The team was formed in 2000, as the Waverton Hand bell Ringers by the current music director, Kate Sawallisch.   The team played on an old set of Hand Bells belonging to the local parish church and was later able to borrow a 2 octave set from the Handbell Ringers of Great Britain - this is a  national organisation representing over 1200 teams. The group is also part of the North West Region.   In 2001 the team was lucky to purchase it's own 2 octave set of Malmark hand bells that they now use for all performances.  In 2004 after much fund raising the group managed to purchase a third octave to supplement the set. WHBR are now enjoying a much wider range of music to play and are rapidly expanding their repertoire.

Do you live in the Waverton area and are interested in joining a hand bell group?  Then contact us now.  You will be made more than welcome!

 The ringers 2006

Back row Left to right - Leo, George, Steve, Wendy, Lynn

Middle row left to right - Angela, Barbara

Front row left to right - Kate, Chris, Chris, Coral

The ringers 2005

Back row left to right - Chris, Chris, Kate, Barbara, Chris

Middle row Left to right - angela, Wendy, Lynn

Front row - Coral

Four ringers are missing from the photo - Diane, Steve, Leo & George

The Ringers 2004

From left to right

Gwen, Wendy, Barbara, Chris, Chris, Chris, Coral, Francis, Leo

Kate (Music Director),and Angela

The Ringers 2003

From left to right

Kate (Music Director), Anne, Gwen, Angela, Sue, Coral, Chris,

Barbara, Chris, Chris and Steve

The Ringers 2002

From left to right

At the back : Angela, Kate (Music Director), Anne,

Chris, Gwen, Chris

In the front: Sue, Steve, Chris

Three other ringers are absent from the photograph, they are

Correl Candlen, Jullia Allott and Barbara Francis