Swanage bellringers - Quarter peals

Many more quarter peals are rung than full peals as they take a quarter of the time, about 45 minutes. They last long enough to stretch your concentration and are also a good test of a ringer’s mental stamina. Unlike the page of Peals rung in Swanage it is not possible to provide an accurate record of all quarter peals rung partly due to the higher volume and also because records of successful quarter peals are not kept as accurately.

Details of quarter peals rung in 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006 , 2005.

So if you heard the bells ringing for about 45 minutes before Evensong on a recent Sunday and are wondering which method was being rung and if it was for a particular reason, details of recent quarter peals will be listed on this page.

2010 Quarter peals to date:

Wednesday, 17 February 2010 in 45 mins - 1260 Plain Bob Triples
1 Katharine Clark
2 Jill Harris
3 Sally Jenkins
4 Eddie Dicken
5 Jane Wilkins
6 Peter Harris
7 Phil Miles (c)
8 David Haysom
For Ash Wednesday Eucharist Service.

Sunday, 7 February 2010 in 45 mins - 1260 Grandsire Triples
1 Sally Jenkins
2 Jane Wilkins
3 Richard Loyd
4 Eddie Dicken
5 David Haysom
6 Matthew Pike
7 Phil Miles (c)
8 Mike Pitman
For Evensong

Sunday, 31 January 2010 in 45 mins - 1250 Lincolnshire Surprise Major
1 Hayley Newman
2 Jane Wilkins
3 Jill Harris
4 Linda Hough
5 Eddie Dicken
6 Peter Harris
7 Phil Miles
8 Angie Jasper (C)
First in the method as conductor

Wednesday, 6 January 2010 in 46 mins - 1320 Cambridge Surprise Minor with tenor cover
1 Katharine Clark
2 Jill Harris
3 Eddie Dicken
4 Peter Harris
5 Hayley Newman
6 Phil Miles (c)
7 Matthew Pike
First quarter peal of treble bob: 1

Sunday, 3 January 2010 in 43 mins - 1260 Plain Bob Doubles
1 Eddie Dicken
2 Sally Jenkins
3 Hadden Arrowsmith (c)
4 David Haysom
5 Matthew Pike
6 Martin Wickham
For Evensong and to welcome 2010.