Southern Universities Association
Encyclopedia
Sister to the Northern Universities Association
(NUA) the Southern Universities Association (SUA) is a grouping of University Change Ringing
Societies in the UK. Since 1996 the societies have met annually for a weekend. Meetings generally feature six and eight bell competitions at separate towers and open ringing in towers around the host city. Broadly speaking those universities south
of a line from Cardiff
to The Wash
are considered southern.
Northern Universities Association
Sister to the Southern Universities Association the Northern Universities Association is an informal grouping of University Change Ringing Societies in the UK who meet annually for a weekend; usually in November...
(NUA) the Southern Universities Association (SUA) is a grouping of University Change Ringing
Change ringing
Change ringing is the art of ringing a set of tuned bells in a series of mathematical patterns called "changes". It differs from many other forms of campanology in that no attempt is made to produce a conventional melody....
Societies in the UK. Since 1996 the societies have met annually for a weekend. Meetings generally feature six and eight bell competitions at separate towers and open ringing in towers around the host city. Broadly speaking those universities south
South
South is a noun, adjective, or adverb indicating direction or geography.South is one of the four cardinal directions or compass points. It is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to east and west.By convention, the bottom side of a map is south....
of a line from Cardiff
Cardiff
Cardiff is the capital, largest city and most populous county of Wales and the 10th largest city in the United Kingdom. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for most national cultural and sporting institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of the National Assembly for...
to The Wash
The Wash
The Wash is the square-mouthed bay and estuary on the northwest margin of East Anglia on the east coast of England, where Norfolk meets Lincolnshire. It is among the largest estuaries in the United Kingdom...
are considered southern.
Previous Hosts
- 2011 Cambridge
- 2010 LondonUniversity of London Society of Change RingersThe University of London Society of Change Ringers is the official society dedicated to change ringing in London universities and was founded just after the end of the Second World War...
- 2009 OxfordOxford University Society of Change RingersThe Oxford University Society of Change Ringers is the official society dedicated to change ringing in Oxford University. Its objects are to promote the art of change ringing in the University and to ring for Sunday services in Oxford during full term....
- 2008 Southampton
- 2007 BristolUniversity of Bristol Society of Change RingersThe University of Bristol Society of Change Ringers is a change ringing society.UBSCR is associated with the University of Bristol and is affiliated to the University of Bristol Union...
- 2006 Cambridge
- 2005 London
- 2004 Exeter
- 2003 Oxford
- 2002 Southampton
- 2001 Bristol
- 2000 Cambridge
- 1999 Cardiff
- 1998 London
- 1997 Bristol & Oxford
- 1996 Southampton