This
report and its statistics are based upon quarter peals that have been
published in the Ringing World between 06.02.10 and 01.02.11. The
parentheses show the comparable figures for 2009.
The
total number of quarter peals attributable to the association is 299
(344). The number rung in each district and the number of towers at
which quarters were rung are as follows; also shown are the number of
ringable towers in each district with five or more bells with the
percentage at which quarters were rung, and the leading towers. Last
year's figures are in brackets.
|
District
|
Quarters
|
Towers
|
Ringable
Towers
|
Leading
Towers
|
|
Central
|
42
|
[42]
|
9
|
[11]
|
21
|
43%
|
Derby
St Peter
|
25
|
[23]
|
|
Chesterfield
|
27
|
[26]
|
18
|
[10]
|
29
|
62%
|
Ashford
in the Water
|
23
|
[21]
|
|
Peak
|
114
|
[149]
|
26
|
[30]
|
34
|
76%
|
Derby
Cathedral
|
19
|
[28]
|
|
Southern
|
69
|
[76]
|
19
|
[13]
|
24
|
79%
|
Brailsford
|
11
|
[10]
|
|
Sub-total
|
252
|
[302]
|
72
|
[64]
|
112
|
64%
|
Etwall
|
11
|
[10]
|
|
Others
|
10
|
[3]
|
8
|
[2]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
On
Handbells
|
37
|
[39]
|
6
|
[9]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
299
|
[344]
|
86
|
[75]
|
|
|
|
|
|
The
number of churches at which quarters are rung for Sunday services on
a regular basis appears to be limited to Etwall in the Central
District, Darley Dale, Tideswell and Youlgreave in the Peak District,
and Derby Cathedral and Derby St Peter in the Southern District. It
is likely that the vast majority of quarter peals by association
bands are rung either in order to provide extended practice,
developing the skills of improving ringers and consolidating those of
more experienced ringers, or just for fun. In any event the sense of
achievement and camaraderie involved are often sufficient incentive.
This year there were fewer touring bands visiting the area with only
twenty quarters rung at association towers by visiting bands.
Congratulations
are extended to the 16 (17) ringers who rang their first quarter peal
and to Tom Chillingworth who conducted his first quarter peal,
several of them are younger ringers and of course they represent the
longer term future of the exercise and so are to be encouraged. A
good many of these took place during the Peak District’s Quarter
Peal Day and the Central and Southern Districts’ Quarter Peal Week
during which many other ringers achieved firsts of one kind or
another. These are the performances of those ringing or conducting
their first quarter peal
|
Bamford
in the Peak, 10 February 2010, 1260 Plain Bob Doubles: Pam
Willets 1, Helen Spencer (first quarter peal) 2, Jenny
Burnham 3, Sue Silcocks 4, Ian Dicken (C) 5, Horace Bailey 6.
|
Breaston,
4 July 2010, 1260 Plain Bob Doubles: Roger Ward (first
quarter peal) 1, Lynda Stevens 2, Geoff Smith 3, Caroline Peverett
4, Tim Peverett (C) 5, Chris Baddiley 6.
|
|
Tideswell,
30 May 2010, 1260 Plain Bob Doubles: Paul Black (first
quarter peal) 1, Eileen Goodall 2, Pauline Boyle 3, John Boyle 4,
Geoff Goodall (C) 5, Giles Lacey 6.
|
Brassington,
25 July 2010, 1260 Plain Bob Doubles: Jean Walker (first
quarter peal) 1, Frances Haynes 2, Brian Legood 3, Robert
Marchbank 4, Roy Meads (C) 5, David Palmer 6.
|
|
Killamarsh,
1 June 2010, 1260 Plain Bob Doubles: Dennis Smedley 1, Barrie
Goodwin 2, Hazel Jones 3, James Hines 4, Don Jones (C) 5, Ben Wheelhouse (first quarter peal) 6.
|
Eckington,
11 August 2010, 1260 Plain Bob Doubles: Dennis Smedley 1, Dorothy
Randall (first quarter peal) 2, Tom Chillingworth 3, James
Hines 4, Don Jones (C) 5, Tom Randall (first quarter
peal) 6.
|
|
Chapel
en le Frith, 23 October 2010, 1260 Plain Bob Doubles: Andy
Venables 1, Janet Wright (first quarter peal) 2, Emma
Humphrey 3, Geoff Goodall (C) 4, Eileen Goodall 5, Esther Venables
6.
|
Derby
St Peter, 11 November 2010, 1260 Plain Bob Doubles: Catharine
Forster (first quarter peal) 1, Chris Gilbert 2, Alec Humphrey
3, Mike Willis 4, Alan Rowe (C) 5, John Booth 6.
Rung
half-muffled.
|
|
Alvaston,
1 November 2010, 1260 Plain Bob Doubles: Sara Eames (first
quarter peal) 1, Pat Halls (C) 2, Heather Eames (first quarter
peal) 3, Richard Stevenson 4, Tom Chillingworth 5, Ema
Chillingworth 6.
|
Belper,
12 November 2010, 1260 Grandsire Doubles: Graeme Hughes 1, John
Booth 2, Gill Hughes (C) 3, Richard Newton 4, Sue Peach 5, Adele
Clements (first quarter peal) 6.
|
|
Spondon,
2 November 2010, 1260 Plain Bob Doubles: Ian Webb 1, Ema
Chillingworth 2, Colin Shaw 3, Richard Barnett 4, Tom
Chillingworth (first quarter peal as conductor) 5, Alec
Humphrey 6.
|
Duffield,
14 November 2010, 1260 Grandsire Triples: Beth Startin
(first quarter peal) 1, Gill Hughes 2, Richard Newton 3, Mike
Banks 4, Mike Willis 5, Luke Heaton 6, Alec Humphrey (C) 7, John
McCartney 8.
|
|
Etwall,
2 November 2010, 1260 Plain Bob Doubles: Joyce Chadwick 1, Nina
Reader 2, Alexandra Higham (first quarter peal) 3,
Elizabeth Hatton 4, Jack Chadwick (C) 5, Morris Bates 6.
|
Belper,
7 December 2010, 1260 Plain Bob Doubles: Sophie Shaw (first
quarter peal) 1, Graeme Hughes 2, Gill Hughes 3, Alec Humphrey (C)
4, John Booth 5.
|
|
Brailsford,
4 November 2010, 1260 Plain Bob Doubles: Mary Cox 1, Jenny Booth
2, Kate Roberts-Lewis (first quarter peal) 3, Elaine Baines
4, Chris Booth (C) 5, Keith Baines 6.
|
|
The
leading quarter peal ringers and conductors were:
|
Ringers
|
|
|
Conductors
|
|
|
|
Alec
Humphrey
|
120
|
[109]
|
Alec
Humphrey
|
74
|
[68]
|
|
Linda
Pelc
|
75
|
[84]
|
Geoff
Goodall
|
32
|
[18]
|
|
Geoff
Goodall
|
66
|
[66]
|
Len
Goodall
|
21
|
[33]
|
|
Eileen
Goodall
|
63
|
[66]
|
John
Heaton
|
13
|
[17]
|
|
Chris
Gilbert
|
56
|
[50]
|
John
Cater
|
13
|
[8]
|
|
Mike
Willis
|
45
|
[42]
|
Roy
Meads
|
10
|
[11]
|
|
Nick
Daines
|
43
|
[43]
|
|
|
|
|
Gill
Hughes
|
42
|
[44]
|
|
|
|
|
Jack
Chadwick
|
40
|
[32]
|
|
|
|
Amongst
several milestones of personal significance were Caroline Peverett’s
1000th quarter peal and Richard Angrave’s 500th quarter peal.
Graeme Hughes and Alec Humphrey rang their 600th together and Nick
Daines, Chris Gilbert and Alec Humphrey their 100th together.
The
Peak District Wednesday afternoon band continues to break new ground,
including in their weekly attempts no fewer than four demanding and
previously unrung and unnamed methods and are to be congratulated on
this.
|
Great
Longstone, 10 February 2010,
1320
James Treble Bob Minor:
John
Boyle 1, Linda Pelc 2, Eileen Goodall 3, Geoff Goodall 4, James
Franklin 5, Len Goodall (C) 6. James TB Minor:
34x36.16.12x12.16.34x12.36
lh16.
|
Belper,
17 May 2010,
1260
Essential Differential Bob Minor:
Sally
Bramson 1-2, John Cater 3-4 (C), Gill Hughes 5-6.
Essential
Differential Bob Minor:
x16x16x1256
lh12.
|
|
Ashford
in the Water, 10 March 2010,
1320
Linda Treble Bob Minor:
John
Boyle 1, Eileen Goodall 2, Linda Pelc 3, Geoff Goodall 4, James
Franklin 5, Len Goodall (C) 6. Linda TB Minor:
34x36.16.12x12.16.34x14.36
lh16.
|
Ashford
in the Water, 9 June 2010
1320
Boyle Treble Bob Minor:
John
Boyle 1, Eileen Goodall 2, Linda Pelc 3, Geoff Goodall 4, James
Franklin 5, Len Goodall (C) 6. Boyle Treble Bob Minor:
34x36.16.12x56.16.12x34.56 lh12.
|
|
Ashford
in the Water, 31 March 2010,
1320
Cressbrook Treble Bob Minor:
John
Boyle 1, Eileen Goodall 2, Linda Pelc 3, Geoff Goodall 4, James
Franklin 5, Len Goodall (C) 6. Cressbrook Treble Bob Minor
x34x16x12x16x14x16 lh14. (TDMM 312)
|
|
As
ever Plain Bob is the most commonly rung method, no fewer than 34%
[41% ten years ago] of all quarters being in that method and 49% [29%
ten years ago] were of treble dodging methods. 70% [70% ten years
ago] of quarters were rung using six bells and 26% [24% ten years
ago] using eight bells. Viewing the graph showing the total number
of tower bell quarters rung over the decade it would seem that the
relatively high figures from 2004 to 2008 appear to be declining,
however it would only need one or two enthusiasts to take up the
torch (or sally) of quarter peal ringing for this situation to be
easily reversed.
Quarter
Peals by District and Tower
Central
District
Chesterfield District
|
|
D
|
PM
|
TDM
|
T
|
MA
|
O
|
Total
|
|
D
|
PM
|
TDM
|
T
|
MA
|
O
|
Total
|
|
Belper
Campanile
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
|
|
|
5
|
Ault
Hucknall
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
1
|
|
Belper
St Peter
|
2
|
|
|
1
|
5
|
|
8
|
Barlborough
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
Brailsford
|
3
|
1
|
7
|
|
|
|
11
|
Bolsover
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
1
|
|
Duffield
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
1
|
Chesterfield
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
|
Etwall
|
2
|
1
|
8
|
|
|
|
11
|
Clay
Cross
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
Heanor
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
1
|
Creswell
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
1
|
|
Marchington
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
1
|
Dronfield
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
1
|
|
Mayfield
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
1
|
Eckington
|
1
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
2
|
|
Mugginton
|
2
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
3
|
Killamarsh
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
Morton
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Old
Brampton
|
|
2
|
2
|
|
|
|
4
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Old
Whittington
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
|
2
|
|
Handbells
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pentrich
|
|
1
|
2
|
|
|
|
3
|
|
Allestree
|
|
4
|
1
|
|
|
|
5
|
Pinxton
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
1
|
|
Belper
|
|
7
|
2
|
|
|
1
|
10
|
Scarcliffe
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
1
|
|
Little
Eaton
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
South
Wingfield
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Staveley
|
1
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
2
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Swanwick
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
Total
|
10
|
16
|
23
|
2
|
6
|
1
|
60
|
Total
|
3
|
7
|
7
|
1
|
8
|
1
|
27
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Peak
District
Southern District
|
|
D
|
PM
|
TDM
|
T
|
MA
|
O
|
Total
|
|
D
|
PM
|
TDM
|
T
|
MA
|
O
|
Total
|
|
Ashford
in Water
|
2
|
|
21
|
|
|
|
23
|
Alvaston
|
1
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
2
|
|
Ashover
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
1
|
Breaston
|
2
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
3
|
|
Bakewell
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
1
|
Chellaston
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
|
2
|
|
Bamford
in Peak
|
2
|
|
|
|
|
|
2
|
Derby
Cathedral
|
2
|
2
|
5
|
3
|
5
|
2
|
19
|
|
Baslow
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
Derby
St Peter
|
5
|
7
|
6
|
4
|
3
|
|
25
|
|
Brackenfield
|
1
|
|
2
|
|
|
|
3
|
Ilkeston
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
1
|
|
Bradbourne
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
1
|
Long
Eaton
|
2
|
|
|
|
|
|
2
|
|
Brassington
|
5
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
6
|
Lullington
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
Burbage
|
1
|
|
3
|
|
|
|
4
|
Melbourne
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
1
|
|
Chapel
en le Frith
|
1
|
|
2
|
|
|
|
3
|
Netherseal
|
1
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
2
|
|
Crich
|
|
|
|
|
3
|
|
3
|
Newhall
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
Darley
Dale
|
|
|
|
1
|
7
|
|
8
|
Ockbrook
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
Dinting
Vale
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
Overseal
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
1
|
|
Edensor
|
|
2
|
3
|
|
|
|
5
|
Repton
|
|
|
|
1
|
2
|
|
3
|
|
Elton
|
|
|
9
|
|
|
|
9
|
Shardlow
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
Eyam
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
|
|
|
4
|
Spondon
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
Glossop
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
1
|
Stanton
by Dale
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
1
|
|
Great
Longstone
|
|
1
|
6
|
|
|
|
7
|
Ticknall
|
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
2
|
|
Hartington
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
1
|
West
Hallam
|
|
|
1
|
|
1
|
|
2
|
|
Hathersage
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Hayfield
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Matlock
|
1
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stanton
in Peak
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
|
|
|
6
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tideswell
|
2
|
|
|
3
|
3
|
|
8
|
Hand
bells
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Wirksworth
|
|
|
|
2
|
1
|
|
3
|
Breaston
|
|
10
|
2
|
|
6
|
1
|
19
|
|
Youlgreave
|
1
|
|
|
|
1
|
6
|
8
|
Mickleover
|
|
|
1
|
|
1
|
|
2
|
|
Total
|
21
|
6
|
54
|
10
|
16
|
7
|
114
|
Total
|
14
|
20
|
23
|
12
|
19
|
4
|
92
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Key
D = Doubles PM = Plain Minor TDM = Treble Dodging Minor T = Triples
MA = Major O = Other
Other
DDA Quarters
|
Alstonefield
|
Plain
Bob Minor
|
Kegworth
|
Lincolnshire
Surprise Major
|
|
Castle
Donington
|
Baden-Powell
Delight Minor
|
Norton
|
Treble
Bob Major (Worcester Var’n)
|
|
Dore
|
Plain
Bob Major
|
Sheen
|
Plain
Bob Minor
|
|
Dore
|
Oxford
Treble Bob Major
|
Sheen
|
Plain
Bob Doubles
|
|
Eastwood
|
Single
Oxford Bob Triples
|
Taxal
|
Plain
Bob Doubles
|
|
