User:Llebkram/Oxford University Society of Change Ringers
The Oxford University Society of Change Ringers (OUSCR) is the official society dedicated to change ringing in Oxford University.
History
The society was founded on 2nd February 1872 making it the oldest university society dedicated to change ringing.
Current Activities
The society rings for Sunday services at the Oxford churches of St Thomas the Martyr, St Mary Magdalen, St Mary the Virgin, St Ebbe's and St Cross as well as New College. Weekly practices are held at St Mary Magdalen and less fequently at St Thomas the Martyr and St Cross.
Present Officers
- President: John Camp, Jesus
- Master: James Marchbank, Lincoln
- Secretary: Robert Sworder, Magdalen
- Treasurer: Simon Bond, Keble
- Librarian: Hugh Wilkinson, St John's
- Steeplekeepers: Mark Bell, Jesus & Alexander Dicks, Christ Church
- Webmaster: Claire Thomson, ECI
- Brookes' Representative: Mark Munday, Brookes
- General Secretary: Peter Giles, New
- Senior Member: Stephen Cameron, Keble
Recent Masters
- 2006 James Marchbank
- 2005 Nicholas Balderson
- 2004 Graham Drabble
- 2003 Marika Pascovitch
- 2002 Henry Coggill
- 2001 Mark Bell
- 2000 Mark Humphreys
- 1999 Christopher Poole
- 1998 Duncan McBurnie
Further Reading
Spice, John E., The History of the OUS??, Publisher?? (Oxford??, 1997??).