WELFORD, Northamptonshire, St Mary the Virgin
Saturday 25 May, 2024 in 0h52 (12-1-26 in F#)
1260 Grandsire Triples
  1 Anthea Hiams
  2 Liz Reading
  3 Nick Hiams
  4 Paul McNutt
  5 David Westerman
  6 Kelvin Broad
  7 Alistair Donaldson (C)
  8 Gordon Ball
Rung by their friends to celebrate the Golden Wedding Anniversary today of Kelvin & Marion Broad.
First Quarter Peal of Grandsire Triples: 6.


WELFORD, Northamptonshire, St Mary the Virgin
Saturday 25 May, 2024 in 0h46 (12-1-26 in F#)
1260 Plain Bob Minor
  1 Daphne Hinton
  2 Andy Hinton
  3 Colin Sim
  4 Mike Price
  5 Kelvin Broad
  6 Alistair Donaldson (C)
Rung by their friends to celebrate the Golden Wedding Anniversary today of Kelvin & Marion Broad.
First QP together at Welford: 1 & 2

Open University Society
WELFORD, Northamptonshire, St Mary the Virgin
Saturday 18 November, 2023 (12-1-26 in F#)
1260 Plain Bob Triples
  1 Susan E Tompsett
  2 Alison Hodge
  3 Wendy Archibald
  4 Keith R Murphy
  5 Olav Bradstock
  6 Martin Penny
  7 Colin Friend (C)
  8 Andrew Usborne


WELFORD, Northamptonshire, St Mary the Virgin
Friday 15 October, 2021 in 0h46 (12-1-26 in F#)
1280 Superlative Surprise Major
  1 Patricia Cresshull
  2 Sue Marsden
  3 Janet Garnett
  4 Lucy Gwynne
  5 Ian Cresshull
  6 John Gwynne
  7 Nick Elks
  8 Adrian Malton (C)

Peterborough Diocesan Guild
WELFORD, Northamptonshire, St Mary the Virgin
Sunday 16 June, 2019 (12-1-26 in F#)
1260 Grandsire Doubles
Comp: Gordon Ball
  1 Anthea Hiams
  2 Kelvin Broad
  3 Colin Sim
  4 Alistair Donaldson
  5 Gordon Ball (C)
  6 Rob Palmer
First quarter Called by Gordon Ball


WELFORD, Northamptonshire, St Mary the Virgin
Sunday 21 April, 2019 in 0h46 (12-1-26 in F#)
1260 Spliced Doubles (2m)
(240 Spliced St. Martin & St. Simon; 480 ea; 60 St. Martin)
  1 Gordon Ball
  2 Anthea Hiams
  3 Colin Sim
  4 Kelvin Broad
  5 Alistair Donaldson (C)
  6 Rob Palmer
Rung for Easter Evensong.


WELFORD, Northamptonshire, St Mary the Virgin
Sunday 17 March, 2019 in 0h47 (12-1-26 in F#)
1260 New Bob Doubles
  1 Anthea Hiams
  2 Mike Price
  3 Kelvin Broad
  4 Gordon Ball
  5 Alistair Donaldson (C)
  6 Rob Palmer
Rung for Evensong.
Remembering those who died earlier this week in Christchurch, New Zealand.
First in method for all


WELFORD, Northamptonshire, St Mary the Virgin
Sunday 17 February, 2019 in 0h49 (12-1-26 in F#)
1440 St Clement's College Bob Minor
  1 Anthea Hiams
  2 Mike Price
  3 Colin Sim
  4 Gordon Ball
  5 Kelvin Broad
  6 Alistair Donaldson (C)
Rung for Evensong.
First Quarter in the Method : 4.
Rung for Reader Kairen Ball, who took the service on her Birthday!


WELFORD, Northamptonshire, St Mary the Virgin
Sunday 13 January, 2019 in 0h46 (12-1-26 in F#)
1260 Plain Bob Minor
  1 Anthea Hiams
  2 Mike Price
  3 Kelvin Broad
  4 Gordon Ball
  5 Ian Alexander
  6 Alistair Donaldson (C)
Rung for Evensong
First in method : 4

Peterborough Diocesan Guild
WELFORD, Northamptonshire, St Mary the Virgin
Saturday 5 January, 2019 in 0h47 (12-1-26 in F#)
1280 Guilsborough Surprise Major
  1 Edward Groome
  2 Vicky LeFèvre
  3 Simon Dixon
  4 Paul Mason
  5 Richard Sales
  6 Nicholas Wilson
  7 Murray Coleman (C)
  8 Alistair Donaldson
Rung on the day of the PDG Guilsborough Branch AGM

Peterborough Diocesan Guild
WELFORD, Northamptonshire, St Mary the Virgin
Sunday 12 August, 2018 in 0h47 (12-1-26 in F#)
1260 Plain Bob Triples
  1 Alison Steer
  2 Anthea Hiams
  3 Colin Sim
  4 Kelvin Broad
  5 Mike Price
  6 Nick Hiams
  7 Alistair Donaldson (C)
  8 Gordon Ball
Rung for Evensong.
With the best wishes of the band to Chris Garman and Rachel Donaldson for their wedding at this Church in 3 weeks time.
Rachel is the daughter of the Conductor and the immediate past Vicar

Peterborough Diocesan Guild
WELFORD, Northamptonshire, St Mary the Virgin
Saturday 14 July, 2018 in 0h43 (12-1-26 in F#)
1260 Grandsire Triples
  1 Anthea Hiams
  2 Robin Wilson
  3 Julia A Biggs
  4 Nick Hiams
  5 Alistair Donaldson
  6 Kelvin Broad
  7 Martin Mellor (C)
  8 Rob Palmer
As a significant birthday compliment to Mrs Dorothy Westerman of Yelvertoft.


WELFORD, Northamptonshire, St Mary the Virgin
Monday 28 May, 2018 in 0h48 (12-1-26 in F#)
1260 Single Oxford Bob Minor
  1 Revd Janet Donaldson
  2 Alison Steer
  3 Colin Sim
  4 Gordon Ball
  5 Kelvin Broad
  6 Alistair Donaldson (C)
Rung in memory of Geoff Holmes, partner of 2nd, who died earlier this year.
Also rung to mark the retirement of Revd. Janet Donaldson (treble), Vicar of this Benefice, from Parish Ministry.
First in method: 2 and 4.

Peterborough Diocesan Guild
WELFORD, Northamptonshire, St Mary the Virgin
Sunday 14 January, 2018 in 0h46 (12-1-26 in F#)
1260 St Clement's College Bob Minor
  1 Gordon Ball
  2 Mike Price
  3 Colin Sim
  4 Kelvin Broad
  5 Nick Hiams
  6 Alistair Donaldson (C)
Rung for Evensong.
First in method : 2

Peterborough Diocesan Guild
WELFORD, Northamptonshire, St Mary the Virgin
Sunday 10 September, 2017 in 0h48 (12-1-26 in F#)
1260 Reverse Canterbury Pleasure Place Doubles
  1 Anthea Hiams
  2 Nick Hiams
  3 Mike Price
  4 Gordon Ball
  5 Alistair Donaldson (C)
  6 Kelvin Broad
First in Method : 4
Rung for Evensong

Peterborough Diocesan Guild
WELFORD, Northamptonshire, St Mary the Virgin
Sunday 14 May, 2017 in 0h47 (12-1-26 in F#)
1260 Plain Bob Doubles
  1 Lucy Sendall
  2 Anthea Hiams
  3 Colin Sim
  4 Kelvin Broad
  5 Alistair Donaldson (C)
  6 Gordon Ball
Rung for Evensong
First QP at first attempt, Well Done Lucy!

Peterborough Diocesan Guild
WELFORD, Northamptonshire, St Mary the Virgin
Saturday 13 May, 2017 (12-1-26 in F#)
1280 Yorkshire Surprise Major
  1 Vicky LeFèvre
  2 Pam Bailey
  3 Robin Wilson
  4 Ken Rutland
  5 Nich Wilson
  6 Simon Dixon
  7 Alistair Donaldson
  8 David Westerman (C)
First in method: 4
Guilsborough Branch QP Day

Peterborough Diocesan Guild
WELFORD, Northamptonshire, St Mary the Virgin
Sunday 12 March, 2017 in 0h47 (12-1-26 in F#)
1260 Plain Bob Minor
  1 Anthea Hiams
  2 Nick Hiams
  3 Colin Sim
  4 Gordon Ball
  5 Kelvin Broad
  6 Alistair Donaldson (C)
Rung for Evensong
First Quarter Peal inside to Minor : 4th.
Well Done Gordon!


WELFORD, Northamptonshire, St Mary the Virgin
Tuesday 14 February, 2017 in 0h48 (12-1-26 in F#)
1260 Armitage-Is-The-Name Bob Minor
  1 Anthea Hiams
  2 Robin Wilson
  3 Colin Sim
  4 Mike Burdett
  5 Nick Hiams
  6 Alistair Donaldson (C)
Rung in celebration of the life of Geoffrey Douglas Armitage, Churchwarden and Tower Captain of St Nicholas Church, Marston Trussell within this Benefice of Welford, Sibbertoft and Marston Trussell, who died on 20th December, 2016 aged 73.
First in method : 2, 3.
The band would like to associate Kelvin Broad with this QP.


WELFORD, Northamptonshire, St Mary the Virgin
Sunday 8 January, 2017 in 0h44 (12-1-26 in F#)
1260 Plain Bob Doubles
  1 Rolf Tietema
  2 Kelvin Broad
  3 Colin Sim
  4 Stephen Hopkins
  5 Alistair Donaldson (C)
  6 Gordon Ball
Rung for Evensong
First Quarter Peal : Treble


WELFORD, Northamptonshire, St Mary the Virgin
Sunday 11 December, 2016 in 0h44 (12-1-26 in F#)
1260 Grandsire Doubles
  1 Revd Janet Donaldson
  2 Robin Wilson
  3 Colin Sim
  4 Gordon Ball
  5 Alistair Donaldson (C)
  6 Kelvin Broad
Rung for Evensong
First QP in method : 4th
1,000th QP (just 49 years after his first) : 5th

Peterborough Diocesan Guild
WELFORD, Northamptonshire, St Mary the Virgin
Sunday 9 October, 2016 in 0h43 (12-1-26)
1260 Spliced Plain Minor (2m)
(900 Plain Bob + 360 Little Bob)
Comp: Ian Hamilton
  1 Robin Wilson
  2 Colin Sim
  3 David Westerman
  4 Nick Hiams
  5 Kelvin Broad
  6 Alistair Donaldson (C)
Rung for Evensong, and in memory of Maureen Garner who died 5th October 2016, aged 90 years
First of spliced Plain & Little : 2, 4, 5.
250th QP as Conductor


WELFORD, Northamptonshire, St Mary the Virgin
Friday 16 September, 2016 in 0h48 (12-1-26)
1280 Welford Surprise Major
  1 Liz Griffith-Jones
  2 Mary Bone
  3 John Rank
  4 Ann Evans
  5 Claire C Nicholson
  6 Richard Sales
  7 Fred Bone
  8 Alistair Donaldson (C)

Peterborough Diocesan Guild
WELFORD, Northamptonshire, St Mary the Virgin
Sunday 14 August, 2016 in 0h48 (12-1-26)
1260 Plain Bob Triples
  1 Kelvin Broad
  2 Janet Armitage
  3 Robin Wilson
  4 Colin Sim
  5 Geoffrey Armitage
  6 Mike Burdett
  7 David Westerman (C)
  8 Rob Palmer
For Evensong

Peterborough Diocesan Guild
WELFORD, Northamptonshire, St Mary the Virgin
Saturday 30 April, 2016 in 0h50 (12-1-26 in F#)
1344 Superlative Surprise Major
  1 Colin Sim
  2 Pam Bailey
  3 Paul Clewett
  4 Vicky LeFèvre
  5 Ken Rutland
  6 Robin Wilson
  7 Murray Coleman (C)
  8 Alistair Donaldson
First in method : 5
Rung for Guilsborough Branch QP Day


WELFORD, Northamptonshire, St Mary the Virgin
Thursday 21 April, 2016 in 0h55 (12-1-26 in F#)
1260 Plain Bob Triples
  1 Alistair Donaldson
  2 Anthea Hiams
  3 Kelvin Broad
  4 John Davies
  5 Colin Sim
  6 Nick Hiams
  7 David Westerman (C)
  8 Rob Palmer
Rung to mark the Induction of Revd. Janet E Donaldson as Vicar of the Benefice of Welford, Sibbertoft & Marston Trussell by The Ven Richard Ormston, Archdeacon of Northampton.
Also Loyal Greetings to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on the occasion of her 90th birthday today.

Peterborough Diocesan Guild
WELFORD, Northamptonshire, St Mary the Virgin
Sunday 14 February, 2016 in 0h44 (12-1-26 in F#)
1260 Grandsire Doubles
  1 Anthea Hiams
  2 Kelvin Broad
  3 Colin Sim
  4 Robin Wilson
  5 Nick Hiams (C)
  6 Rob Palmer
First conducting 5
Rung for evensong and St Valentine`s Day
16 Years since 1 and 5 met


WELFORD, Northamptonshire, St Mary the Virgin
Friday 15 January, 2016 in 0h47 (12-1-26)
1280 Bristol Surprise Major
  1 David A C Matthews
  2 Bjorn E Bradstock
  3 Claire C Nicholson
  4 Phillip A Butler
  5 Ann Evans
  6 Richard Sales
  7 Alistair M Donaldson
  8 Ian K Bushell (C)


WELFORD, Northamptonshire, St Mary the Virgin
Sunday 10 January, 2016 in 0h43 (12-1-26 in F#)
1260 Plain Bob Minor
  1 Anthea Hiams
  2 Kelvin Broad
  3 Colin Sim
  4 Nick Hiams
  5 Mike Burdett
  6 Alistair Donaldson (C)
First QP of Minor : 5th.
Rung for Evensong.


WELFORD, Northamptonshire, St Mary the Virgin
Friday 1 January, 2016 in 0h47 (12-1-26 in F#)
1296 Fishwick Bob Major
  1 Richard Sales
  2 Vicky LeFèvre
  3 Matthew R Johnson
  4 Claire C Nicholson
  5 Nich Wilson
  6 Ann Evans
  7 Bjørn Bradstock
  8 Alistair Donaldson (C)
200th Quarter Peal : 3rd


WELFORD, Northamptonshire, St Mary the Virgin
Friday 18 September, 2015 in 0h45 (12-1-26)
1280 Welford Hybrid Major
  1 Liz Griffith-Jones
  2 Bill Griffith-Jones
  3 Patricia Cresshull
  4 Vicky LeFèvre
  5 Clive Moore
  6 Penny Browne
  7 Alistair Donaldson
  8 Ian Cresshull (C)
First in method for all the band.

Peterborough Diocesan Guild
WELFORD, Northamptonshire, St Mary the Virgin
Sunday 12 July, 2015 in 0h49 (12-1-26 in F#)
1260 Plain Bob Triples
  1 Robin Wilson
  2 Anthea Hiams
  3 Kelvin Broad
  4 Colin Sim
  5 David Westerman
  6 Nick Hiams
  7 Alistair Donaldson (C)
  8 Rob Palmer
Rung for Evensong
First Quarter Peal in the method : 2, 3, 6.
First Quarter Peal on 8 bells : 2

Peterborough Diocesan Guild
WELFORD, Northamptonshire, St Mary the Virgin
Sunday 17 May, 2015 in 0h49 (12-1-26 in F#)
1260 Grandsire Doubles
  1 Anthea Hiams
  2 Mike Price
  3 Kelvin Broad
  4 Nick Hiams
  5 Alistair Donaldson (C)
  6 Rob Palmer
Rung to celebrate the Confirmation of Hannah Smurthwaite, Julian Howell-Jones, and Geoff Newman by John, Bishop of Brixworth immediately following the service.

Peterborough Diocesan Guild
WELFORD, Northamptonshire, St Mary the Virgin
Sunday 8 March, 2015 in 0h47 (12-1-26 in F#)
1260 Grandsire Triples
  1 Kelvin Broad
  2 Richard Holyland
  3 John Davies
  4 Robin Wilson
  5 Alistair Donaldson (C)
  6 Nick Hiams
  7 David Westerman
  8 Rob Palmer
First QP in method : 6
First QP on 8 bells : 6 & 8
Rung for Evensong

Peterborough Diocesan Guild
WELFORD, Northamptonshire, St Mary the Virgin
Sunday 8 February, 2015 in 0h47 (12-1-26)
1260 Reverse Canterbury Pleasure Place Doubles
  1 Anthea Hiams
  2 Mike Price
  3 Kelvin Broad
  4 Nick Hiams
  5 Alistair Donaldson (C)
  6 Rob Palmer
Rung prior to "Songs of Praise" Evensong.
First in method for 2, 3, and 4.

Peterborough Diocesan Guild
WELFORD, Northamptonshire, St Mary the Virgin
Sunday 12 October, 2014 in 0h44 (12cwt)
1260 Plain Bob Doubles
  1 Anthea Hiams
  2 Nick Hiams
  3 Kelvin Broad
  4 Alistair Donaldson
  5 Mike Price (C)
  6 Rob Palmer
1st Quarter Peal as Conductor - Well Done Mike! :)
Rung for Evensong.


WELFORD, Northamptonshire, St Mary
Sunday 14 September, 2014 ()
1260 Plain Bob Doubles
  1 Gordon Ball (1st Q)
  2 Anthea Hiams
  3 Kelvin Broad
  4 Nick Hiams
  5 David Westerman (C)
  6 Robert Palmer
To mark the start of Messy Church at Welford


WELFORD, Northamptonshire, St Mary the Virgin
Sunday 13 April, 2014 in 0h47 (12.2)
1280 Plain Bob Major
  1 Richard Holyland
  2 Janet Armitage
  3 John Davies
  4 Ken Rutland
  5 Robin Wilson
  6 Kelvin Broad
  7 David Westerman
  8 Alistair Donaldson (C)
Rung for Evensong on Palm Sunday


WELFORD, Northamptonshire, St Mary the Virgin
Sunday 9 March, 2014 in 0h48 (12.2)
1260 St Clements College Bob Minor
  1 Claire Johnson
  2 Richard Holyland
  3 John Davies
  4 Robin Wilson
  5 Kelvin Broad
  6 Alistair Donaldson (C)
First in method : 3 & 5
Rung for Evensong

Peterborough Diocesan Guild
WELFORD , Northamptonshire, St Mary the Virgin
Saturday 23 November, 2013 (12)
1260 Grandsire Triples
  1 Martin Mellor
  2 Murray Coleman
  3 Kelvin Broad
  4 David Westerman
  5 Vicky LeFèvre (C)
  6 Richard Johnson
  7 Alistair Donaldson
  8 Bill Blowfield
First in Method: 3
First in method as Conductor: 5
Guilsborough Branch QP day


WELFORD, Northamptonshire
Monday 22 July, 2013 in 0h48 ()
1260 P. B. Triples
  1 Kelvin Broad
  2 Joan Payne
  3 Anne Donaldson
  4 Vicky LeFevre
  5 Alistair Donaldson
  6 Geoffrey Armitage
  7 Alan G Payne (C)
  8 Stephen C Hopkins
Rung for the Licensing and Installation of The Reverend Janet E Donaldson as Priest-in-Charge of The United Benefice of Welford with Sibbertoft and Marston Trussell.
First of triples away from tenor: 1.


WELFORD, Northamptonshire, St Mary the Virgin
Saturday 5 January, 2013 ()
1274 Plain Bob Triples
  1 Claire S Johnson
  2 Janet M Armitage
  3 Karen Ostins
  4 Wally T Ostins
  5 Christopher J Pickford (C)
  6 Roderic K Bickerton
  7 Geoffrey D Armitage
  8 Kelvin Broad
Rung to commemorate the 70th Birthday of the 7th ringer. First QP on 8 for ringers of 1, 3 & 4.
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