Duke of Edinburgh Archives - Buchan Battalion Boys' Brigade

DUKE OF EDINBURGH GOLD AWARD – MARCUS STUARTDUKE OF EDINBURGH GOLD AWARD – MARCUS STUART

26 May 2024| Ross Duthie|

Congratulations to Marcus Stuart of the 1st Fraserburgh who has achieved his Gold Duke of Edinburgh after a great deal of hard work and dedication.

Marcus, who achieved his Queen’s Badge last year, was presented with his award certificate by Moira Givan. It is hoped that his badge will be awarded at the Palace of Holyroodhouse soon.

This is the first Gold Duke of Edinburgh awarded to a member of his Company for many years. Ruary McDonald, 4th Fraserburgh, also recently achieved this high award.

Well done Marcus!

DUKE OF EDINBURGH GOLD – RUARY MCDONALDDUKE OF EDINBURGH GOLD – RUARY MCDONALD

12 May 2024| Ross Duthie|

Ruary McDonald, 4th Fraserburgh was awarded his Gold Duke of Edinburgh’s Award this morning at the Joint Church Service at Fraserburgh West Kirk.

Congratulations to Ruary in gaining the award for which he volunteered for 12 Months within the Brigade , did Cooking/Baking for his skill and Badminton for his Physical for 6/12 Months, did his Gold Expedition in Glen Clova, Cairngorms for 4 days/3 nights and a residential on a yacht with Ocean Youth Trust on the West Coast for 5 days/4 nights.

Ruary will attend the Gold Presentation at Holyrood, Edinburgh in July where he will be presented with Certificate by Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh

ONE WEEK TO GO! – DUKE OF EDINBURGH AWARDONE WEEK TO GO! – DUKE OF EDINBURGH AWARD

18 March 2024| Ross Duthie|

The DofE classes for those who are signed up for Bronze and Silver DofE Awards will begin on Monday 25th March at Strichen Parish Church.

The DofE Advisor asks that parents attend this first evening to allow him to explain what will be required for the course and expedition.

After this initial week, there will be a break for the holidays before the 9 week course resumes after Easter.

DUKE OF EDINBURGH AWARDDUKE OF EDINBURGH AWARD

16 November 2023| Ross Duthie|

This evening our Duke of Edinburgh Advisor Steve Wilson and his team had a very successful information night for new entrants for the DofE Award in Buchan.

We wish all the new candidates from across 5 companies all the best as they work towards their Bronze and Silver Awards!

SAVE THE DATE – DofESAVE THE DATE – DofE

24 October 2023| Ross Duthie|

An information session will be held for prospective Duke of Edinburgh Award candidates at Strichen Kirk on 16th November.

Captains/ Company OICs, parents and Boys/Girls are invited to attend to get details of the Bronze and Silver programme running this year.

Candidates will be signed up at this meeting and agree upon their volunteering, physical and interest aspects of the award.

The Bronze award generally runs along with President’s Badge candidates and the silver level with King’s/Queen’s Badge candidates. This, however, is only a general rule.

SILVER DofE – Ross Duthie & Marcus StuartSILVER DofE – Ross Duthie & Marcus Stuart

28 May 2023| Ross Duthie|

Well done to Ross Duthie & Marcus Stuart from the 1st Fraserburgh who received their Silver DofE Awards on Friday evening.

DofE TRAINING FOR EXPEDITION – 2022/23DofE TRAINING FOR EXPEDITION – 2022/23

12 October 2022| Ross Duthie|

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.

DofE Presentations 2022DofE Presentations 2022

6 August 2022| Ross Duthie|

Duke of Edinburgh presentation by this year’s silver and bronze groups.

Tuesday 9th August 7pm start at Strichen Parish Church incudes tea and coffee.

All invited.

DofE Assessment Expedition 2022DofE Assessment Expedition 2022

26 July 2022| Ross Duthie|

Congratulations to the 9 young men from Buchan Battalion who completed their Assessed Hikes in challenging conditions this weekend.

Well done to Bronze boys Jon & Brody (1st Fraserburgh); Kyran (1st New Pitsligo); Bailey (4th Peterhead)

and Silver boys Marcus & Ross (1st Fraserburgh); Ruary (4th Fraserburgh); Brandon & Connor (1st New Pitsligo) you have all done brilliantly well and a credit to yourselves and your Companies

Thanks also to Steven Wilson (Assessor), Kevin Mutch (Trainer), Kevin Lynch (Supervisor Bronze), Derek Richardson (Supervisor Silver) Grant Massie, Martin Dunbar & Fraser McCann for staffing the Hikes over the weekend.

DUKE OF EDINBURGH PRACTICE HIKEDUKE OF EDINBURGH PRACTICE HIKE

2 July 2022| Ross Duthie|

Eleven young men set off on their Bronze and Silver DofE Practice hike yesterday!

The Bronze candidates must complete a two day hike with one night wild camping whilst the Silver candidates must complete a three day hike with two nights wild camping.

Here are the pictures from yesterday!

Good luck to the candidates and thank you to the officers for giving their time to make these important activities happen.

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