On Sunday 14 October, almost three years after the ECG's
first quarter of surprise major on handbells another landmark first was achieved.
Despite lingering colds and the distractions of a neighbour's lawnmower and the
sweet smell of baking cookies, a confident peal was successfully rung. Although
this was the first time that the four of us had rung together, the ringing
quickly settled into an accurate, controlled rhythm. This was our first attempt
at a peal of spliced and its successful conclusion is very encouraging. The only
question now is: what next?
After the peal we sampled some of the delicious products of the distracting
baking smell - some really good peanut and ginger cookies. They really were very
good!
As well as being the first peal of Spliced for the ECG, it
is also the first handbell peal of Spliced for the whole GDR and for two of the
band. It was also Tom's first peal for the ECG - welcome aboard! This was the
49th peal for the ECG so we are planning something good for the next one...
watch this space!
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Guild of Devonshire Ringers (Exeter Colleges Guild)
Exeter, Devon
17 Dotton Close
Sunday, 14 October 2007 in 2h24 (15)
5058 Spliced S Major
(4m: 1312 Superlative; 1280 Yorkshire; 1250 Cambridge; 1216 Lincolnshire;
124 com, atw)
Composed by: D F Morrison
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| 1-2 |
Andrew P Digby |
| 3-4 |
David G Maynard |
| 5-6 |
Thomas J Hinks |
| 7-8 |
Matthew J Hilling (C) |
First of Spliced for the Exeter Colleges Guild. First of
Spliced in hand for 1-2, 7-8 and the Guild of Devonshire Ringers.
First of Spliced Major in hand: 5-6. |
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