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News and Events

We aim to publish here details of any special ringing which has been requested, e.g. peal and quarter-peal attempts (3 hours and 45 minutes respectively) and visiting bands of ringers.

As a part of Hurst Village life we are asked to ring for other special events e.g. Hurst Festival; again, details will appear here. There are also social events of interest, particularly the annual Ringers' Outing for which details and contacts will appear in due course.

In addition, we write and deliver a newsletter to our nearest neighbours in the village about 3 times a year. The latest newsletter will be available on this page.

Forthcoming Events

Saturday
18 September

"Come and have a go" Day

Tuesday
5 October

Full Peal attempt. We aim to ring a full peal (5040 changes) of Hurstpierpoint Delight Major, so formally registering it as a new Method. See the news entry below for more details.

Wedding Ringing 2010

We shall be ringing after the Service for the following Weddings

July 31, 12.30
(to be confirmed)

Richard Hall and Rachael Eatwell

August 1, 2.00
(to be confirmed)

Aston Gillespie and Lisa Thornicroft

August 23, 1.00

Tom Sawyer and Lucinda Jarvis

August 28, 12.00

Mark Harrison and Rebecca Partington

September 3, 1.00
(to be confirmed)

Simon Zoratti and Katie Cattaneo

Recent activity and news

Quarter Peal, 14th June 2010

A new quarter peal, named Hurstpierpoint Delight Major, has been composed by David Smith as part of the 125th Anniversary celebrations for the Sussex County Association of Change Ringers. Methods are being rung in each of the founding towers of the Association, which was formed in 1885. Holy Trinity, Hurstpierpoint was one of the original 25 member towers.

The new method was rung for the first time here at Hurstpierpoint on Monday 14th June. It comprised 1312 changes and was rung in 47 minutes. David D Smith had composed the method and conducted this first quarter peal.

A new method cannot be officially named until it has been rung as a full peal, which we are planning to do on 5th October. If we're successful "Hurstpierpoint" will have been composed and officially rung at Hurstpierpoint during the year of the 125th Anniversary of the SCACR.

The details...

Quarter peal of 1312 changes of Hurstpierpoint Delight Major in 47 minutes

Treble: Susan M Elrick

2: Sandra Alford

3: Anne E Franklin

4: P Jonathan Franklin

5: Simon Alford

6: Edward Woodward

7: David D Smith (Composer and Conductor)

Tenor: Jeremy Alford

Sue Elrick

The Annual Outing

In June of every year the ringers of Hurstpierpoint hire a coach and, with non-ringing guests from the Village, visit a selection of towers in another county. Our Tower Captain, Dennis Elliott, organises it with his customary efficiency, and the two links below take you to the stories of the day. The event took place on Saturday 19 June.

Mel and Lindsey, ringers from Hurstpierpoint

Margaret and Gerry's (non-ringing guests') outing story

Summer Newsletter, June 2010

From the Bell Ringers of Hurstpierpoint

Hello to all our neighbours.

Well, I began to think summer had arrived, but now I'm not so sure, as I contemplate putting the heating back on!

Here in the belfry we have had a busy few months, with a number of "tied bell" simulator practices for the beginners. Thanks to our "Come and Have a Go day" in January 2009, we have 5 "learners", all of whom are making good progress. Having mastered control of the bells, they are beginning to learn how to ring a method. It is such a pleasure to find so many people in the belfry on practice nights and Sundays now, having been so short of ringers for a couple of years.

The 125th Anniversary of the Sussex County Association of Change Ringers is well underway. A number of events have already taken place. One such event is the attempt to ring a peal at each of the towers that formed the original Association back in 1885. The attempt at Hurstpierpoint in February sadly failed, but a second attempt is scheduled for 5th October 2010. Fingers crossed that we can make it into the history books.

We are also very fortunate that a new method, to be named "Hurstpierpoint Delight Major" will be rung on Monday 14th June at 7.30. We hope to be able to achieve a quarter peal to mark the Anniversary on this first occasion that it will have been rung.

On 19th June, our tower will be open for ringers from the Association, from 4.30-5.15pm as one of the Open Towers in the Southern Division of the County.

The summer family social event at Dial Post was held last Saturday and attracted ringers and guests from all over Sussex. We were very fortunate to have such good weather and the sight of green blue and yellow balloons racing heavenward was spectacular. If you find mine, please send the label back, I might win a prize! The hog-roast and specially brewed celebration ale were well worth sampling, especially for those of us who played stool ball during the afternoon.

Here in Hurst, our wedding season is now well under way, with 5 more happy events scheduled. The dates are:- July 31st, August 1st, 23rd and 28th and September 3rd.

On 19th June,we will be off to Berkshire for our annual coach Outing, where we will ring at Chieveley, Kintbury, Hungerford, Lambourn, Speen and Newbury. The day ends with an evening meal at Sulhamstead. A number of non-ringing village people are joining us again this year as the Outing proves to be as popular as ever.

In September, the Hurstpierpoint and Sayers Common Festival gets underway once more and we will be holding an event in the belfry. Watch out for more details in the Festival Programme.

Finally, for those of you who have not yet discovered our website, www.hurstpierpointbells.org.uk you will find all this news and much more.

As ever, if you have any comments on this newsletter or any other matter, please contact either Dennis, Tower Captain, or myself.

Sue Elrick    832019
Dennis Elliott    833466

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