Battalion Snooker Competition Results

Snooker

There was an entry of 16 Company Section members and 8 Senior Section members, representing the following companies: 5th Leicester, 8th Leicester, 22nd Leicester, 1st Hinckley and 1st Loughborough.

Thanks go to all of the members, officers and helpers that made the evening possible and also to the Alliance & Leicester for their generous grant, which made the purchase of two new snooker tables possible.

Results for the individual competitions are as follows:
Company Section
Winner – 1st Hinckley
Runner-Up – 8th Leicester
Third Place – 1st Hinckley
Fourth Place – 1st Hinckley

Senior Section
Winner – 1st Hinckley
Runner-Up – 22nd Leicester
Third Place – 8th Leicester
Fourth Place – 8th Leicester

Report on the Leaders Dedication Service

New Parks Meth Church.bmp

Held on Sunday 28 October 2007, at New Parks Methodist church, Major Bream and Mrs Bream were guests of the Battalion at the annual leaders dedication service.

22 officers and supporters were led in worship by the Battalion Chaplain, Mr Tony Simpson and the Rev Joseph Suray.

The Battalion officers present rededicated themselves to the Boys’ Brigade and reaffirmed their commitment to teach, nurture and care for the boys within the Leicestershire Battalion.

The monetary offering of £57 will be forwarded to the Brigade’s National appeal, for childrens hospices. Any money raised in Leicestershire will be directed to the Rainbows hospice in Loughborough.

After the sharing of Communion, refreshments were served to all.

New Brigade President

President

With effect from 1 September 2007, Professor Sir Kenneth Calman KCB has taken over as the Brigade President.

Request for BB Memorabilia

As part of the forthcoming BB125 celebrations, Ian Lowe is on the look out for details, photo’s, records etc. of company life in the Battalion.

Please click on the link below for further details of what Ian is looking for:
BB125 Letter – 041007

Brigade Launches National Fundraising Initiative

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The Brigade nationally has agreed to support the Association of Children’s Hospices as the Charity of the Year for 2007/08, to co-incide with BB125.

Here in Leicestershire, we would actively encourage all companies to get involved with this initiative, due to the link with the Rainbows hospice in Loughborough.

Details will shortly be sent to Captains, but please click on the links to the Association’s and Rainbows websites below for further details in the meantime.
Assoc of Children’s Hospices

New District Name

As of 1 October 2007, the North Midland District (of which the Leicestershire Battalion forms part) has changed it’s name to become the ‘East Midlands District’. Any cheques payable to the District should continue to be made out to the old name, until further advised.

125 Year Celebration Event – Chatham Dockyard

An invitation has been received to a special celebration event to be held at Chatham Historic Dockyard Museum complex in Kent to celebrate 125 years of the Brigade. The event will take place on Saturday 31 May 2008.

Please click on the link below for further details.
LSA Chatham Invitation

Plans for Comapny Section Weekend Announced

Planning is underway to hold a Battalion weekend away at Blackwell Adventure Centre in Bromsgrove from 4-6 July 2008. This promises to be a great weekend of fun and activites. Please see the ‘Events’ section for further details.

Results from Snooker Competition

The results from the Battalion Snooker Competition held on 23 April at Epworth Hall Methodist Church:

There were five companies taking part: (5th Leicester, 8th Leicester, 22nd Leicester, 1st Hinckley, 1st Loughborough) with 19 Company boys and 8 Seniors.

The results were as follows:

Company Section:

  • Winner – 1st Hinckley
  • Runner up – 1st Hinckley
  • 3rd Place – 1st Hinckley

Senior Section:

  • Winner – 1st Hinckley
  • Runner up – 22nd Leicester
  • 3rd Place – 8th Leicester
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