Robert Wood

Robert's Peal of Stedman Cinques page

Fundraising for Yorkshire Air Ambulance Charity
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Peal of Stedman Cinques, 26 November 2016
Participants: Celia Wood, John Stanworth, Wendy Bloom, Graham Bloom, Wendy Belsey, Matthew Durham, Graham Colborne, Andy Blacklock, Chris Woodcock, Robert Jordan, Martin Davies.
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On 9th June 2016, when doing maintenance on the bells at Middleham, in Wensleydale, prior to a peal to mark the centenary of the death of John Sarginson, a local ringer killed at the Battle of the Somme, I fell and was badly injured.  The Yorkshire Air Ambulance was called and the helicopter flew me to the regional trauma unit at James Cook Hospital in Middlesborough.  This saved me a very long and painful journey by road.

My flight cost approximately £4,000 so I would like to raise that amount for the charity.  To do this I attempted, with 11 friends, to ring a full peal (over 5,000 changes, all different) on the bells of St. Thomas a Becket church, Stockton on Tees (not far from James Cook Hospital) on 26th November. Unfortunately the peal attempt was unsuccessful due to a broken bellrope after 1hr 35mins of good ringing. 

We are having another attempt on 14th January at Ripon Cathedral starting at 10.30am. Do come along and listen to some of the ringing.

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Yorkshire Air Ambulance Charity

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Thank you for choosing to support Yorkshire Air Ambulance (YAA). As a charity YAA relies on the generosity of individuals & organisations to help save lives across Yorkshire. To keep both of Yorkshire’s air ambulances in the air we need to raise £19,000 per day. Thank you from the team YAA.

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