Bell Ceremony

Known as the ‘Home of Cricket’, Lord’s Cricket Ground in England, undoubtedly, is the legendary ground and the haven of the gentleman’s game.

There is a tradition at Lord’s for a distinguished visitor to ring the large silver bell outside the Bowler’s Bar of the Pavilion, five minutes before the start of play in a Test Match. This was installed to further make it a unique cricket destination.

𝙋𝙧𝙚𝙫𝙞𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙡𝙮, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 ‘𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙡’ 𝙘𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙮 𝙪𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙚 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙗𝙚𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙏𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙖𝙩 𝙇𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙀𝙣𝙜𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙙. 𝙃𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧, 𝙩𝙤𝙙𝙖𝙮, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙙𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙩 𝙐𝙣𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙃𝙞𝙜𝙝 𝙎𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙡 𝙖𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙐𝙣𝙞𝙤𝙣’𝙨 2023 𝙁𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨’ 𝘿𝙖𝙮 𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙠𝙚𝙩 𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙨.

Young Kari and Micela Stern were the first to start the tradition, by ringing the 5-minute bell just before the start of the match between Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s 1st XI and the Old Boys taking place on the Murray Field.

The bell was erected by the Old Unionite Association 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗠𝗿 𝗗𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻, who served as chairman of the Old Unionite Association at the time of his passing, and will henceforth be known as the ‘David Stern Memorial Bell’.

𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘭 – 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘰𝘯𝘺 𝘉𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯’𝘴 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘵 𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥𝘴 – 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘦 𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘺 𝘢𝘯 𝘖𝘭𝘥 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦, 𝘢𝘥𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘵 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 1𝘴𝘵 𝘟𝘐 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩, 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺.