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Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II

The Diamond Jubilee will be an important occasion for towns and villages to hear their bells being rung. With a celebration that is spread over four days, the big question is WHEN to ring. The timing will often be determined by other local celebrations. However The Ringing World is also encouraging towers all over the UK and Commonwealth to ring their bells at 3pm on Sunday, 3rd June. This will coincide with the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant; a river display and procession of over one thousand vessels on the Thames, attended by The Queen. It will be led by a floating belfry containing the Royal Jubilee Bells. Towers along the banks of the river are already set to sound out, and they are fast being joined by others far and wide. Details of ringing planned for the occasion appear on the Thames Pageant website and the Royal Jubilee Bells website. To post details of ringing planned at YOUR tower register with BellBoard now and use the DIARY feature to add the details. They will then be fed automatically into the above named websites.

Our featured performance

Saint James' Guild

Spitalfields, Greater London

Christchurch

Saturday, 12 May 2012 in 9h 11 (17)

14688 Glasgow Surprise Major

Composed by Brian D Price

1 Simon A Rudd

2 David C Brown (C)

3 Martin J Whiteley

4 John P Loveless

5 Alan G Reading

6 Ian Roulstone

7 Frank W Rivett

8 Alan Regin

Longest peal in the method (subject to ratification).

Other highly-rated performances

11 May 2012	Bristol (Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity)	5024 Bristol Surprise Major
2 May 2012	Bristol (St John on the Wall)	1260 Grandsire Doubles グランサーダブルズ
30 Apr 2012	City of London (St Dunstan-in-the-West, Fleet St)	200 Cambridge Surprise Royal
12 May 2012	Bristol (St Ambrose)	5000 Leeds Delight Royal

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Ringing World National Youth Contest

The second Ringing World National Youth Contest for the Whitechapel Trophy will take place from 10am on Saturday, 30th June 2012 at St Paul’s Church, Birmingham.

The following teams will be taking part: Bedfordshire, Derby DA, Essex Young Eagles, Georges & Dragons, Hertfordshire, Jammy Dodgers, King Edward VI School, Lincolnshire Poachers, Oxford DG, St Martin's Youths, Suffolk Guild, Sussex Young Ringers, The G & B, Vectis Youths and Yorkshire Puds.

Simon Linford, Master of the St Martin's Guild, is the Chief Judge, and he will be assisted by Jonathan Agg, Heather Forster and Louis Suggett.

We are delighted that teams from all over the country have entered the Contest and are looking forward to an exciting competition.

Robert Lewis, Editor

Latest features

23rd Mar: We have added a new events diary to which users can submit events. Performances can be associated with events, for example dinner day peals can be linked to event, and notice can be given for attempts associated with events in the future. It is also now possible to make donations to the Ringing World, either while submitting a performance or separately.
20th Mar: Complete peal data from 2005 to mid-March 2012 added from peals.co.uk. (Please report any duplicates or omissions.) Any peals submitted to the Ringing World via other means (e.g. by email or via Campanophile) will now reach BellBoard within a week.
6th Feb: Complete peal data for 2011 and January 2012 added from peals.co.uk.
3rd Feb: Compositions can now be entered for performances. To add a composition to a performance you submitted, locate the performance and follow the Add Comp. link.
30th Jan: Wild-card searching is now implemented, as is deleting performances. To delete one of your performances, make sure you are logged in, locate the performance (e.g. using the Amend page), and choose to Delete this entry.
18th Jan: Our front page now includes a featured performance, determined by users choosing to like a performance. More details.
17th Jan: By popular request, the Newest and Browse pages can now be filtered to only show certain types of performance, e.g. tower bells peals. The default remains to show everything, but registered users can change their default via the new preferences page.
17th Jan: Submit quarters and peals for publication in the Ringing World. Find the peal (e.g. by in looking in your submissions) and follow the Send to RW link.