Well done to Ross Duthie, 1st Fraserburgh Company, who yesterday was presented with his Badge and Certificate for undertaking 200 hours of voluntary work in the Community.
He was presented with the award by his Company Captain, Duncan Leel, who pointed out that Ross had gone well over the usual 30 hours required for his Queen’s Badge.
Well done Ross! Well deserved!
The President, Executive and all in the Buchan Battalion have been extremely saddened to learn of the death of Stuart Pratt.
Ex-Captain Pratt gave 45 years service to the 1st New Pitsligo Company, only retiring from the Company earlier this summer.
A long-time Captain of the Company, Stuart started volunteering with the then minister Rev. Ralph for 2 years from 1977 before becoming an officer in 1979.
Last year Stuart took the decision to step down from the captaincy of the Company after a considerable number of years as Skipper. On stepping down Stuart continued with the Junior Section.
Just a few weeks ago we reported that Aberdeenshire Council had recognised his 45 year voluntary service with the BB with a Pride of Buchan Award.
The President and Executive send their condolences to Stuart’s wider family as well as to his BB family at the 1st New Pitsligo.
The President and Executive send their congratulations to all in the 4th Fraserburgh Boys’ Brigade Company, past and present, as they celebrate their 70th anniversary.
Battalion records show that #OnThisDay in 1952 #70YearsAgo the Company was officially registered under their first, short-lived Captain, Joe Ironside. Their Chaplain, Rev Robert C. Clarkson, was a great admirer of the work of the BB and was adamant his Church would have a Company! The Company is presently the largest in the Battalion.
We give thanks for this Company and all their boys and officers, past and present, who have enriched our Battalion over the last five decades.
The Battalion President, Marc Thomson, has informed us that the tree planted back in June for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee is now listed on the Queen’s Green Canopy map!
The tree was planted at Strichen by Hon. Mrs. Kate Nicolson, Deputy Lieutenant of Aberdeenshire. Originally planted in celebration, the Green canopy is now a national memorial to Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
You can find the map here: https://queensgreencanopy.org/map-education-hub/qgc-map/#/
Training for DofE this year will begin 8th November 2022 at Strichen church. Parents of interested parties are invited and encouraged to attend this first night to find out what kit to get and find out what’s involved!
The weekly training day and venue will be decided depending on numbers. If numbers are average (below 25) we will continue teaching on Tuesday evenings at the venue Strichen Town
Hall in the centre of Strichen. If numbers are greater than 25 (never happened yet) we will teach on Monday nights at the Ritchie Hall Strichen.
We will continue with training for at least 3 weeks after.
If on Tuesday’s the dates will be 15th, 22nd, 29th. It’s a 10 week course total. So 6 more weeks will continue after Christmas.
Dates for hikes are yet to be confirmed depending on staff availability.
Well done to all teams who took part in this evening’s Buchan Battalion Unihoc competition. It was great to see so many boys turn out for the first competition of the year. Battalion President, Marc Thomson, handed out the medals to the following teams:
SENIORS
1st Place: 1st Fraserburgh = 3 points
2nd Place: 4th/5th Fraserburgh = 2 points
COMPANY
1st Place: 1st Strichen = 3 points
2nd Place: 1st Fraserburgh = 2 points
3rd Place: 1st Rosehearty = 1 point
The points will be collected through the year to decide who become battalion champions and win the Andra Buchan Memorial Shield!
The President and Executive of the Buchan Battalion congratulate Kyle Strachan of the 1st Strichen Company who was recently presented with his Queen’s Badge.
The Badge was presented by his Captain, Steve Wilson, Vice-President of the Buchan Battalion and witnessed by Company Chaplain Rev Colin Strong.
Kyle has the distinction of being presented with the first Queen’s Badge in the Buchan Battalion following the death of Queen Elizabeth. As noted earlier Queen’s Badges will continue to be presented as the highest award in the BB until the new award is in place.
