Closing date for the initial round of applications is Friday 3 January 2025.

We are intending holding the following targeted practices in Q1 2025:

• Saturday 11/01/2025 10am-12noon - St Annes - Plain Bob Doubles (including touches)
• Thursday  6/02/24 - 4pm-5pm - Bispham - Touches of Grandsire Doubles
• Monday 10/02/2025 - 7pm-8:30pm - Bilsborrow - Plain Hunt
• Saturday 15/02/2025 - 10am-12noon - Bilsborrow - Ringing Up and Down in Peal
• Saturday 08/03/2025 - 10am-12noon - Goosnargh - Ringing Up and Down in Peal
• Thursday  6/03/24 - 4pm-5pm - Bispham - Touches of Grandsire Doubles

We offer a priority booking period to ringers at our affiliated towers. Please read the description/aim of the practices and complete the form below no later than Friday 3 January 2025 to indicate your interest in attending any practices as a learner. Once the initial closing date for applications has passed we will review all applications received and offer the available places.  Please click on the red button below to indicate your interest in attending one or more of the targeted practices

Helpers

Please use the relevant poll in the  STARS WhatsApp Community  to indicate your availability to attend as a helper.

Please Note

We limit learner places at targeted practices, so that we can ensure everyone gets lots of rope time. Experience has taught us that to allocate  too many places for learners is counterproductive to the aims of the targeted practice.

You must let us know in advance if you are interested in attending one of our targeted practices so we can confirm whether  we have available space for you to attend.  Priority for places is given to learners whose home tower is one of our affiliated towers in line with our Place Allocation Policy.  If demand for places is greater than the number of places we can offer, we will operate a waiting list system. If your application is unsuccessful we will let you know and add you to the waiting list unless you ask us not to.   You are welcome to apply again when the targeted practice runs next time.  If there are any remaining places they will be available to any local ringers who may wish to apply via this website.

Conversely, practices will only go ahead if there are enough attendees (learners and helpers) to make it viable and we will let you know in advance if the practice is cancelled for any reason.  Please let us know straight away of your availability changes.

Advanced Practice/Quarter Peal Attempts

In addition to the targeted practices listed above we are hosting quarter peal attempts on some Sunday afternoons at St Anne's (which also doubles as ringing for the 4:30pm service), also once a month at Singleton and Bilsborrow .    This will replace the Advanced Practice held previously. These attempts are generally aimed at ringers from our affiliated towers who have already completed Learning the Ropes Level 5 and are wanting to develop their method ringing further, but don't have the opportunity to do this in their own tower.

We find that the prolonged period of practice that a QP offers really helps to embed a new method.  They are called attempts for a reason, if we don't complete it the first time we can try again!

If you are interested in attempting a QP for your own development or being part of a QP band to support others, please get in touch.