Ingredients

Maximum attendance on any one evening at a ten bell practice; Say: -

6 Local - Surprise Royal ringers
4 Visiting - Surprise Royal ringers
2 Local - Surprise Major ringers
1 Visiting - Surprise Major ringer
1 Local - Grandsire/Plain Bob/Tenor behind etc. ringer
1 Visiting - Plain Bob/Tenor behind etc. ringer

TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION

How do you cope with (in no particular order):

• Experienced ringers that can't or don't arrive on time?
• Teaching people to raise and lower especially leading?
• Making sure everyone gets a fair ring?
• Trying to plan practices beforehand?

Introducing recruits to this kind of practice?

• Balancing the length of touches? - Full course of Surprise Royal = 360 changes
• Quelling the enthusiasm of over- ambition?
• Coping on a rare evening when you are expecting 10 and only 7 turn up?
• Encouraging homework?
• People who haven't done the homework?
• Those who you feel could progress but need extra encouragement to do so?
• Any others?