Ursula Fergusson Bequest
Ursula Fergusson was the wife of a past Vicar at St Albans, St Peter. In 1991, in her will, she bequeathed a sum of money to the Association, to be used to encourage good striking amongst young ringers. The sum was later increased through the generosity of her son and daughter. The Ursula Fergusson Bequest is a bursary awarded each year by the Association's President to allow a young person, usually from the President's District, to attend a ringing course aimed at improving that person's striking. The Bequest has been awarded each year since 1992.
Past recipients of the award are:
Year | Recipient | Tower |
1992 | Peter Glover | Watford |
1993 | Neil Cording | Broxbourne |
1994 | Christine Horritt | Sandon |
1995 | Philip Watson | Apsley End |
1996 | Jonathan Cresshull | Bishop's Stortford |
1997 | Stephen Penney | St Albans Abbey |
1998 | Claire Alldrick | Langleybury |
1999 | Alban Forster | Stevenage |
2000 | Hazel Medhurst | Stevenage |
2001 | James Crawley | Hemel Hempstead |
2002 | Adam Crocker | Kimpton |
2003 | Oliver Titmus | Lemsford |
2004 | Edward Jones | Rickmansworth |
2005 | Alexandra Marsh | Hoddesdon |
2006 | Sam James | Baldock |
2007 | Helen Beaumont | Northchurch |
2008 | Rebecca Kiff | Kimpton |
2009 | Katharine and Alexander Woods | Lemsford |
2010 | Laurence Bourton | Ridge |
2011 | Elizabeth Love-Clark | Hoddesdon |
2012 | Craig Homewood | Royston |
2013 | James Coleman and Elliot James Orwin | Hemel Hempstead |
2014 | Carsten Schäfer | St. Ippolyts |
2015 | Robert Gurney | St. Peter's, St. Albans |
2016 | Oliver Bond | Rickmansworth |
2017 | Daniel Gregory | Cheshunt |
2018 | Nicholas Dyne | Norton |
2019 | Jonathan Below | Great Berkhamsted |
2020 | Thomas Cubitt | Sawbridgeworth |
2021 | - (No award made due to COVID lockdown) | - |
2022 | Thomas Groves | St Peter, St Albans |
2023 | Nicholas Groves | St Peter, St Albans |
2024 | Jack Sambridge | Thorley |