Society of Royal Cumberland Youths

Penrith, Cumbria
30 Brunswick Square
Saturday, 26 April 2025 in 2hrs 28mins (12 in F)
5040 Stedman Triples
Composed by Philip A B Saddleton

1. 1–2Simon J Gay
2. 3–4Tina R Stoecklin
3. 5–6Matthew J L Durham
4. 7–8Julia R Cater (C)

First Stedman Triples in hand for all except Simon, and as conductor.
In memory of Derek Sibson.

Westminster, Greater London
St Martin in the Fields
Saturday, 10 May 2025 in 3hrs 28mins (29-1-1 in D)
5040 Orion Surprise Maximus
Composed by Daniel J Page

1. Benjamin D Constant
2. Daniel J Page (C)
3. Shirley E McGill
4. David C Bath
5. Jack E Page
6. Adam S Greenley
7. Alex S Riley
8. Douglas J Beaumont
9. Thomas B Mack
10. Michael R Crockett
11. Jimmy L Yeoman
12. Alan Regin

Bermondsey, Greater London
St James
Thursday, 15 May 2025 in 2hrs 56mins (14-1-15 in F#)
5152 Glasgow Surprise Major
Composed by Anthony J Cox

1. Ian G Campbell
2. Anne L Rueff
3. Peter W Emery
4. Paul A Cammiade
5. Fraser A Storie
6. Russell A Brown
7. Stephen A Wheeler (C)
8. Alan Regin

1st Peal of Glasgow S Major : 5
150th peal of Glasgow S Major : 8

Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland
Town Hall
Saturday, 17 May 2025 in 2hrs 59mins (20-3-14 in Eb)
5040 Stedman Triples
Composed by Colin J E Wyld

1. Matthew J L Durham (C)
2. Oliver E Rice
3. Matthew S Pearson
4. Andrew J Cairns
5. Rachel C Wells
6. Christopher M Mansfield
7. Luke S P Riley
8. G Jessica Durham

Rung to mark the 30th anniversary of this composition first being rung, the first in the method composed using common bobs only.

Putney, Greater London
St Mary
Saturday, 17 May 2025 in 2hrs 52mins (12-3-8 in F#)
5040 Stedman Triples
Composed by Colin J E Wyld

1. Jack E Page (C)
2. Judith S McCoy
3. Anne L Rueff
4. Jennifer M Page
5. Andrew D Hodgson
6. Hana Booth
7. Ian G Campbell
8. Margaret H Ross

Rung to mark 30 years since the first successful performance of this composition, rung by the Society at Aldgate on 16th May 1995. The first bobs only Stedman Triples composition composed.
In memory of Derek Sibson, who conducted the original attempt.

Hexham, Northumberland
Abbey Church of St Andrew
Sunday, 18 May 2025 in 3hrs 5mins (21-1-16 in E)
5040 Stedman Triples
Composed by Colin J E Wyld

1. Matthew J L Durham (C)
2. J James G Morgan
3. Luke S P Riley
4. G Jessica Durham
5. Andrew J Cairns
6. Matthew S Pearson
7. Christopher M Mansfield
8. Rachel C Wells

Rung to mark the 30th anniversary of this composition first being rung.
For Bell Sunday at Hexham.

Bridgwater, Somerset
St Mary
Saturday, 24 May 2025 in 3hrs 29mins (25-1-1 in D)
5048 Spliced Cinques and Maximus (2m/p)
Composed by Mark R Eccleston

1. Michael R Crockett
2. Catherine E Morley
3. Catherine N Merlane
4. Penelope J V Sharpe
5. Jack E Page (C)
6. David C Bath
7. Ian Roulstone
8. Stephen A Rossiter
9. Alan Regin
10. Claire F Roulstone
11. Ruth E R Corney
12. Samuel C Cave

First Cinques and Maximus on the bells.

Cirencester, Gloucestershire
St John the Baptist
Sunday, 25 May 2025 in 3hrs 27mins (27-1-16 in Db)
5040 Bristol Surprise Maximus
Composed by Samuel C Cave

1. Penelope J V Sharpe
2. Michael R Crockett
3. Catherine E Morley
4. David C Bath
5. Catherine N Merlane
6. Ian Roulstone
7. Samuel C Cave (C)
8. Adam W Kilgour
9. Jack E Page
10. Alan Regin
11. Mark E R Gill
12. Claire F Roulstone

Christchurch, Dorset
Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
Monday, 26 May 2025 in 3hrs 34mins (27 in D)
5086 Bristol Surprise Maximus
Composed by David G Hull

1. David C Bath
2. Theo A Johnson
3. Catherine N Merlane
4. Penelope J V Sharpe
5. Fraser A Storie
6. Matthew L Dancy
7. Lucas J Williams
8. Miles F E Baker
9. Catherine E Morley
10. Jack E Page (C)
11. Adam W Kilgour
12. Alan Regin

Celebrating 75 years of Bristol Surprise Maximus on these fine bells.
First peal length of Bristol Surprise Maximus: 2, 6.

Westminster, Greater London
Liberties of St Martin-in-the-Fields
Saturday, 31 May 2025 in 3hrs 32mins (29)
5088 Stedman Cinques
Composed by Lucinda J Woodward

1. Elizabeth A Hibbert
2. Lucinda J Woodward (C)
3. Jack E Page
4. David C Bath
5. Geraldine R Forster
6. Graham A Duke
7. Anne M Anthony
8. Catherine E Morley
9. Catherine N Merlane
10. Claire F Roulstone
11. Alan Regin
12. Douglas J Beaumont

Arranged and rung in fond memory of Derek E Sibson, who was instrumental in the replacement of these bells in 1988.
♰ Rest in Peace.
50th peal on these bells: 6

Marsden, West Yorkshire
St Bartholomew
Sunday, 1 June 2025 in 3hrs 14mins (26-2-7 in D)
5040 Yorkshire Surprise Royal
Composed by Brian E Whiting

1. Judith S McCoy
2. Lorraine M Trebble
3. Alan M Trebble
4. Francis J Gilruth
5. Dylan M Smith
6. Hana Booth (C)
7. Catherine A Williams
8. Joseph E T Waters
9. Mungo B Stacy
10. Julia R Cater

First for the Society: 5 and 7.
First on 10: 5 and first on 10 as conductor.
Best wishes to Alison McCormack for a quick recovery.
In memory of Paul Mounsey.

Felixstowe, Suffolk
St John the Baptist
Wednesday, 4 June 2025 in 2hrs 39mins (7-0-16 in Bb)
5088 Felixstowe Surprise Major
Composed by Dennis Knox

1. Brian E Whiting
2. Paul A Cammiade
3. Joan Garrett
4. Nikki R Thomas
5. Timothy P Hart
6. Rowan P Wilson
7. Simon A Rudd (C)
8. Alan Regin

The composition was specifically chosen, as Dennis spent the later years of his life as a Felixstowe resident, long before the bells arrived.

Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
All Saints
Sunday, 8 June 2025 in 3hrs 36mins (35-1-14 in C#)
5062 Stedman Cinques
Composed by Mark R Eccleston

1. Catherine N Merlane
2. Catherine E Morley
3. Shirley E McGill
4. David C Bath
5. Jack E Page (C)
6. Mary E Holden
7. Douglas J Beaumont
8. Daniel J Page
9. Ruth E R Corney
10. Benjamin D Constant
11. Thomas B Mack
12. Claire F Roulstone

In memory of Paul N Mounsey.

Walworth, Greater London
St Peter
Thursday, 19 June 2025 in 2hrs 28mins (3-3-20 in Eb)
5088 Otley Surprise Major
Composed by Donald F Morrison

1. Russell A Brown
2. Geraldine R Forster
3. Paul A Cammiade
4. Peter W Emery
5. Ian G Campbell
6. Fraser A Storie
7. Stephen A Wheeler (C)
8. Alan Regin

Rung to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the consecration of St Peter’s Church Walworth

Birmingham, West Midlands
Cathedral Church of St Philip
Saturday, 21 June 2025 in 3hrs 20mins (31-0-21 in D)
5069 Stedman Cinques
Composed by Mark R Eccleston (every course called differently)

1. Catherine E Morley
2. Rachel L Mahoney
3. Hannah E L Read
4. David C Bath
5. Jack E Page (C)
6. Luke G Groom
7. Stephen A Rossiter
8. Ewan G A Hull
9. Michael R Crockett
10. Jimmy L Yeoman
11. Thomas B Mack
12. Daniel J Page

1000th peal as conductor, the youngest person to reach this milestone, aged 27 years, 327 days.
Rung by a band for whom Jack is their leading conductor.
100th peal of Stedman Cinques: 5, and 50th in the method as conductor.

Checkendon, Oxfordshire
St Peter and St Paul
Friday, 27 June 2025 in 2hrs 41mins (10-1-21 in G)
5040 Stedman Triples
Composed by Brian D Price (21 part)

1. Beryl R Norris
2. June D Wells
3. Joanne P Druce
4. Patricia M Newton
5. Margaret H Ross
6. Jack E Page (C)
7. Claire F Roulstone
8. Daniel J Page

Worcester, Worcestershire
St Martin in the Cornmarket
Wednesday, 9 July 2025 in 2hrs 47mins (6-2-17 in B)
5040 Faversham Surprise Royal
Composed by Mark B Davies

1. Ian D Butters
2. C Luke Heaton
3. Roy A Meads
4. Ruth Curtis
5. Frances E Haynes
6. Michael A Varney
7. Alan Regin
8. Anthony P Cotton (C)
9. Ian Roulstone
10. Claire F Roulstone

Abergavenny, Monmouthshire
St Mary
Thursday, 10 July 2025 in 3hrs 24mins (25-0-18 in D)
5040 Triton Delight Royal
Composed by Samuel C Cave

1. Ruth Curtis
2. Rebecca J Cox
3. Paul F Curtis
4. Helen Phillips
5. Anthony J Cox
6. Catherine E Morley
7. Samuel C Cave (C)
8. Paul M Mason
9. Ruth E R Corney
10. Alan Regin

For SRCY Country Meeting 2025

Almondsbury, Gloucestershire
St Mary the Virgin
Thursday, 10 July 2025 in 3hrs 9mins (20-2-13 in D)
5056 Coniston Bluebird Delight Major
Composed by Richard I Allton

1. Matthew J L Durham (C)
2. Michael A Varney
3. Jack E Page
4. G Jessica Durham
5. Andrew J Cairns
6. Frank W Rivett
7. Daniel J Page
8. Alan Regin

Ross on Wye, Herefordshire
St Mary the Virgin
Thursday, 10 July 2025 in 3hrs 22mins (20-1-4 in Eb)
5120 Cornwall Surprise Major
Composed by Roderick Horton

1. Rosemary J Duke
2. Sally A Brown
3. Graham A Duke
4. Felicity S Warwick
5. Alistair M Donaldson
6. Georgina Barratt
7. David A Warwick (C)
8. Michael Angrave

Rung during SRCY Country Meeting.

Glasbury on Wye, Powys
St Peter
Friday, 11 July 2025 in 2hrs 53mins (11-2-23 in F)
5088 Yorkshire Surprise Major
Composed by Donald F Morrison

1. Miles F E Baker
2. Mary E Dunbavin
3. Elizabeth A Hibbert
4. Alistair M Donaldson
5. Philip J Huxley
6. Ian Roulstone
7. Andrew W Gordon
8. Stephen A Rossiter (C)

Llantilio Crossenny, Monmouthshire
St Teilo
Friday, 11 July 2025 in 2hrs 39mins (4-2-4 in D)
5056 Cambridge Surprise Major
Composed by Paul M Mason (No81)

1. Michael H D O'Callaghan
2. Ruth Curtis
3. Elizabeth A Hibbert
4. Andrew W Gordon
5. Janet E Menhinick
6. Georgina Barratt
7. Paul M Mason (C)
8. Paul F Curtis

Rung on Society Country Meeting Weekend.

Mynyddislwyn, Caerphilly
St Tudor
Friday, 11 July 2025 in 2hrs 53mins (12-1-4 in F#)
5152 Gateshead Delight Major
Composed by David G Hull

1. Philippa M Whittington
2. Shirley E McGill
3. David C Bath
4. Catherine E Morley
5. Frank W Rivett
6. Claire F Roulstone
7. Alan Regin
8. Ian Roulstone (C)

Rung as part of the Country Meeting weekend.

Newport, Newport
Cathedral Church of St Woolos
Friday, 11 July 2025 in 3hrs 14mins (21-2-20 in D)
5049 Spliced Cinques and Maximus (4m/p)
Composed by Mark R Eccleston
4 methods: 2505 Stedman Cinques; 864 Bristol Surprise Maximus, Orion Surprise Maximus; 816 Zanussi Surprise Maximus; 37 changes of method.

1. Ruth Curtis
2. Shirley E McGill
3. Thomas B Mack
4. Matthew C Frost
5. Jack E Page (C)
6. David C Bath
7. Catherine N Merlane
8. Catherine E Morley
9. Alan Regin
10. Michael R Crockett
11. Nicholas D Brown
12. Daniel J Page

Usk, Monmouthshire
St Mary
Friday, 11 July 2025 in 2hrs 44mins (14-1-7 in F#)
5024 Bristol Surprise Major
Composed by Alan G Reading (Op 19)

1. Andrew P Brewster
2. Felicity S Warwick
3. Christina D A Brewster
4. Philip J Huxley
5. Catherine N Merlane
6. Daniel J Page (C)
7. Jack E Page
8. David A Warwick

Bassaleg, Newport
St Basil
Saturday, 12 July 2025 in 3hrs 5mins (14-1-17 in F)
5088 Yorkshire Surprise Major
Composed by Roger Baldwin

1. Mary E Dunbavin
2. Edith M Robinson
3. Alistair M Donaldson
4. Thomas W Green
5. Philip D Bailey
6. Anthony P Cotton
7. Samuel C Cave (C)
8. Catherine N Merlane

100th for the Society: 1

Brecon, Powys
Cathedral Church of St John the Evangelist
Saturday, 12 July 2025 in 3hrs 8mins (16-2-14 in E)
5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal
Composed by Paul M Mason

1. Anne L Rueff
2. Penelope J V Sharpe
3. Beryl R Norris
4. Elizabeth A Hibbert
5. Matthew L Dancy
6. Miles F E Baker
7. Daniel J Page (C)
8. Catherine E Morley
9. Joseph E T Waters
10. Andrew J Cairns

Caerleon, Newport
St Cadoc
Saturday, 12 July 2025 in 2hrs 50mins (8-1-21 in Bb)
5120 Uxbridge Surprise Major
Composed by Anthony J Cox

1. Shirley E McGill
2. Andrew J Rodliffe
3. Louisa A Holt
4. Helen Phillips
5. Alison M McCormack
6. Andrew W Gordon
7. Anthony J Cox (C)
8. Rebecca J Cox

Rung for SRCY country meeting

Cowbridge, Vale of Glamorgan
Holy Cross
Saturday, 12 July 2025 in 3hrs 4mins (15-3-13 in E)
5088 London Surprise Major
Composed by Stephen J Ivin (No 12)

1. Graham A Duke
2. Paul F Curtis
3. Ruth Curtis
4. Paul M Mason
5. Mary E Holden
6. Alan Regin
7. Ian Roulstone (C)
8. Claire F Roulstone

Rung as part of the Country Meeting

Usk, Monmouthshire
29 New Market Street
Sunday, 13 July 2025 in 2hrs 38mins (15 in C)
5040 Yorkshire Surprise Royal
Composed by C Luke Heaton

1. 1–2Helen Phillips
2. 3–4Richard J Clements
3. 5–6Jack E Page (C)
4. 7–8Daniel J Page
5. 9–10Philip J Huxley

Alderney, Alderney
The Channel Islands Ringing Centre
Wednesday, 23 July 2025 in 2hrs 36mins (2-2-8 in E)
5056 Cambridge Surprise Major
Composed by Charles Middleton

1. Jennifer M Page
2. June A Saint
3. Joanna K Dorling
4. Louise Read
5. Jack E Page
6. Alan Regin
7. Stephen A Rossiter
8. Hannah E L Read (C)

1st peal as conductor.

Isle of Dogs, Greater London
Christ Church
Wednesday, 23 July 2025 in 2hrs 55mins (10-3-27 in F#)
5024 London Surprise Major
Arranged by Robert C Kippin

1. Ian G Campbell
2. Anne L Rueff
3. Paul A Cammiade
4. Peter J Blight
5. Ian Roulstone
6. Fraser A Storie
7. Stephen A Wheeler (C)
8. Claire F Roulstone

Basingstoke, Hampshire
All Saints
Saturday, 26 July 2025 in 2hrs 54mins (11-0-6 in F)
5184 Spliced Surprise Major (7 Methods)
Composed by Donald F Morrison
768 Bristol, Cambridge, Cornwall, Lessness, London, Superlative and 576 Yorkshire with 155 changes of method.

1. Ian G Campbell
2. Benjamin D Constant
3. Felicity S Warwick
4. David C Bath
5. David A Warwick (C)
6. Douglas J Beaumont
7. Catherine N Merlane
8. Adam S Greenley

Celebrating the 80th birthday of Susan Smith (Junior Steward of the Society in 1978).

St Helier, Jersey
St Mark the Evangelist
Monday, 28 July 2025 in 2hrs 38mins (9-2-16 in G)
5040 Surprise Minor (7 Methods)
7 methods, 1 extent each: Netherseale, Wells, Ipswich, Beverley, London, Norwich, Cambridge.

1. Louise Read
2. Hannah E L Read
3. Peter J Routier
4. Stephen A Rossiter
5. William T J Read
6. Jack E Page (C)

Completes the Channel Island towers of 4 or more bells to peals: 4 and 6. For now…

City of London,
St Sepulchre without Newgate, Holborn Viaduct
Saturday, 2 August 2025 in 3hrs 22mins (28-2-16 in C#)
5088 Bristol Surprise Maximus
Composed by Traditional

1. Lewis D Benfield
2. Theo A Johnson
3. Francis W F Town
4. Hannah E L Read
5. William T J Read
6. Francis J Gilruth
7. Fraser A Storie (C)
8. Michael A Varney
9. Alexander P Johnson
10. Harry Z Helyer
11. Michael R A Shaw
12. Ewan G A Hull

Rung by Young Members of the Society (23 years and under), average age 19 years 209 days
First peal length of Bristol Maximus: 5
First Maximus as Conductor
First Maximus inside: 8

Wallingford, Oxfordshire
St Mary le More
Saturday, 2 August 2025 in 3hrs 2mins (18-3-26 in Eb)
5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal
Composed by Anonymous

1. Miles F E Baker
2. David C Bath
3. Estella J Haynes
4. Fiona M Wheeler
5. Catherine E Morley
6. Adam S Greenley
7. Jack E Page (C)
8. Claire F Roulstone
9. Stephen A Wheeler
10. Benjamin D Constant

With the band’s best wishes to Pete and Shirley McGill on their Golden Wedding Anniversary.
Birthday compliments to the ringer of the 4th.

Watford, Hertfordshire
St Mary
Wednesday, 6 August 2025 in 3hrs 13mins (24-1-6 in Eb)
5055 Stedman Caters
Composed by Mark R Eccleston

1. Fraser A Storie
2. Elizabeth A Hibbert
3. Geraldine R Forster
4. Thomas W Green
5. Claire F Roulstone
6. Catherine N Merlane
7. Catherine E Morley
8. Jack E Page (C)
9. Alan Regin
10. Ian G Campbell

Willesden, Greater London
St Mary
Wednesday, 13 August 2025 in 2hrs 42mins (7-3-7 in Bb)
5056 Cornwall Surprise Major
Composed by Donald F Morrison

1. Ian G Campbell
2. Anne L Rueff
3. Paul A Cammiade
4. Shirley E McGill
5. Douglas J Beaumont
6. Fraser A Storie
7. Stephen A Wheeler (C)
8. Russell A Brown

First peal in method - 6

Halifax, West Yorkshire
Minster Church of St John the Baptist
Sunday, 24 August 2025 in 3hrs 15mins (28-0-14 in D)
5090 Spliced Treble Dodging Maximus (2 Methods)
Composed by Richard J Angrave
2592 Avon Delight; 2498 Bristol Surprise; 46 changes of method; all the work.

1. Ruth E R Corney
2. Catherine E Morley
3. Rachel L Mahoney
4. Daniel J Page (C)
5. Francis W F Town
6. Estella J Haynes
7. Harry Z Helyer
8. Luke G Groom
9. Jack E Page
10. Samuel C Cave
11. Ewan G A Hull
12. Jimmy L Yeoman

Paralleling opportunities.
First peal of spliced ever: 7. Well done Harry!
First spliced on more than 8 bells: 5. Well done Francis!

South Petherton, Somerset
St Peter and St Paul
Monday, 25 August 2025 in 3hrs 22mins (22-3-15 in D)
5042 Bristol Surprise Maximus
Composed by James Clatworthy

1. David A Warwick
2. David C Bath
3. Fraser A Storie
4. Penelope J V Sharpe
5. Felicity S Warwick
6. Claire F Roulstone
7. Ian V J Smith
8. Matthew L Dancy
9. Ian Roulstone (C)
10. Catherine N Merlane
11. Benjamin D Constant
12. Adam S Greenley

Stepney, Greater London
St George in the East
Wednesday, 27 August 2025 in 2hrs 57mins (6-0-9 in C)
5152 Spliced Surprise Major (23 Methods)
Composed by Steven D Chandler
23 methods: Belfast, Bristol, Buckfastleigh, Caterham, Chertsey, Chesterfield, Claybrooke, Colnbrook, Essex, Glasgow, London, Malpas, Moulton, Newcastle, Newlyn, Northampton, Pudsey, Richmond, Sonning, Sussex, Whalley, Willesden, Yeading; 160 changes of method; all the work.

1. Samuel C Cave
2. Margaret Whiteley
3. Jack E Page (C)
4. Catherine E Morley
5. Robert P Watson
6. Frank W Rivett
7. Timothy J Peverett
8. Christian M Peckham

First Chandler’s: 4.

Solihull, West Midlands
St Alphege
Saturday, 30 August 2025 in 3hrs 18mins (21-1-11 in Eb)
5088 Bristol Surprise Maximus
Composed by David J Pipe

1. Theo A Johnson
2. Michael R A Shaw (C)
3. Lewis D Benfield
4. Hannah E L Read
5. Ewan G A Hull
6. Francis W F Town
7. Hana Booth
8. William T J Read
9. Michael A Varney
10. Harry Z Helyer
11. Matthew L Dancy
12. Jimmy L Yeoman