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UNIHOC COMPETITION 2022 – THE RESULTS!UNIHOC COMPETITION 2022 – THE RESULTS!


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!

KYLE STRACHAN – QUEEN’S BADGE – 1st STRICHENKYLE STRACHAN – QUEEN’S BADGE – 1st STRICHEN

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. 

DUKE OF EDINBURGH PRACTICE HIKEDUKE OF EDINBURGH PRACTICE HIKE


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.

Bronze Group
Silver Group

QUEEN’S BADGES – 1st StrichenQUEEN’S BADGES – 1st Strichen

GLEN MITCHELL, 1st STRICHEN

ROBBIE STEWART, 1st STRICHEN

The President and Executive of the Buchan Battalion congratulate Glen and Robbie on being awarded their Queen’s Badges – the highest awards in the Boys’ Brigade.

They are pictured receiving their badges with Captain Steve Wilson, Vice-President of Buchan Battalion, and Colin Strong, Chaplian.

Well done on this great achievement!

NEW VICE-PRESIDENT – CAPT. STEVIE WILSONNEW VICE-PRESIDENT – CAPT. STEVIE WILSON

At our recent AGM Stevie Wilson, Captain of the 1st Strichen Company, was elected to become the new Vice-President of the Buchan Battalion.

Stevie is one of the most senior Captains in the Battalion having led his Company for over 20 years. His time in the BB goes back much further though as he grew up in the BB in Peterhead. Last session he marked his 30th year as an officer in the Brigade showing his long-term dedication to the organisation.

At Battalion level he has served in a number of positions. For many years he has served as Duke of Edinburgh Advisor to the Buchan Battalion, a permanent co-opted position on the Battalion Executive specifically for him. In this role Stevie and his team, particularly Kevin Mutch, has opened up opportunities of Duke of Edinburgh work for BB members across Buchan. His own company is known for its embrace of expedition and outdoor work and through his initiative and co-ordination this is now on offer to many more companies. He has also been Parade Commander of the Battalion since 2016 and very proudly led his first parade through his home village that year.

The President and Executive congratulate Stevie on his elevation to the post of Vice-President and wish him well in his continued service to the Battalion.

BASKETBALL COMPETITIONBASKETBALL COMPETITION

This evening the 1st Fraserburgh Company hosted the Company and Seniors Buchan Battalion Basketball Competition!

The first face-to-face competition since March 2020!Five companies were represented tonight and a Girl member participated in a Buchan Battalion Company Section competition for the very first time!

Results:

Company Section

1st Place: 1st Strichen

2nd Place: 1st Fraserburgh

3rd Place: 1st Rosehearty

Seniors

1st Place: 1st Fraserburgh

2nd Place: 4th/5th Fraserburgh

3rd Place: Buchan Select

Thank you to the 1st Fraserburgh for doing an excellent job in hosting this competition.

PRESIDENT’S BADGE – KEIRAN LYONS, 1st STRICHENPRESIDENT’S BADGE – KEIRAN LYONS, 1st STRICHEN


Congratulations to Keiran Lyons of the 1st Strichen Company who was presented with his President’s Badge yesterday by Alison Chambers, Brigade Vice-President.

As well as congratulating him, the officers of the 1st Rosehearty would like to send their thanks to him for helping on the day by distributing the programmes!

Well done to Keiran on his achievement!

PRESIDENT’S BADGE – LACHLAN GRADY, 1st STRICHENPRESIDENT’S BADGE – LACHLAN GRADY, 1st STRICHEN

Congratulations to Lachlan Grady of the 1st Strichen Company who was presented with the President’s Badge yesterday by Brigade Vice President, Alison Chambers.

Like all other recipients this year Company Captain Steve Wilson explained how there was a slightly different route to the President’s Badge due to the pandemic.

Well done Lachlan! Keep up the good work!