September News
Some extra dates for the fixture list, these are Junior Section Competition's
Tuesday 10th November 2009 Edgar Spencer Competition 7pm
Wednesday 10th February 2010 Battalion Unihoc 7pm
Saturday 5th June 2010 Steggles Football Competition 9.30am
All at the Pearson Centre for Young People, Beeston
Clive Gough
Battalion Golf Tournament
Even though there wasn`t a great entry, the first Battalion Golf Tournament at the Edwalton Municipal Golf Club went very well.
The weather was ideal and the golfers were keen and with Keith Whitaker wanting to stay out the rough and sand as much as possible it promised to be a good morning.
In the end after a good nine hole round Matthew Parkes won, with his brother Nick runner-up and Keith Whitaker in third place.
Congratulations must go to Matt for organising this new event, and to the Edwalton Golf course for allowing him to use their excellent facilities. Hopefully with a new date next year there will be a few more takers for this event.
Adrian Tongue.
Anchor Section Visit
41 boys from the 17th,19th, 25th,42nd,45th and 1st. Awsworth enjoyed an afternoon on Saturday 19th September at the newly refurbished Wheelgate Park(Wonderland) although we couldn't see the animals due to the recent health restrictions, they still enjoyed themselves on the various activities and the weather was kind to us as well
Janet Barlow
Assessment of Expeditions
To allow extra time for training, The Boys’ Brigade in the past year has continued to accept the assessment of DofE expeditions by those who simply hold the appropriate B.B. Expedition and Outdoor Leadership Certificate. Please note, however, that from the next expedition season commencing on the 1st April 2010 only assessments by accredited assessors will be accepted. The Award have now furnished The Brigade with a list of assessors in the accredited category and only assessments from these will be permitted. The Nottingham Battalion Expedition Committee are already well aware of this but if anyone is planning an expedition other than through them please be sure that any assessor is accredited.
Keith W. Vinerd, Battalion DofE Co-ordinator
Gold expedition by canoe
Over the past two years three Seniors originally from 42nd Company have been working towards their Gold DofE Expedition. To cater for a knee injury to one of them, Andrew Brewer, James Fisher (now Battalion Open Group) and Yusuf Paterson-Mosafeer decided to do the expedition by water and they are the first for a long time from Nottingham Battalion to choose this mode of transport. As there were only three of them they linked up with Rolls Royce DofE Group at Hucknall and initially it was difficult to come as strangers to this already established Group but they persevered. Unfortunately, Andrew developed knee problems again only ten days prior to the Final Expedition and had to withdraw and we wish him well with a forthcoming operation. However, James and Yusuf carried on and successfully completed their Gold Final Expedition on the River Tweed in the Scottish Borders at the end of August despite additional setbacks – many congratulations and well done!
Keith W. Vinerd, Battalion DofE Co-ordinator
New items in the Battalion Shop
New items now available in the Shop include the following:
Code 11.684.1 I.D. Lanyard with clip for name card £2.20
Code 11.683.1 Cuff Links £7.;80
Code 11.693.1 Venus Flyer (Frisby) £2.20
Code 11.672.1 LED Keyring £3.50
Code 11.656.1 Notebook £2.20
Code 11.653.1 Pencil Case £2.20
Code 11.682.1 Mousemat £2.70
Code 11.651.1 Long Bendy Pencil £1.20
Code 11.650.1 Ripper Wallet £3.30
Code 11.691.1 F1 Keyring £1.70
Code 11.671.1 Drawstring Bag £3.15
Various recruitment material
Yvonne Gimson, Shop Manager
Free Training
Nottinghamshire Community Foundation has informed us that funding has been received for Vision Development Consultants to work across the City of Nottingham delivering and co-ordinating a range of courses to improve individuals’ employability skills. The project is basically aimed at individuals who are 16+ and unemployed within the City of Nottingham but includes Voluntary/Community Groups and individuals who work less than 16 hours a week. At the time of writing this item I am checking whether this extends to our Company staff who live outside the boundary of Nottingham City.
Courses on offer include:
• 2 Day First Aid Refresher
• 3 Day First Aid at Work Certificate
• 1 Day First Aid Appointed Person
If interested, please contact me for further information and dates as soon as possible as places will no doubt be taken up very quickly.
Keith W. Vinerd (telephone 0115-9332303)
A Message from the Battalion President.
“ Eyeballs before Emails.”
I was grateful to those who attended the AGM last Tuesday and to those who sent their apologies. We had a good meeting and were able to welcome our new Development Worker, David Keetley. who gave a clear review of his priorities for the next few months.
It is therefore unfortunate that at a time when we have the capacity to explore the formation of new plants we have some Companies who are tearing themselves apart with internal wranglings. I hear clear messages about the problems caused by the use of emails and text messages rather than face to face meetings.
I attended the induction of the Priest in Charge at Radcliffe on Trent three weeks ago and heard the Bishop of Sherwood talk about ….Eyeballs before Emails/Text messaging. I commend this quote to all involved in furthering the work of the Lord through our organisation.
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