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223rd BOYS BRIGADE Anchor Boys We’ve had another enjoyable year at Anchor Boys. We had 25 boys this year from P1s to P3s. We had a Halloween Party, fireworks, Christmas Party and finished the year with our annual display. We’ve played lots of games with dodgy ball still being the favourite and been coached by the coach from EK Ladies football team! Thanks to all the staff for their help and support. We’re looking forward to our new session, which starts on the 2nd September. If you’d like to join us, contact: Stephen, Officer in Charge Junior Section This has been a busy year for the Junior Section. We’ve made posters and cards at our craft night. We’ve been to the panto, the Scotland football match, and Millport and we’ve won the District Sports Cup and the Swimming Cup. Well done to everyone involved. See you next session. John Company Section BB The Company section comprises of 23 boys from P7 – S5. We have 23 boys in this section and this year we welcomed 6 new boys up from the Junior Section. We have had a successful year in the District: Competitions, winning gold in the junior and intermediate badminton singles, gold and bronze in junior doubles and bronze in the intermediate doubles. Two boys took part in the table tennis, Greg and Calum and Alistair and Sam represented the company in the District sports. Alistair also represented the company and the district at the cross-country event and won a bronze and gold medal. Well done to all of them. Thirteen boys went to Team Ranch for the weekend. Finally many congratulations to Alistair McCallum and Calum Downham who become Queen’s Men after gaining they’re Queen’s Badge award. Bobby, Company Captain |
2nd Clarkston Brownies On Tuesday, 30th March, the brownies entertained family and friends by singing, playing music, magic tricks and dancing and gymnastic displays. This was to raise money for the Haiti earthquake disaster. They raised about £140 – a great effort. Thanks go to Snowy Owl (Charlotte Coyle) and Goldie Owl (Hazel McIntosh) who organised the brownies to do so well. On the weekend of 26th to 28th March, four of our Brownies, together with Brown Owl (Liz Paton) attended the East Renfrewshire County Pack Holiday at Netherurd. A great time was had by all with the highlights including tackling the ‘ropes course’ and the ‘zip wire’, learning some old street games and the Centenary Party on the Saturday night. Certainly something to remember in years to come! (Brown Owl remembers being at the 50th Anniversary outing when she was a Brownie!!) Finally, we said ‘goodbye’ to four of our older Brownies recently and are pleased to welcome four new girls – Elice, Grace, Lucy, and Juliette. Liz (Brown Owl) 1st Clarkston Guides As I write this, 30 of us are getting organised to join girls from all over the County at East Renfrewshire’s Centenary Camp. Over 300 girls are expected so it should be an amazing weekend. Let’s just hope the weather is kind to us. We have had another successful year with most girls gaining several badges and Go For Its. Instead of an Easter party or Easter crafts this year, we decided to finish off the term by completing the chocolate badge. As well as learning about the history of chocolate, fair trade chocolate and designing their own chocolate bar, the girls tasted several different types of chocolate to decide on their favourite. We collected eggs for the Lodging House Mission and we raised money for Comic Relief. We are finishing off with two nights at Eastwood Park lighting fires each time and cooking on them followed by an outing to Eastwood Theatre to see one of the Guides in Harlequin’s version of Thoroughly Modern Millie. As our waiting list for next year is now exceptionally long, I would recommend that any girl who may be interested in joining us over the next couple of years contact me now to add her name as it is looking as though we will be short of places. We hope everyone has a good summer and look forward to restarting on Monday 30th August Marilyn |
