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GACJ: /* Higher Numbers First Peals */

2025-05-10T22:08:00Z

Higher Numbers First Peals

GACJ: /* Higher Numbers First Peals */

2025-05-10T17:37:29Z

Higher Numbers First Peals

GACJ: /* Prolific Peal Ringers */

2025-05-10T16:18:11Z

Prolific Peal Ringers

GACJ: Add Simon Melen's ringing 2-3 to Chandler's.

2025-02-06T14:44:08Z

Add Simon Melen's ringing 2-3 to Chandler's.

GACJ: updated number

2025-02-06T13:10:13Z

updated number

GACJ: /* Gregarious Peal Ringers */ updated stats

2025-02-06T13:04:47Z

Gregarious Peal Ringers: updated stats

GACJ: /* Fast Learners */

2025-02-06T12:54:59Z

Fast Learners

GACJ: Colin Turner - Date of 8000th peal

2025-02-06T12:43:54Z

Colin Turner - Date of 8000th peal

GACJ: add Catherine Williams

2024-11-19T13:41:57Z

add Catherine Williams

GACJ: Add blindfold Stedman Triples.

2024-11-19T13:09:00Z

Add blindfold Stedman Triples.

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 '''Revd F E Robinson''' was the '''first person to reach 1000 peals'''. This was on 9 Aug 1905 according to his records but he may have missed some of his earlier peals.
-'''Andrew B Mills''' became the '''youngest person to ring a 1000 peals''' on 14 Feb 1991 when he conducted Shelford Delight Minor at Shelford at the age of 23yrs 8months.  This record was broken by '''Adam R Crocker''' on 22nd March 2013 when he rang a peal of [http://www.bb.ringingworld.co.uk/view.php?id=280568 Stedman Triples] at the age of 23yrs 1 month and 10 days
+'''Andrew B Mills''' became the '''youngest person to ring a 1000 peals''' on 14 Feb 1991 when he conducted Shelford Delight Minor at Shelford at the age of 23yrs 8months.  This record was broken by '''Adam R Crocker''' on 22nd March 2013 when he rang a peal of [http://www.bb.ringingworld.co.uk/view.php?id=280568 Stedman Triples] at the age of 23yrs 1 month and 10 days, and subsequently by '''Daniel J Page''' on 10th May 2025 when he rang a peal of [https://bb.ringingworld.co.uk/view.php?id=1851409 Orion Surprise Maximus] at the age of 22 years and 5 months (171 days).
 '''Paul J Pascoe''' became the '''fastest person to ring 1000 Peals''' (from 1st to 1000th peal) in 3271 days by conducting Bristol S Major at [https://bb.ringingworld.co.uk/view.php?id=1061557 Thorverton, Devon] on the 8th December 2007, and surpassed '''Ian R Fielding's''' previous record of 3275 days on 17th October 1997. He also became the '''fastest person to ring 2000 Peals''' (in 13yr 3mth) by ringing in a Peal at [http://bb.ringingworld.co.uk/view.php?id=132938 Bishops-Ting-Tong, Devon] on the 17th April 2012 surpassing '''Peter G C Ellis' ''' previous record of 13yr 11mth.

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 '''Peter L R Hayward''' became the first person to ring '''two non-adjacent''' bells to a peal, as a bet with the Newark District that it could not be done, when he rang the treble and fourth to a peal of Plain Bob Minor at Ossington, Notts on 24 Jul 1980.  It is incorrectly recorded on p713 of RW 15/8/1980 as being 1-2. At the time of writing (July 2012) he remains the only person to have rung such peals and has rung peals of minor on all 15 possible combinations of pairs of bells (adjacent and non-adjacent).  The list of peals can be seen on [http://pealbase.ismysite.co.uk/pealbase/dh1.php?hid=20917 Pealbase]
-'''Simon Melen''' chose Orion S Maximus for his first attempt at a double-handed peal ringing 3-4 at Melbourne for his 1,000th peal on Saturday 30th December 2017 [http://bb.ringingworld.co.uk/view.php?id=1205499].  He had taken advantage of practising on the simulator at Ticknall (10) which had been installed at the insistence of a local ringer, Ken Ballington, who sadly died shortly before this performance.
+'''Simon Melen''' chose Orion S Maximus for his first attempt at a double-handed peal ringing 3-4 at Melbourne for his 1,000th peal on Saturday 30th December 2017 [http://bb.ringingworld.co.uk/view.php?id=1205499].  He had taken advantage of practising on the simulator at Ticknall (10) which had been installed at the insistence of a local ringer, Ken Ballington, who sadly died shortly before this performance. On 30 December 2024, Simon rang 2-3 at [https://bb.ringingworld.co.uk/view.php?id=1802756 Ticknall] to a peal of Stephen Chandler's notoriously difficult 23-Spliced Surprise Major. A video recording demonstrating Simon's very accurate striking of two bells in this performance can be seen [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RE_4D_Lj2Ts here].
 ==Call Changes==

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 On 14 September 1973, George E Symonds (b.1875 d.1974) rang a peal of Kent Treble Bob Royal at Grundisburgh, Suffolk, aged 98 years 1 month.
-[http://www.pealbase.co.uk Pealbase] includes details of nine other people who have rung peals at the '''age of 90 or more'''.
+[http://www.pealbase.co.uk Pealbase] includes details of twenty-one other people who have rung peals at the '''age of 90 or more'''.
 ==Firsts as Conductor==

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 ==Gregarious Peal Ringers==
-The Change-ringers list in February 2008 discussed who was the most gregarious peal ringer.  At that time and using Pealbase data going back to 1973 Andrew Craddock revealed that '''John Pladdys''' topped the list with 1911 ringers (2365 by July 2018) and '''Elisabeth A G Bowden''' was the highest ranking lady in 5th place and 1646
+The Change-ringers list in February 2008 discussed who was the most gregarious peal ringer.  At that time and using Pealbase data going back to 1973 Andrew Craddock revealed that '''John Pladdys''' topped the list with 1911 ringers (2410 by January 2025) and '''Elisabeth A G Bowden''' was the highest ranking lady in 5th place and 1646
-ringers (1854 by June 2015).
+ringers (1851 by January 2015).
 ==Fast Learners==

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 '''Stefan Smith''' had his first handling lesson at 4pm on Sunday, 28 December 2008.  By 4:45pm he was capable of ringing the Tenor to [https://bb.ringingworld.co.uk/view.php?id=1062189 this Quarter Peal], with minimal aid from a strapper, but Stefan did all the work of the handstrokes.
-'''Catherine A Williams''' rang her [https://bb.ringingworld.co.uk/view.php?id=1783924 first quarter peal], the tenor behind to Doubles, on 27 November 2023, 7 weeks after starting to learn to ring. After 10 weeks, she rang the treble to a [https://bb.ringingworld.co.uk/view.php?id=1679906 quarter], and after three months rang inside to [https://bb.ringingworld.co.uk/view.php?id=1692041 a quarter of Plain Bob Doubles] and the treble to [https://bb.ringingworld.co.uk/view.php?id=1694195 a quarter of Grandsire Triples]. After four months, on 29 February 2024, she rang her [https://bb.ringingworld.co.uk/view.php?id=1704970 first peal], Plain Bob Minor. On 19 June 2024, after just 8 months, she rang inside to [https://bb.ringingworld.co.uk/view.php?id=1748655 a peal of Yorkshire Surprise Major]. On 27 October 2024, twelve months after learning to ring, she rang the treble to a quarter of [https://bb.ringingworld.co.uk/view.php?id=1780048 Superlative Surprise Maximus] and on 10 November 2024, the second to a quarter of [https://bb.ringingworld.co.uk/view.php?id=1784574 Stedman Cinques].
+'''Catherine A Williams''' rang her [https://bb.ringingworld.co.uk/view.php?id=1783924 first quarter peal], the tenor behind to Doubles, on 27 November 2023, 7 weeks after starting to learn to ring. After 10 weeks, she rang the treble to a [https://bb.ringingworld.co.uk/view.php?id=1679906 quarter], and after three months rang inside to [https://bb.ringingworld.co.uk/view.php?id=1692041 a quarter of Plain Bob Doubles] and the treble to [https://bb.ringingworld.co.uk/view.php?id=1694195 a quarter of Grandsire Triples]. After four months, on 29 February 2024, she rang her [https://bb.ringingworld.co.uk/view.php?id=1704970 first peal], Plain Bob Minor. On 19 June 2024, after just 8 months, she rang inside to [https://bb.ringingworld.co.uk/view.php?id=1748655 a peal of Yorkshire Surprise Major]. On 27 October 2024, twelve months after learning to ring, she rang the treble to a quarter of [https://bb.ringingworld.co.uk/view.php?id=1780048 Superlative Surprise Maximus] and on 10 November 2024, the second to a quarter of [https://bb.ringingworld.co.uk/view.php?id=1784574 Stedman Cinques]. After 15 months, on 25 January 2025, she rang the fourth to a peal of [https://bb.ringingworld.co.uk/view.php?id=1814633 Stedman Cinques].
 ==Progression of Later Learners==

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 ==Prolific Peal Ringers==
-'''Colin M Turner''' became the '''first person to ring 5,000 peals''', all on towerbells, on 24 Jun 2007 in just 31 years. This amounts to 25,338,418 changes, and this is just for the successful ones. There are many other records encompassed in this. The peals were rung with 1,152 people at 3,074 towers, and Colin rang over 200 peals a year for 16 consecutive years (from 1991 to 2006), the most being 303 (in 1989) and this is recorded in the Guinness Book of Records as being the most ever rung in a single year. He has rung over 2,000 different methods, including the Surprise alphabet on 6, 8, 10 & 12 at least twice at each stage. He reached his 6,000th peal on 5 Mar 2013 and his 7,000th peal on 24 December 2016.
+'''Colin M Turner''' became the '''first person to ring 5,000 peals''', all on towerbells, on 24 Jun 2007 in just 31 years. This amounts to 25,338,418 changes, and this is just for the successful ones. There are many other records encompassed in this. The peals were rung with 1,152 people at 3,074 towers, and Colin rang over 200 peals a year for 16 consecutive years (from 1991 to 2006), the most being 303 (in 1989) and this is recorded in the Guinness Book of Records as being the most ever rung in a single year. He has rung over 2,000 different methods, including the Surprise alphabet on 6, 8, 10 & 12 at least twice at each stage. He reached his 6,000th peal on 5 Mar 2013, his 7,000th peal on 24 December 2016, and his 8,000th on [https://bb.ringingworld.co.uk/view.php?id=1786599 17 November 2024].
 '''Elisabeth A G Bowden''' became the '''first lady to reach 4000 peals''' with a peal at [https://bb.ringingworld.co.uk/view.php?id=13973 Easthampstead]on 23 Dec 2010.  It was her 1000th for the Gloucester & Bristol Diocesan Association.

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	'''Stefan Smith''' had his first handling lesson at 4pm on Sunday, 28 December 2008. By 4:45pm he was capable of ringing the Tenor to [https://bb.ringingworld.co.uk/view.php?id=1062189 this Quarter Peal], with minimal aid from a strapper, but Stefan did all the work of the handstrokes.		'''Stefan Smith''' had his first handling lesson at 4pm on Sunday, 28 December 2008. By 4:45pm he was capable of ringing the Tenor to [https://bb.ringingworld.co.uk/view.php?id=1062189 this Quarter Peal], with minimal aid from a strapper, but Stefan did all the work of the handstrokes.
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		+	'''Catherine A Williams''' rang her [https://bb.ringingworld.co.uk/view.php?id=1783924 first quarter peal], the tenor behind to Doubles, on 27 November 2023, 7 weeks after starting to learn to ring. After 10 weeks, she rang the treble to a [https://bb.ringingworld.co.uk/view.php?id=1679906 quarter], and after three months rang inside to [https://bb.ringingworld.co.uk/view.php?id=1692041 a quarter of Plain Bob Doubles] and the treble to [https://bb.ringingworld.co.uk/view.php?id=1694195 a quarter of Grandsire Triples]. After four months, on 29 February 2024, she rang her [https://bb.ringingworld.co.uk/view.php?id=1704970 first peal], Plain Bob Minor. On 19 June 2024, after just 8 months, she rang inside to [https://bb.ringingworld.co.uk/view.php?id=1748655 a peal of Yorkshire Surprise Major]. On 27 October 2024, twelve months after learning to ring, she rang the treble to a quarter of [https://bb.ringingworld.co.uk/view.php?id=1780048 Superlative Surprise Maximus] and on 10 November 2024, the second to a quarter of [https://bb.ringingworld.co.uk/view.php?id=1784574 Stedman Cinques].

	==Progression of Later Learners==		==Progression of Later Learners==

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 ==Ringing whilst Blindfolded==
-On 15th Mar 2012, six blindfolded ringers rang 1296 Cambridge Surprise Minor at St Paul, Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham. Conducted by '''Richard Grimmett''' it was believed to be the first quarter rung with every ringer blindfolded throughout. [http://bb.ringingworld.co.uk/view.php?id=124136]
+On 15 Mar 2012, six blindfolded ringers rang 1296 Cambridge Surprise Minor at St Paul, Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham. Conducted by '''Richard Grimmett''' it was believed to be the first quarter rung with every ringer blindfolded throughout. [http://bb.ringingworld.co.uk/view.php?id=124136]
 ==Repeating Historical Performances==