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Camp over for another year, a great week of activities and challenges for the boys in St. Ives, Cornwall - blo-karting, street sledging, sea kayaking, ice hockey, ten pin bowling, beach rugby and stock car racing, including the mad caravan demolition derby! Inter tent sports, jankers and winning the tent inspection shield, all contributed to a great week - big thank you to the staff that made it all possible

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Thank you to everyone that made our Family BBQ & Fun Night such a great success - nearly 160 of us were there to enjoy the bouncy castle, water bombs, croquet, archery and the very popular Zorb Football....not to mention the delicious BBQ. The 2018-19 Session has seen the 1st Tewkesbury Company win more trophies than ever before, take part in more activities than ever before and achieve more DofE Awards than ever before...including 7 Golds - a fantastic team effort. Time for a rest before getting ready for our 64th Session and more great adventures. Thank you again to all of you - Andrew Baldwin, Captain

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Amazing effort and fantastic turnout from our members for the Medieval Parade in Tewkesbury - a great spectacle as ever. The band were also busy on Saturday leading the Aylburton Carnival. Big thanks to all that supported and helped with our Parade entry - a model of Tewkesbury Abbey, made by the Juniors....special thanks to Jo Teague, Always good for Boys' Brigade to be visible in the local community.

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Coming towards the end of another BB session and it's as busy as ever! Juniors have been finishing off their entry for the Medieval Parade on Sunday, Anchors enjoying the fresh air and the sunshine, whilst Company have been cooking up Bredon Hill and Ten Pin Bowling. Our band is leading the Carnival in Aylburton tomorrow and will be in the Medieval Parade on Sunday.

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Hot or what?!….. and that's just the result of the Battalion Anchors Sports Day - a win for 1st Tewkesbury! Lots of great performances and a good team effort. Spare a thought for 2 of our staff members taking their DofE Leaders training course this weekend - carrying a fully loaded rucksack (including tents) on expedition in the heat....well done Sam & Ollie.

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An evening to make the most of the glorious weather last night - Company Section canoeing / kayaking on the Avon, Anchors at the park and Juniors on a trip out to the Emergency Services Control Room in Gloucester. Thanks to all those that helped / made the activities possible - and especially to those staff that stayed to wash and clean the canoes....looking after our kit properly ensures it lasts for a long time!

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Another great week at BB, topped off by a fantastic day at Life 2 the Max in Hemel - big thanks to Chris Norman & his London District team for organising such a great event. Juniors enjoyed an evenings racing on a giant Scalextric track on Thursday, and Company tried Croquet! Yet more new adventures at Boys' Brigade

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Following on from our Awards Evening, the Company Section Sports Team took part in the Battalion Sports on Saturday and the results on the day, added to success earlier in the year, earned us the overall Sports Trophy - a great achievement. Our summer programme started this week with Anchors competing in team games, Juniors starting to work on their Medieval Parade entry, and Company Section trying some new team building challenges - lots of great things happening over the next month!

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Our annual Awards Evening is always a celebration of our members achievements and a chance to review another very busy year, it's also a chance to say a big thank you to all the staff who give up a combined total of over 3,000 hours of their time to give the boys all the opportunities they have. Thank you also to the parents that help when needed at Anchors and Juniors, and all those that support our important fundraising events. Well done to all badge recipients and those who were awarded cups and shields.

At the recent Mayor Making two of our young leaders were presented with the Tewkesbury Town Council Community Service Award. The award was given in recognition of their service to the town, including over 350 hours of volunteering and 14 years membership of Boys Brigade. Both have achieved their Queen's Badge and Gold DofE Awards, they are now training as DofE leaders and have enrolled as officers in the 1st Tewkesbury Company - big congratulations to Oliver Dare & Samuel Gilchrist

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Company Section members had a great Camp during Half-Term, joining with our friends from 2nd & 5th Guernsey for a holiday on the island of Sark - no cars or buses, just bikes and tractors for transport. Big thank you to the staff from 2nd Guernsey who organised the camp - we had a great time!

Hope you are all enjoying the Half-Term Holiday. There is a Club Night at BB HQ tonight for Juniors 6.30 - 8 and Company until 9pm - no uniform and the tuck shop will be available

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