Record Performance
Chester Diocesan Guild
Loughborough
Leicestershire
Bellfoundry
Tenor: 6½
On Saturday 20 Apr 1968, in 9 hours and 10 minutes
18,000 Cambridge Surprise Royal
composed by Robert B Smith
| 1 | Brian J Woodruffe |
| 2 | Geoffrey R Parker |
| 3 | Jeffrey Brannan |
| 4 | Simon Humphrey |
| 5 | Richard S Starkie |
| 6 | Michael W Crowder |
| 7 | Alan F Schofield |
| 8 | Basil Jones |
| 9 | Brian Harris |
| 10 | Robert B Smith (C) |
This is the greatest number of changes ever rung to a peal of Surprise Royal, to a peal of Royal on tower bells, and to Cambridge Surprise.
Umpires:
- Lawrence J Haines
Composition:
27000 Cambridge Surprise Royal arr by Robert B Smith 234567890 4 5 7 9 --------------------- 436527089 - - 35264 - 2 3 --------------------- 15 part.Reduced to 18000 by omitting the bob at 7 in the 10th part, finishing at the end of that part.