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Welcome to the CUGCR Website
The Cambridge University Guild of Change Ringers was formed in 1879 to practise the art of change ringing. Today we are an active student society who organise many ringing and social events throughout the year.
We ring at several churches within Cambridge, and welcome ringers of all abilities. To find out more about the Guild, explore this website, e-mail secretary@cugcr.org.uk, or feel free to join us at one of our practices.
Christmas Mailing
Posted 3rd February
This was sent to members by post or email during January. The Master's Letter and the Dinner invitation & reply form may also be found in the downloads section of this website. Please note that the deadline for dinner replies is February 20th.
Lent Term Business Meeting
Posted 4th January
The Lent term Business Meeting will take place at St Bene't's on Friday 16th January, at 9pm following the practice. Please note that this is a week earlier than usual in order to coincide with the 800th Anniversary festivities.
Cambridge University 800th Anniversary
Posted 4th January
2009 sees the 800th Anniversary of the founding of Cambridge University. Philip Earis has put together a selection of touches of 800 changes on 6, 8, 10 and 12 bells which Guild members may be interested in ringing. They can be found here.
Most of these touches are being performed in many Cambridge city towers at 7:15pm on Saturday 17th January. Some further information can be found on the University website.
Guild Dinner 2009
Posted 4th January
The Annual Dinner will be taking place at Robinson College on Saturday 14th March. Further details to follow shortly.
Freshers' Cycle Outing
Posted 27th September
This will take place on Saturday 18th October and will involve towers in a vaguely north-easterly direction from the city centre. Further instructions to follow, but departure is likely to be 9:45 from outside GSM.
| 10:30-11:15 | Holy Trinity, Bottisham (TBC) | 6 | 11-0-7 |
| 11:45-12:30 | St Nicholas, Great Wilbraham | 5 | 7-2-16 |
| LUNCH | |||
| 14:30-15:30 | St Vigor, Fulbourn | 8 | 10-1-27 |
| 16:00-16:45 | St Andrew, Cherry Hinton | 6 | 10-2-4 |
Michaelmas Term 2008
Posted 27th September
Welcome (or welcome back) to Cambridge for another term of ringing! An outline termcard can be found here – further details will be circulated in due course. There will of course be numerous formals, curries, peals, quarter peals and other social activities organised as time progresses…
Freshers...
Posted 20th August
Many congratulations if you have secured the results needed to come to Cambridge in the Autumn - we very much look forward to ringing with you soon. The CUGCR is a very active society, both ringing-wise and socially. We cater for all abilities from beginners to active peal ringers and therefore hope to offer many opportunities for anyone wishing to join.
We will be at the Freshers' Fair, so do come and meet us there. Alternatively, you could come along to our first practice at St Andrew's (StAG) from 19.30-21.00 on Thursday October 9th and then to St Bene't's on Friday evening. Both practices will be followed by either a party or a visit to the pub!
You can also get in touch with us by email. Both our Master (Dale Winter, master@cugcr.org.uk) and our Secretary (Rob Backhouse, secretary@cugcr.org.uk) will be delighted to hear from you in advance and will be happy to answer any questions that you might have.
For now, sit back and enjoy the rest of your summer, and maybe take a look around this site to find out about our practices and special events, which will be featured on the term card (to be posted during September). Please keep an eye out for the Freshers' info sheet, which will be on here soon, and will summarise everything you need to know.