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   Wood Green
 
Please note that due to building work in the church, there will be no ringing at Wood Green until further notice (probably early February).

 
   200 Club News
 
Stuart Robinson has relinquished the running of the 200 Club to Ian Callander.

Ian would like to congratulate and thank Stuart for his dedication and hard work in inaugurating and running the Club for the last 14 years. Over £23,000 pounds has been raised for the BRF during this time
Please note that the email address for the Club has changed to MCALDG 200 Club

 
   New Monthly 12 Bell Practice
 
Having been encouraged by the positive reaction to the recent London 12 Bell Striking Competition for the Whitechapel Trophy, it gives me much pleasure to announce that we will be holding a monthly 12 Bell method practice throughout 2010. These will be on the 2nd Friday of each month starting in January.
All will be held at St Magnus the Martyr from 6.30 to 8.30pm thanks to the support of the Tower Keeper, Dickon Love.

Note that these will not include the ringing of rounds or call changes as has previously been the case.
The expectation is that attendees will be competent on 10 bells (there are plenty of opportunities of ringing on 10 within the Association) and ideally have done some method ringing on 12 which they wish to develop further.

I do hope that these practices are supported. It's a big step for the Association and can only happen if the members vote with their feet.

Steve Jakeman
Master

 
   New Child Protection Laws from October 2009
 
New legislation for child protection starts becoming law in October 2009.
We all need to know what the law will be, and how, in particular, it affects ringers and ringing.
The good news is that it is less onerous than was originally feared, thanks in part to Chris Mew's conversations with government officials.
He will be presenting a paper on the Child Protection rules at the CCCBR's AGM in May.

A tabulated list of the requirements for various scenarios is available here

 
   Easter Monday 2010 Open Day
 
Bells in the Cities of London and Westminster including those recently restored or installed will (mostly) be available on Monday 5th April 2010
Further details will follow when arrangements are finalised.

 
   Ringing and the Law
 
The Central Council of Church Bell Ringers wants all ringers to be aware that they do not ring in isolation, but are subject to national and church laws.

The Tower Stewardship Committee of the CCCBR has produced Guidance Notes to five areas in which conflict or problems might arise.
Details of how to access these, and an outline of what they contain, can be found in this CCCBR leaflet .

 
    Learning to ring
 
For details on where to learn try the Central Council of Church Bell Ringers Learn to Ring web page .
If you live in the Greater London area then contact Prudence Fay 5A Furlong Road London N7 8LS Tel : 020 7607 8950 for details of your local tower.

 
    Poloshirts and Sweatshirts
 
An order form for clothing will be available early in 2010.

 
    MCA and LDG mail list
 

There is a Middlesex (and London) eMail group. There are already over 90 people subscribed to it. The aim of this list is to make announcements, only.

If you would like to subscribe to the list send an eMail to mcaldgringers-subscribe@yahoogroups.com. You can also visit the Yahoo Groups web site. This web site allows you to subscribe to the list and has an archive of all mail sent to the group.

 
    Tower contact details
 

Following on from comments from some members of the Association, we have removed contact details from the site.
If you are happy for your details to be included, please e-mail those to be included and I will insert them.
It is important that as many contact details as possible are included.

 

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