1/11/24-31/10/25

STARS celebrated its second anniversary on 1/11/25 and it has been another busy year! At STARS we aren’t just looking to develop new ringers but also looking to provide development opportunities for the more experienced ringers at our affiliated towers who help support STARS sessions for less experienced ringers.  In the past 12 months we achieved the following:

• Our teachers have provided bell handling lessons and handling clinics to 12 ringers
• We ran 11 courses and 24 targeted practices
• We arranged 58 QPs, many targeting ‘firsts’ and although we didn’t score them all, QP attempts are always good for practice and we always try again. We enabled the following ‘firsts’ through the 40 successful QPs:
  • 7 first quarter peals
  • 7 firsts for conductors including first in method, first of Triples, first of spliced.
  • 27 other ‘firsts’ including first on treble, first inside, first on higher numbers, first in method.
• We also arranged one peal (successfully scored), which included 3 first pealers!

 

To quote just some of the feedback we have received from local ringers in the past year, we hope we are making a real difference to local ringing:

• “Thank you! It was a great course and I came away with a whole new level of confidence. The helpers were fantastic. Thank you all for your time, commitment and support - you make such a difference.”
• “I just wanted to say huge 'thank you' - not just for last night which was fab, but for all your help and support to us at Goosnargh over the past year. 18 months ago we were ringing rounds and a few call changes. Last night we attempted Plain Bob Doubles as a band! Tom is thrilled! Everyone's confidence has grown so much and we also have a much better understanding of the theory of what we are trying to achieve. Everyone is buzzing today and so motivated to move forward. You have changed bell ringing for us all! Thank you!”
• “I think this course was brilliant and is a really useful foundation course for learners early their bell ringing journey. I think if I had done it earlier I may have been a different ringer now!”
• “Thank you... the work you put in to help learners is fantastic. Your encouragement and support has helped me improve; has motivated me, improved my confidence  and I am so enjoying ringing.”
• “You both offer amazing training. Can’t wait for the next training session. Thank you.”
• “I thought the theory element was excellent. It was all put simply and explained well and it helped so many things fall into place. The 'listening' part was particularly useful. I just wish I had had this course a year ago!”

 

Again, a huge thank you to the experienced ringers from our affiliated towers and beyond who give up their time to support our courses, targeted practices and QP attempts, we are all very grateful for your help.

 

1/11/23-31/10/24

STARS is celebrating its first anniversary on 1/11/24 and what a year it has been! We’ve pulled off a few statistics and even we were amazed by how much we have achieved this year!

• Our teachers have provided 134 hours of bell handling lessons to 10 learners
• We ran 15 courses, providing 71 student places
• We arranged 21 targeted practices, providing 91 learner places
• We arranged 24 QPs targeting ‘firsts’ and although we didn’t score them all, QP attempts are always good for practice, and we always try again. We enabled 14 ‘firsts’ through the successful QPs.• Through our QPs, courses and targeted practices we have helped 35 ringers from our 9 affiliated towers and 16 ringers from 12 other towers to develop their ringing skills further.

 

As always, a huge thank you to the experienced ringers from our affiliated towers and beyond who give up their time to support our courses, targeted practices and QP attempts, we are all very grateful for your help.