The Review Issue 2 | Page 10

10 To place editorial email [email protected] 1st Stewarton Boys’ Brigade Our Anchor Section have steady numbers of about 30 which is a good number to allow us to carry out of our programme of activities. At Christmas the Anchors again attended the local Pantomime and the boys had a great time! Recently the Anchor Boys attended an event with other boys from East Ayrshire Battalion in Mauchline where they were entertained by an entertainer called Uncle Billy. The boys had a great time and it was good to get the opportunity to mix with boys from other East Ayrshire Companies. Our Junior Section have numbers of about 20. At Christmas as well as their Christmas party we attended the Pantomime at the Gaiety Theatre in Ayr. It was our first outing to that theatre and the boys (just like the Anchors) had a great time. The Juniors recently took part in a General Knowledge quiz with boys from our Battalion. These events are very well run and the boys enjoy the event but also gain an insight into the wider work of the Boys’ Brigade by meeting boys and staff from some of the other 13 Companies in our Battalion area. After the success of the weekend stay last year, the boys are looking forward to our weekend to Troon at the end of April. The Company/Senior Section numbers have settled just under 40. Our recent highlights include their Christmas outing to the Laserquest in Clydebank where both officers and boys get a good opportunity to have a bit of well-earned fun after the madness of Christmas! Stewarton hosted an event for about 70 boys from East Ayrshire Battalion including 16 from Stewarton. The boys had a choice of snowboard or ski for a 1 hour instruction and 1 hour free time on the dry ski slope at Bellahouston in Glasgow. The Senior boys will be attending an overnight stay which is part of their Discovery badgework where after the Section on the Friday night, we have a night of supper, films, challenges, games etc. – a really good event which see them usually collapse asleep at about 5 in the morning! Our Annual weekend Adventure camp has been arranged for end of August to an Abernethy Trust run Centre - Barcaple in Castle Douglas. Just a final word of thanks to the Church and Community. We get great support particularly at events like the Christmas Card deliveries which was a great success with a high volume of cards collected and delivered over a busy weekend in December. please join u s at our coffee mor ning satur day 1st march, 10-12 st. columba’s church hall