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Scottish Association of Change Ringers |
Welcome to the website of the Scottish Association of Change Ringers. We hope that you enjoy your visit to the site, and we look forward to welcoming you to one of our towers. The art of change ringing has been practiced for hundreds of years, and there are 18 towers in Scotland of 6 or more bells where you can learn to ring. All of our towers are willing to teach new recruits, for more details of your local tower, please contact the publicy officer, Matt Edwards, or see the Towers section of the website for your local contact.
Ringing is currently suspended at St Mary's Aberdeen due to water seeping into the tower from above the ringing tower. Attempts are being made to dry it out, but it is unknown how long it may take.
The following are dates for your diary. Further information on each will be displayed nearer the time of the event, but if you need to know more sooner, try contacting the tower nearest to you.
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| Saturday 23rd January 2010 |
Meeting |
| 12th - 14th March 2010 |
12 Bell Training Weekend |
| Saturday 15th May 2010 |
AGM and Striking Competition
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Every second Thursday - 12 Bell Practice at St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh
The practices cover Surprise Royal and advanced Surprise Major methods beyond 8 spliced. Special methods may be announced before each meeting. The practices are held on the last Friday of each month. Standard methods are Cambridge, Yorkshire and London Surprise Royal along with the Standard 8 Surprise Major. For further information please contact the ringing master, Chris Frye.
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Venue |
| 2009 / 2010 Season | Suspended until further notice. |
Working jointly with the Keltek Trust (www.Keltek.org) SACR has recently helped to save 2 redundant sets of bells from churches in the West of Scotland. We now have 22 bells available for new bell projects in Scotland. For more details of the exciting opportunity, follow see the “New Bell Installation Committee”
The Scottish Association of Change Ringers was formed in Edinburgh on 23rd April 1932: so 2007 saw the 75th anniversary of the Association. To mark this there were a number of special events and ringing. For more information, see our 75 Years of the SACR section.
View the 75th Anniversary Peals here .
View the 75th Anniversary Quarter Peals here .
The Annual Report for 2008 has now been published. Please see our Annual Report page for more details, a list of the companies who support us with advertising, and corrections.
SACR badges are now available once again, with our logo of a plain bell on a saltire. They are very smart and you really need one, especially at the unbeatable price of £3. Badges are available from Terry Williams.
There is an SACR email list available to any interested ringers. By subscribing to this list you will receive email notifications of upcoming events such as AGMs, Training days and Surprise Royal practices along with any other SACR information. Click here to susbscribe to this list.
The 50-50 Club is open to anyone who wants to support the SACR, whether ringers or non-ringers. One entry costs £1. It is a great way to raise money for the bell restoration fund.
You can download a form by clicking on the link below: