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On Thursday 28th October the Coleraine & District Battalion of the Boys' Brigade held the first competition of the new session. Boys and leaders from throughout the district attended the event at the Bowling Alley in Coleraine Jet Centre. Everyone had a fantastic night, congratulations go the everyone who took part, especially the winners, organisers and staff at the Super Strikers 10-pin Bowling at the Jet Centre. Senior Winner – Andrew 1st Ballywatt 136 Runner-up – John 1st Ballywatt 112 Junior Winner – Peter 1st Tamlaght 94 Runner-up – Stephen 1st Tamlaght 91 Junior (with Buffers) Winner - Matthew – 5th Coleraine 125 Runner-up – Louis – 2nd Coleraine 120 Team Competition Senior Winner – 1st Ballywatt 404 Junior Winner – 5th Coleraine 448 More photos on Facebook...

The Coleraine & District Battalion of the Boys’ Brigade held its first competition of the new session with an outing to the Ten Pin Bowling Alley at the Coleraine Jet Centre. A good turnout of almost 120 boys took part, occupying 20 lanes. Competition between the boys was keen and all involved had a very enjoyable and fun packed evening. Junior Winners 5th Coleraine Senior Winners 2nd Limavady Local Company 5th Coleraine came out on top of eight teams in the Junior Event (forms 1 to 3) scoring a respectable total of 483 points. Second place went to the boys of 1st Ballywatt Company who accumulated a score of 431 points. Individual prizes were won by Trevor Scott (2nd Limavady) who obtained the highest score of 112 points and runner-up was Stephen Kelso (1st Tamlaght O’Crilly) with 109 points. Joshua Greene (5th Coleraine) triumphed by winning the prize for the highest number of Strikes & Spares. Limavady teams dominated play in the Senior Event (forms 4 to U6) with the boys of ...

The results for Company and Senior Section events in the 2008-2009 season were as follows... Winners Runners-up Badminton Division 1 2nd Coleraine 5th Coleraine Division 2 1st Garvagh 10 Pin Bowling Junior C Shields (5th Coleraine) S Leahy (1st/3rd Portstewart) M Donaghy (1st Ballywillan) R Jamison (5th Coleraine) Senior J Purcell (1st Balteagh) G Armstrong (1st Garvagh) Volleyball Junior 1st Coleraine 2nd Coleraine Senior 1st Portrush 1st Kilrea 5-a-side Football Junior 1st Coleraine 1st Garvagh Senior 1st Garvagh 2nd Coleraine Masterteam 1st Ballywillan Orienteering 1st Garvagh 2nd Coleraine (B) Scripture Exam 1st Balteagh

  The Boys’ Brigade movement was 125 years old in October and one way in which the Coleraine & District Battalion decided to celebrate this very important anniversary was to hold a Ten Pin Bowling Competition for Company Section boys. The event was held at the refurbished Jet Centre and attracted an entry of 144 boys and officers. The evening was competitive but also fun packed, with prizes available for the top three in forms 1 to 3 and 4 to 7. Spot prizes were also awarded to players who achieved at least two strikes. Forms 1 to 3. Shann Leahy (1st Portstewart) 125 Conor Shields (5th Coleraine) 125 Mark Donaghy (1st Ballywillan) 116 Ross Jamison (5th Coleraine) 116 Mark Blair (1st Macosquin) 113 Forms 4 to 7. James Purcell (1st Balteagh) 135 Glen Armstrong ( 1st Garvagh) 130 Robert McFaul (1st Macosquin) 119 Ben Cartwright (1st Drumachose) 119 The competition was organised by the Battalion’s Recreation Convener – Ivan Morrison, who has to be congratulated for ru...