We were 3rd in the Junior Section Figure Marching Competition. We scored 62 points.
The winners were on 64 and 2nd place scored 63 so it was very close.
We aso have the result in from Friday nights Company Section Squad Drill Competition.
We finished 4th.
1st Bothwell won, then 2nd Hamilton followed by 2nd Blantyre and then us in 4th, and in last place 13th Hamilton.
I also got a copy of the Junior Section Bible Competition results on Sunday at the Quarterdeck Parade.
Very interesting reading. You will all find out who won that at the Display.
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
"Do you realise we are all over 45? Are you having a laugh?
That is the comment in the last email I have just received from one of the "honed athletes" from the 1980 volleyball team.
I have managed to track down 7 out of the original 8 Boy team.
As Elrick pointed out, they are all over 45, with some of them nearing 50.
Out of the 7 I have contacted. 6 of them are up for the game against the new Boys.
One of them is using an excuse about being in America for not playing.......
Our Minister is from America and he can't play volleyball either, it must be something to do with the Atlantic.
So I will have to pull in my reserves from the running up team in 1981.Grazy and Sprinter are getting a call up!
I will also give Cheating Smeaton, Kenny McVicar and Graeme Reilly a call. Hammy Smillie might still have that purple track suit?
I know that Harry Webster still has a sweatshirt from 1980 with the winning logo. Dougie has one of them as well with his name on it, but he says it WILL not fit him anymore.
So I am off now to try to sort out a venue and a time.
A secondary school games hall with a volleyball court that is available in late August/Early September.
That gives you the best part of 5 months to get training.
I have managed to track down 7 out of the original 8 Boy team.
As Elrick pointed out, they are all over 45, with some of them nearing 50.
Out of the 7 I have contacted. 6 of them are up for the game against the new Boys.
One of them is using an excuse about being in America for not playing.......
Our Minister is from America and he can't play volleyball either, it must be something to do with the Atlantic.
So I will have to pull in my reserves from the running up team in 1981.Grazy and Sprinter are getting a call up!
I will also give Cheating Smeaton, Kenny McVicar and Graeme Reilly a call. Hammy Smillie might still have that purple track suit?
I know that Harry Webster still has a sweatshirt from 1980 with the winning logo. Dougie has one of them as well with his name on it, but he says it WILL not fit him anymore.
So I am off now to try to sort out a venue and a time.
A secondary school games hall with a volleyball court that is available in late August/Early September.
That gives you the best part of 5 months to get training.
Friday, March 18, 2011
CS Battalion Drill Competition - FRIDAY 25TH MARCH 6.30 pm
The Boys need to meet Douglas Hutton at 6.30 pm at the TACT Hall which is off Blantyre Farm Road on the corner of Carlowrie Avenue and Hillview Drive
They are due there at 6.30 pm, they will be inspected at 6.45 and on the floor to do their drill routine. They should be finished for 7 pm.
If they could then be brought back across to the Church we will start them in Com0pnay Section when they arrive upstairs in the Session house, finish at the usual time at our Church.
Click on the map to enlarge and see it clearly.
They are due there at 6.30 pm, they will be inspected at 6.45 and on the floor to do their drill routine. They should be finished for 7 pm.
If they could then be brought back across to the Church we will start them in Com0pnay Section when they arrive upstairs in the Session house, finish at the usual time at our Church.
Sunday, March 6, 2011
5, maybe 6 or 7 out of the 8 have been found!
We are slowly tracking them down.
Now only got 3 people still to talk to but hopefully we have managed to get the message out to 2 of these over the weekend.
So hopefully by the middle of the week, we are still only looking for one of the 1980 team members.
Big Webby, (Ian Webb) he used to stay in Elliot Crescent, but that was years ago.
Dougie is going to get a copy of the picture and we can scan it onto the blogsite.
That will be a laugh to see all that long 1980's hair do's.
Keep an eye out for webby get him to give me a phone.
Now only got 3 people still to talk to but hopefully we have managed to get the message out to 2 of these over the weekend.
So hopefully by the middle of the week, we are still only looking for one of the 1980 team members.
Big Webby, (Ian Webb) he used to stay in Elliot Crescent, but that was years ago.
Dougie is going to get a copy of the picture and we can scan it onto the blogsite.
That will be a laugh to see all that long 1980's hair do's.
Keep an eye out for webby get him to give me a phone.
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Where is RALPH?
We have leads on 7 of the 8 members of the winning VB team. Letters in the posts or being passed on via old addresses, emails etc. being sent and answered, telephone calls to random numbers, and of course checking out the Golf Club.
But we have no idea where Ralph is?
His real name is of course Alistair Wilson, but due to some strange reason, which has never really been properly explained to me, he was always called Ralph.
Do you know where he is, his older Brother Kenneth (Kenny) I think still stays in Hamilton as does his sister. Do you know them, do you know Alistair, Can you put me in contact with him.
RALPH we are looking for YOU!
But we have no idea where Ralph is?
His real name is of course Alistair Wilson, but due to some strange reason, which has never really been properly explained to me, he was always called Ralph.
Do you know where he is, his older Brother Kenneth (Kenny) I think still stays in Hamilton as does his sister. Do you know them, do you know Alistair, Can you put me in contact with him.
RALPH we are looking for YOU!
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Volleyball
The Company Section have been playing volleyball this session, for the first time in a good number of years. We have some promising talent down here on a Friday night.
The thing is Dougie says that they will never be as good as they "old Boys" when he was in the VB team. They won the National Volleyball competition in 1980 or was it 1981. We can't agree, but we will find out.
The recent Thanksgiving service for Norman Batty, made me think about the enjoyment and sense of team achievement we used to have when we regularly played volleyball on a Friday night , at camp and had teams in the National Competitions. I saw so many people who were Boys or Officers in the Company in the 1970's and 80's.
I talked to Douglas about this two weeks ago and we thought it might be a good idea to have a volleyball challenge/fundraiser.
So we thought , why not try to get the winning national VB team for the 1980's back to play a Boys and Officer select team at a match to be organised in August/September this year, as a sort of 30th Anniversary reunion along with a Company 85th Celebration.
If anybody is related to/or knows of the whereabouts of any of the 1980's team players, let them know about this and get them to contact me.
Mark
The thing is Dougie says that they will never be as good as they "old Boys" when he was in the VB team. They won the National Volleyball competition in 1980 or was it 1981. We can't agree, but we will find out.
The recent Thanksgiving service for Norman Batty, made me think about the enjoyment and sense of team achievement we used to have when we regularly played volleyball on a Friday night , at camp and had teams in the National Competitions. I saw so many people who were Boys or Officers in the Company in the 1970's and 80's.
I talked to Douglas about this two weeks ago and we thought it might be a good idea to have a volleyball challenge/fundraiser.
So we thought , why not try to get the winning national VB team for the 1980's back to play a Boys and Officer select team at a match to be organised in August/September this year, as a sort of 30th Anniversary reunion along with a Company 85th Celebration.
If anybody is related to/or knows of the whereabouts of any of the 1980's team players, let them know about this and get them to contact me.
Mark
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Company Section Masterteam - WINNERS
Each year the Battalion hold a Company Section competition called Masterteam.
It is a quiz, based on BB Knolwedge, general knowledge, sports, observation and the current Bible Passage for this year Bible Competition.
The team is made up of a 3 Company Section Boys, from the 3 age ranges - a junior, an intermediate, and a senior.
This year we could manage to get a team together, one from each age range and we actually got 3 volunteers.
Alex, Robbie and Isaac went out on Monday night to represent the Company and gubbed the rest of the Battalion. They were in the lead from round 1, and secured victory by 10 points.
Well done guys, lets see the cup on Friday.
Now we need to continue the winning streak.
Next the Bible Competition, and then the Company Squad Drill.
It is a quiz, based on BB Knolwedge, general knowledge, sports, observation and the current Bible Passage for this year Bible Competition.
The team is made up of a 3 Company Section Boys, from the 3 age ranges - a junior, an intermediate, and a senior.
This year we could manage to get a team together, one from each age range and we actually got 3 volunteers.
Alex, Robbie and Isaac went out on Monday night to represent the Company and gubbed the rest of the Battalion. They were in the lead from round 1, and secured victory by 10 points.
Well done guys, lets see the cup on Friday.
Now we need to continue the winning streak.
Next the Bible Competition, and then the Company Squad Drill.
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