Battalion Blog

There will be a Queen's Badge Candidates Meeting at Drumachose Presbyterian Church Hall, Limavady on Tuesday 25th September 2012, at 7:30pm. The meeting will last approximately an hour.  All boys starting their Queen's Badge this session should attend. Boys cannot embark on their badge or attend the Skills for Queen's Badge Training Course unless they have met with me and agreed their Action Plan, and have it signed off. Boys attending this meeting must : bring along their Queen's Badge Book  have an Action Plan in mind, based on the guidance in the book.  Please discuss this with your Boys before they attend.  Also, please bring along a filled out copy of the Registration Form - Skills for Queens Badge and I can sign this at the same time. This form can be downloaded or obtained from BBNI  [pdf]. Please forward number of boys from your company planning to attend this meeting to coleraine@boys-brigade.org.uk 

Congratulations to the following young men and their officers on the achievement of The Boys' Brigade's premier award - The Queen's Badge, during the 2010-2011 session. Mark Irwin  (1st Balteagh) Stewart Love  (1st Balteagh) Michael Smyth  (1st Balteagh) Christy Gregg  (2nd Coleraine) Gavin Harvey  (2nd Coleraine) Graham Hunter  (2nd Coleraine) Gary Simpson  (2nd Coleraine) Gavin Darragh  (5th Coleraine) Richard McMaster (5th Coleraine) Matthew Graham  (1st Dunboe) Glen Armstrong  (1st Garvagh) Jonathan Clyde  (1st Garvagh) Alan Moore  (1st Garvagh) Michael Torrens (1st Garvagh) Steven Alcorn  (2nd limavady) Iain Archibald  (2nd limavady) David Kingsbury  (2nd limavady) Steven Montgomery  (2nd limavady) Connor Richmond  (2nd limavady) Brandon Sayer  (2nd limavady) David Thompson (2nd limavady) Matthew Brown (1st Tamlaght O’Crilly)  

Congratulations to the following young men and their officers on the achievement of The Boys' Brigade's premier award - The Queen's Badge, during the 2009-2010 session. Adam Dorrans (1st Ballywatt) Andrew Lyons   (1st Ballywatt) Gareth McClenaghan   (1st Ballywatt) Jonathan Alcorn   (1st Balteagh) James Purcell   (1st Balteagh) Jordan Greer   (1st Coleraine) Ryan McCarter   (1st Coleraine) Connor Wallace   (1st Coleraine) David Quiston  (2nd Coleraine) Philip Gilliand  (5th Coleraine) Alexander Gourley  (5th Coleraine) Andrew Mawhinney  (5th Coleraine) James Scott  (5th Coleraine) Andrew Bloomfield  (1st Drumachose) Andrew Guy  (1st Drumachose) Stephen McAleese  (1st Drumachose) Mark Riley  (1st Drumachose) Glenn McAfee  (1st Dunboe) Andrew Laughlin  (1st Kilrea) James McCaughern  (1st Kilrea) Andrew Paul  (1st Kilrea) Andrew Robinson  (...

Congratulations to the following young men and their Officers on the achievement of The Boys' Brigade's premier award - The Queen's Badge, during the 2008-2009 session. Gareth Irwin   (1st Balteagh) Richard Irwin   (1st Balteagh) Andrew Scott (1st Balteagh) James Taylor   (1st Coleraine) Michael Wallace (1st Coleraine) Andrew Boyd  (2nd Coleraine) Andrew Cunning  (2nd Coleraine) Brent Haslett  (2nd Coleraine) Conor McMullan  (2nd Coleraine) Christopher Cunningham (5th Coleraine) Ben Cartwright  (1st Drumachose) Matthew Haslett  (1st Drumachose) Andrew Gilmore  (1st Kilrea) Adam Keys  (1st Limavady) Connor McGoldrick   (2nd Limavady) Ryan Montgomery (2nd Limavady) And congratulations to Graham Thompson (2nd Limavady) who has qulified through the King George VI Officer Cadet Scheme in July 2009.

Congratulations to the following young men and their Officers on the achievement of The Boys' Brigade's premier award - The Queen's Badge, during the 2007-2008 session. Christopher Carson (1st Ballywatt) David Oliver (1st Balteagh) David Ferguson (2nd Coleraine) Zhanzhan Tom He (2nd Coleraine) Stuart McAleese (1st Drumachose) David Boyd (1st Garvagh) Ashley Moore (1st Garvagh) Jordan Webster (1st Garvagh) Gareth Blair (2nd Limavady) Graham Thompson (2nd Limavady) Thomas Kelso (1st Tamlaght O'Crilly) Michael Stewart (1st Tamlaght O'Crilly) We also congratulate Jordan Webster (1st Garvagh) who has qulified through the King George VI Officer Cadet Scheme 2008

The Coleraine & District Battalion of the Boys' Brigade recognised the services of one of its outstanding office bearers at their recent Annual Officers Dedication Service in Ballywatt. John Mairs who for the past 20 years served the Battalion as its Queen's Badge Adviser was presented with a BB engraved cut glass candle light on his retirement from the position. [left to right] Rev. Trevor McCormick (Battalion President), Mrs Emily Mairs, Mr John Mairs, Alan Morrison (Battalion Secretary/Vice President). Several hundred boys have benefited greatly from John's guidance and encouragement over those years and have gone on to achieve their Queens Badge which is the highest award available inthe BB movement. In making the presentation, the Rev. Trevor McCormick (Battalion President), thanked John for his faithful and dedicated commitment to this work and for the many hours of devoted service he gave in offering advise to the boys.

Congratulations to the following young men and their Officers on the achievement of The Boys' Brigade's premier award - The Queen's Badge, during the 2006-2007 session. Phillip Gault  (1st Balteagh) David McKee   (1st Balteagh) John Oliver   (1st Balteagh) Mark Boyd  (2nd Coleraine) Stephen Dobbin  (5th Coleraine) Alan Alexander Gourley  (5th Coleraine) David Mawhinney  (5th Coleraine) Matthew Francis Quinn  (5th Coleraine) Stephen William John Wallace  (1st Drumachose) Ryan Callan (2nd Limavady) Nathan Scott   (2nd Limavady)

Congratulations to the following young men and their Officers on the achievement of The Boys' Brigade's premier award - The Queen's Badge, during the 2005-2006 session. Paul McCollum  (1st Ballywatt) Andrew McCarter  (1st Coleraine) Dane Tempelton  (1st Coleraine) Christopher Wilson Hunter  (2nd Coleraine) Gareth Alistair Steele  (2nd Coleraine) Jensen Armour  (5th Coleraine) Jonathan Graham  (5th Coleraine) David Stafford  (5th Coleraine) Richard Wilson  (1st Drumavhose) Roger Campbell  (1st Garvagh) Uel Dougherty  (1st Garvagh) Warren Smith  (1st Garvagh) Andrew Torrens  (1st Garvagh) John Torrens  (1st Garvagh) Vance Brownlow  (1st Kilrea) Andrew Gardiner  (1st Kilrea) Richard Lowry  (1st Kilrea) Jonathan McCormick   (1st Kilrea) Andrew Blair  (1st Limavady) Adam Semple  (1st Limavady) Gareth Wilson  (1st Limavady) Andrew Blair  (2nd Limavady) Nigel Mearns  (2nd Limavady) Paul Mearns  (2nd Limavady) Ian Pollock  (2nd Limavady) Mark Thorpe  (2nd Limavady) Kyle Wallder  (2...

Congratulations to the following young men and their Officers on the achievement of The Boys' Brigade's premier award - The Queen's Badge, during the 2004-2005session. Paul Elnay   (1st Ballywatt) Jonathan Knox Lyons  (1st Ballywatt) Neil James Jefferson Haslett   (1st Balteagh) Mark Callaghan   (2nd Coleraine) Andrew Graham Campbell  (2nd Coleraine) John McCaughan   (5th Coleraine) Rodney Moody   (1st Garvagh) Thomas Samuel Gardiner   (1st Kilrea) Willliam John Keith Greer   (1st Kilrea) Aaron Wallace   (1st Limavady) Philip Dundoody  (1st Limavady) Christopher Devlin  (1st Limavady) Andrew Clements  (1st Limavady) Stephen Smyth   (2nd Limavady) Aaron Andrew Callan   (2nd Limavady) Matthew Allen   (2nd Limavady) Adam Kirkpatrick  (1st Portrush) Samuel James Connor  (1st Tamlaght O'Crilly)

Congratulations to the following young men and their Officers on the achievement of The Boys' Brigade's premier award - The Queen's Badge, during the 2003-2004 session. Glynn Robinson (1st Balteagh) Richard Pollock (2nd Coleraine)5 Steven Morrow (2nd Coleraine) Steven McCulloch (5th Coleraine) Gareth Doyle (1st Drumachose) Jonathan Allen (1st Drumachose) Kyle Martin (1st Drumachose) Zane Cole (1st Limavady) Richard Marden (2nd Limavady)