paul F Curtis
11. Claire F Roulstone
12. Ian Roulstone

Sapcote, Leicestershire
All Saints
Friday, 7 July 2023 in 2hrs 54mins (9-1-26 in Ab)
5040 Yorkshire Surprise Royal
Arranged by Anthony J Cox

1. Linda M Garton
2. Felicity S Warwick
3. Elizabeth A Hibbert
4. Daniel J Page
5. Michael Angrave
6. Adam W Kilgour
7. Frank W Rivett
8. Thomas B Mack
9. John P Loveless (C)
10. David A Warwick

Leicester, Leicestershire
Cathedral Church of St Martin
Saturday, 8 July 2023 in 3hrs 20mins (25-0-20 in D)
5042 Lincolnshire Surprise Maximus
Composed by Donald F Morrison

1. David A Warwick (C)
2. Michael R Crockett
3. Daniel J Page
4. David C Bath
5. Felicity S Warwick
6. Joseph E T Waters
7. Evie Newton
8. Daniel R Jarvis
9. Timothy J Peverett
10. Ian Roulstone
11. Alan Regin
12. Claire F Roulstone

First blows in the method - 7.
Rung for the Society’s Country Meeting.

Loughborough, Leicestershire
All Saints
Saturday, 8 July 2023 in 3hrs 31mins (30-2-0 in Db)
5000 London No.3 Surprise Royal
Composed by Ian Butters

1. Alison M McCormack
2. Sally A Brown
3. Ruth Curtis
4. Helen Phillips
5. Penelope J V Sharpe
6. Paul M Mason
7. Adam W Kilgour
8. Frank W Rivett
9. Jack E Page (C)
10. Thomas B Mack

Tamworth, Staffordshire
St Editha
Sunday, 9 July 2023 in 3hrs 26mins (21-2-9 in Eb)
5160 Sgurr A' Chaorachain Surprise Royal
Composed by Donald F Morrison

1. Lewis D Benfield
2. David C Bath
3. Jack E Page (C)
4. Estella J Haynes
5. Daniel J Page
6. Luke G Groom
7. Samuel C Cave
8. Ian Roulstone
9. Ruth E R Corney
10. Claire F Roulstone

Alderney, Channel Islands
Wells House
Wednesday, 26 July 2023 in 2hrs 4mins (7 in D)
5040 Minor (7 Methods)
7 extents, 1 extent each: Norwich S, Bourne S, Ipswich S, Cambridge S, Oxford TB, Kent TB, Plain Bob.

1. 1–2Linda M Garton
2. 3–4Daniel J Page (C)
3. 5–6Adam W Kilgour

Birthday compliments to Gill Sparling.

Reading, Berkshire
St Giles
Saturday, 29 July 2023 in 2hrs 57mins (14-2-7 in F)
5080 Spliced Triples and Major (5m/p)
Composed by Patrick W J Deakin
2520 Stedman Triples; 1120 Superlative S; 640 Cambridge S; 480 London S; 320 Bristol S; 74 changes of method; 9 changes of stage.

1. Adam S Greenley
2. Penelope J V Sharpe
3. Catherine E Morley
4. David C Bath
5. Ruth E R Corney
6. Benjamin D Constant
7. Michael R Crockett (C)
8. Ian G Campbell

Happy Birthday, Jack - no longer square!

Inveraray, Argyll
All Saints (Ringing Chamber)
Sunday, 30 July 2023 in 2hrs 52mins (15 in C)
5067 Stedman Caters
Composed by Matthew J L Durham

1. 1–2G Jessica Durham
2. 3–4Michael R A Shaw
3. 5–6Tina R Stoecklin
4. 7–8Matthew J L Durham (C)
5. 9–10Simon J Gay

50th peal, and first on ten handbells: 3-4.
Rung for the 50th anniversary of the first Inveraray Ringing Festival.

Fulham, Greater London
All Saints
Wednesday, 2 August 2023 in 3hrs 3mins (18-2-22 in Eb)
5002 Spliced Surprise Royal (4 Methods)
Composed by Alex S Riley
1360 London No.3; 1322 Bristol; 1160 each Cambridge, Yorkshire; 100 changes of method; all the work.

1. Fraser A Storie
2. Jack E Page (C)
3. Estella J Haynes
4. Douglas J Beaumont
5. Geraldine R Forster
6. Samuel C Cave
7. Stephen A Wheeler
8. Alan Regin
9. Benjamin D Constant
10. Claire F Roulstone

Rung as a birthday compliment to Fiona Wheeler.

Dodderhill, Worcestershire
St Augustine
Sunday, 6 August 2023 in 3hrs 22mins (18-2-4 in Eb)
5152 Spliced Surprise Major (23 Methods)
Composed by Alan G Reading
224 each Aphrodite, Ares, Atlas, Bristol, Britomartis, Brizo, Cornwall, Cronus, Demeter, Disraeli, Electra, Enyo, Erebus, Fauna, Favonius, Fides, Flora, Fontus, Glaucus, Hades, Juturna, Kratos, Merope. 160 changes of method, all the work, each lead different.

1. Christine Mills
2. Alex S Riley (C)
3. Jimmy L Yeoman
4. Jack E Page
5. Stephen A Croxall
6. Richard A Pearce
7. Matthew S Pearson
8. Daniel J Page

Isleworth, Greater London
All Saints
Wednesday, 23 August 2023 in 3hrs 1min (16-0-24 in Eb)
5184 Bristol Surprise Major
Composed by David G Maynard

1. Anne L Rueff
2. Elizabeth A Hibbert
3. Peter J Blight
4. Fraser A Storie
5. Douglas J Beaumont
6. Alan Regin
7. Jack E Page (C)
8. Claire F Roulstone

Rung in memory of S Kathleen M Baldwin, a member of this society for many years.
First in method: 4.
100th peal together: 2 and 3.

Leeds, West Yorkshire
Cathedral Church of St Anne
Friday, 1 September 2023 in 2hrs 41mins (9-1-4 in A)
5080 Spliced Triples and Major (5m/p)
Composed by Patrick W J Deakin
2520 Stedman Triples; 1120 Superlative S; 640 Cambridge S; 480 London S; 320 Bristol S; 74 changes of method; 9 changes of stage.

1. Derek J Tysoe
2. Wendy Bloom
3. Samuel C Cave
4. Edward R Mack
5. Jonathan J F Stokoe
6. Alex S Riley (C)
7. Oliver E Rice
8. Michael R Crockett

Balderton, Nottinghamshire
St Giles
Saturday, 9 September 2023 in 2hrs 34mins (8-0-26 in Ab)
5058 Cambridge Surprise Major
Composed by Donald F Morrison (No 1013)

1. Derek J Tysoe
2. Lewis D Benfield
3. Ruth Curtis
4. P Barry Jones
5. Peter S Lacy
6. Anthony P Cotton
7. Paul F Curtis (C)
8. R Philip Graves

Rung in memory of Colin W Reed, member of the Society for over 60 years and Tower Captain at Balderton for 58 years, who passed away in March 2023.
May he rest in peace.

Leeds, West Yorkshire
Minster Church of St Peter
Saturday, 16 September 2023 in 3hrs 39mins (40-1-27 in C)
5023 Spliced Cinques and Maximus (3m/p)
Composed by Mark R Eccleston
2431 Stedman Cinques; 1296 each Avon Delight Maximus, Bristol Surprise Maximus; 25 changes of method.

1. Wendy Bloom
2. Margaret Whiteley
3. Jack E Page (C)
4. Julia R Cater
5. Luke G Groom
6. Simon D Ogier
7. Kristopher King
8. Michael R Crockett
9. Alex S Riley
10. Ewan G A Hull
11. Edward R Mack
12. Thomas B Mack

Birthday compliments to Louise Flower.

Wimborne Minster, Dorset
St Cuthberga
Saturday, 23 September 2023 in 3hrs 30mins (29-2-20 in D)
5001 Stedman Cinques
Composed by Mark R Eccleston

1. Kathryn L Carter
2. Alison E Leach
3. David A Warwick
4. Annabelle F Frost
5. Felicity S Warwick
6. Philip D Moyse
7. Estella J Haynes
8. Eleanor C Mack
9. Edward R Mack
10. Jack E Page (C)
11. Thomas B Mack
12. Matthew C Frost

100th peal together: 10 and 11.

City of London,
St Michael, Cornhill
Saturday, 7 October 2023 in 3hrs 25mins (32-1-6 in Db)
5037 Spliced Cinques and Maximus (4m/p)
Composed by Mark R Eccleston
4 methods: 2493 Stedman Cinques; 864 each Avon Delight Maximus, Bristol Surprise Maximus; 816 Zanussi Surprise Maximus; 37 changes of method

1. Sally A Brown
2. David C Bath
3. Matthew S Pearson
4. Eleanor C Mack
5. Jack E Page (C)
6. Estella J Haynes
7. Daniel J Page
8. Frank W Rivett
9. Michael R Crockett
10. Ian Roulstone
11. Alex S Riley
12. Christian M Peckham

On Society AGM day.

Putney, Greater London
St Mary
Saturday, 7 October 2023 in 2hrs 51mins (12-3-8 in F#)
5024 Bristol Surprise Major
Composed by Anthony J Cox

1. Ian G Campbell
2. Beryl R Norris
3. Christopher E J Kilgour
4. Peter W Emery
5. Evie Newton
6. Russell A Brown
7. Stephen A Wheeler (C)
8. Claire F Roulstone

Rung on Society AGM day

Tulloch, Highland
Tulloch Lodge
Monday, 23 October 2023 in 2hrs 38mins (12 in F)
5040 Yorkshire Surprise Royal
Composed by Robin O Hall and Robert W Lee

1. 1–2Patricia M Newton
2. 3–4June D Wells
3. 5–6Daniel J Page
4. 7–8Jack E Page (C)
5. 9–10Stephen A Rossiter

Conducted in masterly style.

Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire
Minster Church of the Most Holy and Undivided Trinity
Sunday, 29 October 2023 in 3hrs 31mins (25-2-18 in D)
5088 Bristol Surprise Maximus
Composed by Mark R Eccleston

1. Matthew S Pearson
2. Jimmy L Yeoman
3. Eleanor C Mack
4. Daniel J Page (C)
5. Wendy Bloom
6. Rebecca N Kirby
7. G Jessica Durham
8. Luke G Groom
9. Julia R Cater
10. Alex S Riley
11. Ewan G A Hull
12. Edward R Mack

800th peal: 7.

Leicester, Leicestershire
St Mary de Castro
Friday, 3 November 2023 in 3hrs 4mins (15-3-3 in E)
5040 Woodspring Surprise Royal
Composed by Robin O Hall

1. Nicola Carling
2. Mark J Pendery
3. Timothy J Peverett
4. Andrew J Preston
5. Paul M Mason
6. Michael Angrave
7. Evie Newton
8. Christian M Peckham
9. Ian Roulstone (C)
10. Claire F Roulstone

Reading, Berkshire
26 Redlands Road
Saturday, 4 November 2023 in 1hr 23mins (9 in Bb)
5040 Surprise Minor (5 Methods)
1440 each Norwich, Cambridge), 720 each Bourne, Beverley, Surfleet

1. 1–2Daniel J Page
2. 3–4Alex S Riley
3. 5–6Jack E Page (C)

Birmingham, West Midlands
St Martin
Sunday, 5 November 2023 in 3hrs 58mins (39-1-19 in C)
5058 Bristol Surprise Sixteen
Composed by Jack E Page

1. Alex S Riley
2. Jimmy L Yeoman
3. Jack E Page (C)
4. Matthew S Pearson
5. Frances Dodds
6. Daniel J Page
7. Edward R Mack
8. Michael R Crockett
9. Margaret Whiteley
10. Luke G Groom
11. Colin M Lee
12. Mary E Holden
13. Thomas J Waterson
14. Christian M Peckham
15. Ewan G A Hull
16. Julia R Cater

Rung to celebrate the birth of Jacob Dennis Waterson, son of 13.

Belper, Derbyshire
St Peter
Wednesday, 15 November 2023 in 2hrs 56mins (14-0-26 in F#)
5152 Spliced Surprise Major (23 Methods)
Composed by Norman Smith
224 each Ashtead, Bristol, Cambridge, Cassiobury, Cornwall, Cray, Double Dublin, Glasgow, Ipswich, Jersey, Lincolnshire, Lindum, London, Preston, Pudsey, Rutland, Superlative, Tavistock, Uxbridge, Watford, Wembley, Whalley, Yorkshire, 160 changes of method, all the work.

1. C Frederick C Pearson
2. Alison J Molyneux
3. C Luke Heaton
4. Anthony P Cotton
5. Margaret Whiteley
6. John E Hawes (C)
7. Roy A Meads
8. R Philip Graves

By a resident Derbyshire band as a compliment to Janet S Foulds, long standing SRCY member on being awarded an honorary Master's degree from Derby University for services to safeguarding. Also to mark the 40th anniversary of the first performance of this composition by the Society.