<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>In an article on the life of Henry Hobart (1800-1871), a ringer from Bildeston, it's said he could sing touches of various methods, which Hobart himself referred to as 'to champ touches'. </div><div>Has anyone come across the same use of the word champ? Was it used elsewhere?</div><div><br></div><div>The piece on Hobart was written by Samuel Slater and published in the May 1907 edition of 'The Bellringer' magazine (p191). Here's the section which mentions the word champ. </div><div dir="ltr"><i>"In one respect none could equal him in Suffolk in his day, as he could recite touches of various minor and major methods with his voice, giving to each bell its proper place
and time, and the writer has heard him sing, or as he used to call
it, champ, touches of Treble Bob Major." </i></div><div dir="ltr"><i><br></i></div><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Many Thanks <br>Neal Dodge<br></div></div></div></div></div></div>