Bristol, Gloucestershire
St Stephen the Martyr
Saturday, 17 November 1979 in 3hrs 25mins (19-1-17)
5042 Yorkshire Surprise Maximus
Composed by Roderick W Pipe
Lewes, Southover, Sussex
St John the Baptist
Saturday, 24 November 1979 in 2hrs 58mins (17)
5040 London No.3 Surprise Royal
Composed by Charles W Roberts
Shoreditch, Middlesex
St Leonard
Tuesday, 27 November 1979 in 3hrs 0mins (10-1-8)
5088 Belfast Surprise Major
Composed by Steven D Chandler
Brighton, Sussex
St Peter
Saturday, 1 December 1979 in 3hrs 10mins (25-2-0)
5040 Pontefract Surprise Royal
Arranged by Ian V J Smith
Shrewsbury, Shropshire
St Chad
Saturday, 1 December 1979 in 3hrs 42mins (39-2-7)
5004 Stedman Cinques
Composed by Richard A G Inglis
Caston, Norfolk
The Holy Cross
Saturday, 15 December 1979 in 2hrs 38mins (8-3-21)
5040 Minor
7 methods: One extent each of Double Court Bob, Double Oxford Bob, Cambridge Surprise, Plain Bob, Oxford Treble Bob, St Clement's Bob and Kent Treble Bob.
Exeter, Cathedral, Devon
Church of St Peter
Saturday, 29 December 1979 in 4hrs 6mins (72-2-2)
5009 Stedman Cinques
Composed by Michael V Chilcott
Shoreditch, Middlesex
St Leonard
Tuesday, 8 January 1980 in 3hrs 26mins (28-1-14)
5040 London No.3 Surprise Royal
Composed by C Kenneth Lewis
Shoreditch, Middlesex
St Leonard
Tuesday, 15 January 1980 in 3hrs 40mins (28-1-14)
5040 Spliced Surprise Maximus
Composed by Stanley Jenner
3 methods: 1104 Yorkshire, 1968 Cambridge and Yorkshire, two changes of method, all the work.
Spitalfields, Middlesex
Christ Church
Saturday, 19 January 1980 in 3hrs 12mins (17-1-6)
5376 Spliced Surprise Major
Composed by Colin J E Wyld
24 methods: 224 each Ambleside, Baldock, Camborne, Dunster, Edmundsbury, Fairwarp, Gressenhall, Harwich, Ilford, Jordan, Kingston, Lancashire, Manchester, Nuneaton, Oswestry, Premier, Quatt, Rainham, Stanton, Torquay, Ugborough, Vicarage, Whittlesey, Yateley, 224 of each method, 143 changes of method, all the work.
Rayleigh, Essex
Holy Trinity
Saturday, 2 February 1980 in 2hrs 51mins (16-1-14)
5120 Bristol Surprise Major
Composed by Peter M Wilkinson
Shoreditch, Middlesex
St Leonard
Tuesday, 5 February 1980 in 3hrs 28mins (28-1-14)
5016 Double Coslany Court Bob Maximus
Composed by Stanley Jenner
Shoreditch, Middlesex
St Leonard
Saturday, 9 February 1980 in 3hrs 43mins (28-1-14)
5184 Newgate Surprise Maximus
Arranged by Stanley Jenner
Shoreditch, Middlesex
St Leonard
Tuesday, 12 February 1980 in 3hrs 36mins (28-1-14)
5042 Yorkshire Surprise Maximus
Composed by Stanley Jenner
New Alresford, Hampshire
John the Baptist
Saturday, 16 February 1980 in 2hrs 57mins (15-3-18)
5152 Yorkshire Surprise Major
Composed by Christopher P Starbuck
Spitalfields, Middlesex
Christ Church
Saturday, 16 February 1980 in 3hrs 16mins (17-1-6)
5088 Glasgow Surprise Major
Composed by John R Mayne
Shoreditch, Middlesex
St Leonard
Tuesday, 26 February 1980 in 3hrs 33mins (28-1-14)
5040 Spliced Surprise Maximus
Composed by Stanley Jenner
4 methods: 1344 Cambridge 1296 Lincolnshire, Yorkshire 1104 Superlative, three changes of method, all the work.
Shoreditch, Middlesex
St Leonard
Tuesday, 4 March 1980 in 3hrs 33mins (28-1-14)
5088 Haggerston Surprise Maximus
Composed by Stanley Jenner
Shoreditch, Middlesex
St Leonard
Tuesday, 11 March 1980 in 3hrs 38mins (28-1-14)
5042 Cambridge Surprise Maximus
Composed by Roderick W Pipe
Shoreditch, Middlesex
St Leonard
Tuesday, 18 March 1980 in 3hrs 40mins (28-1-14)
5088 Spliced Surprise Maximus
Composed by Stanley Jenner
5 methods: 1152 Pudsey 1056 Cambridge 960 Lincolnshire, Superlative, Yorkshire, four changes of method, all the work.
Portsmouth, Hampshire
St Thomas of Canterbury,
Saturday, 22 March 1980 in 3hrs 24mins (25-2-0)
5040 London No.3 Surprise Royal
Composed by C Kenneth Lewis
Shoreditch, Middlesex
St Leonard
Tuesday, 15 April 1980 in 3hrs 34mins (28-1-14)
5040 Cambridge Surprise Maximus
Arranged by Stanley Jenner
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
St Peter
Saturday, 19 April 1980 in 3hrs 27mins (19-2-27)
5040 Bristol Surprise Maximus
Composed by Stanley Jenner
4th place bobs
Shoreditch, Middlesex
St Leonard
Saturday, 19 April 1980 in 3hrs 27mins (28-1-14)
5040 Bristol Surprise Maximus
Composed by Stanley Jenner
4th place bobs
Shoreditch, Middlesex
St Leonard
Tuesday, 22 April 1980 in 3hrs 0mins (10-1-8)
5120 Araucaria Delight Major
Composed by James Lockwood
Shoreditch, Middlesex
St Leonard
Tuesday, 6 May 1980 in 3hrs 35mins (28-1-14)
5280 Bristol Little Surprise Maximus
Shoreditch, Middlesex
St Leonard
Tuesday, 20 May 1980 in 3hrs 36mins (28-1-14)
5088 Spliced Surprise Maximus
Composed by Stanley Jenner
6 methods: 1056 Yorkshire 960 Cambridge, Superlative 816 Lincolnshire 768 Pudsey 528 Ealing, five changes of method, all the work.
London, Golders Green
129 North End Road
Wednesday, 21 May 1980 in 2hrs 20mins (Size 15)
5088 Kent Treble Bob Major
Composed by John Nicholl
Hayes, Middlesex
St Mary
Saturday, 24 May 1980 in 3hrs 4mins (17-1-5)
5184 Spliced Surprise Major
Composed by Anthony R Peake
11 methods: 768 London, Watford, 576 Bristol, Cambridge, Yorkshire, 384 Glasgow, Lincolnshire, Pudsey, Superlative, 192 Ashtead, Belfast, 144 changes of method.
Spitalfields, Middlesex
Christ Church
Saturday, 24 May 1980 in 3hrs 17mins (17-1-6)
5088 Rutland Surprise Major
Composed by Charles W Roberts
Shoreditch, Middlesex
St Leonard
Tuesday, 27 May 1980 in 3hrs 4mins (10-1-8)
5088 Bristol Surprise Major
Composed by Colin J E Wyld
Shoreditch, Middlesex
St Leonard
Saturday, 31 May 1980 in 3hrs 22mins (28-1-14)
5040 Spliced Surprise Royal
Composed by John H Fielden
8 methods: 720 London No.3, Rutland, 600 Bristol, Cambridge, Lincolnshire, Pudsey, Superlative No.2, Yorkshire, 125 changes of method.
Shoreditch, Middlesex
St Leonard
Tuesday, 3 June 1980 in 3hrs 37mins (28-1-14)
5184 Bristol Surprise Major
Composed by Stanley Jenner
Shoreditch, Middlesex
St Leonard
Saturday, 7 June 1980 in 3hrs 28mins (28-1-14)
5040 Yorkshire Surprise Royal
Composed by Ernest Morris
Shoreditch, Middlesex
St Leonard
Tuesday, 10 June 1980 in 3hrs 32mins (28-1-14)
5042 Zelah Surprise Maximus
Composed by Roderick W Pipe
Shoreditch, Middlesex
St Leonard
Tuesday, 17 June 1980 in 3hrs 35mins (28-1-14)
5088 Spliced Surprise Maximus
Composed by Stanley Jenner
7 methods: 960 Superlative, Yorkshire 816 Lincolnshire 768 Pudsey 528 Belvoir, Cambridge, Ealing, six changes of method, all the work.
Shoreditch, Middlesex
St Leonard
Tuesday, 1 July 1980 in 3hrs 30mins (28-1-14)
5040 Bristol Surprise Royal
Shoreditch, Middlesex
St Leonard
Tuesday, 8 July 1980 in 3hrs 20mins (28-1-14)
5080 Spliced Surprise Royal
Composed by Robert C Kippin
8 methods: 720 Rutland, 680 Bristol, London No.3, 640 Cambridge, Pudsey, 600 Superlative No.2, 560 Lincolnshire, Yorkshire, 119 changes of method, all the work.
Shoreditch, Middlesex
St Leonard
Tuesday, 29 July 1980 in 3hrs 26mins (28-1-14)
5040 London No.3 Surprise Royal
Composed by C Kenneth Lewis
Westminster, Middlesex
St Martin in the Fields
Saturday, 2 August 1980 in 3hrs 39mins (30-1-20)
5080 Stedman Cinques
Composed by Roderick W Pipe
Shoreditch, Middlesex
St Leonard
Tuesday, 5 August 1980 in 3hrs 30mins (28-1-14)
5040 Conisbrough Surprise Maximus
Composed by Derek E Sibson
Shoreditch, Middlesex
St Leonard
Tuesday, 12 August 1980 in 3hrs 36mins (28-1-14)
5042 Yorkshire Surprise Maximus
Composed by Roderick W Pipe
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