Reminder: BB Start Back on Wednesday 14th September

Brigades Camp 2011- Quinta Christian Centre

A fantastic week of Sports, Team Building, Water Games, Competitions, Talent Show and Roadshows. The week’s theme was Heroes and Villains and the Christian Teaching was exploring ‘Why God is our Hero?’.

Quotes of the week...

"...BEST CAMP EVERRRRRRRRRRR”

"...defooo bestttt everrr”

"...what an awesome bunch of people, Beth G was right...best camp ever!”

"...Had such an amazing week with all of you lot:D?”

Awards Night 2011

On Wednesday 25th May all sections from the 8th Birmingham BB gathered at St Boniface Church for their annual Awards Night. The awards are from BB programmes for young people aged between 5 to 18 in four different age groups.

The boys have been working towards gaining badges during the session and the awards night is when they have a moment in the spotlight and feel a sense of achievement. Family and friends were there to support and encourage the boys and to see what the boys having been doing. It was also an opportunity to award a number of medals and awards from the BB sporting calendar or other special events.

Summer Session 2011 begins
Our summer session has begun with all the awards for the session handed to the boys at our awards night. The winners of the main awards are as follows:

1. Company Best Boy - James Grist

2. Juniors Best Boy - Joshua Starkie

3. Anchors Best Boy - Daniel Owen

4. Chaplains Award - Clarence Nkomeshya

Botswana Prepares for the Arrival of Clive!

Clive Haslam, our Queens man of session 2008/2009 has decided to take a gap year and work for YFC for the next 6 months in Botswana. We are hopeful that he will be providing us with a newsletter about his work there which we will upload here. More to come soon........

Weather!
The weather recently has forced us to postpone BB for the second Wednesday running which means that we have not met since before Christmas. This is unprecidented and we hope does not lead to yet another week off. We shall endevour to keep you all up to date on this site as and when decisions are made concerning the cancelling of a night.

We hope that the recent events have not impacted you all too much. Let's hope that next Wednesday 20th January 2010 is finally our first week back after Christmas!

From all the staff - Take care!

Cornwall twenty-ten

We have 8 places available for boys in the Company and Senior Sections to join us for the anual expedition over the Easter holidays. This year we will be trecking the coastal path in Cornwall. However, half way through the expedition we will have a beach and surf day with a full surfing lesson booked for all participants. It is going to be an awesome week away. If you want to know more click here >>>>>

Winter Winter Everywhere!
BB returns back this week (13th January 2010) after having to postpone last week due to the weather. All boys will be expected in full uniform, or, if they do not have a uniform to be in smart dress.

We hope you have all had a wonderful Christmas and New Year and look forward to seeing you all this coming Wednesday.

Also, there will be information coming very soon about our expedition to Cornwall for the Company and Senior Section boys.........

Brendan

Christmas Break
Wednesday 16th December is our last Wednesday prior to the Christmas holidays. Each section will enjoy a Christmas Party with food, drinks and games. We return in the new year on Wednesday 6th January 2010.

All the staff at the brigade would like to wish all boys and parents / guardians a very happy Christmas time and a great New Year. We look forward to seeing you all on the 6th.

In the meantime, please see the services being held by St. Boniface over the Christmas Period:

Carols by Candlelight at 6.30pm on Sunday 20th December 2009
Christingle Service at 3.30pm on Christmas Eve 24th December 2009
Christmas Day Service at 10.30am on Friday 25th December 2009.

It would be wonderful to see you and your familly at these services.

God bless you allt - the 8th Birmingham Boys' Brigade Staff

Bonfire Night
This Wednesday (4th November 2009) the 8th BB & 12th GB will be holding their anual bonfire event which is open to the church and families of boys and girls brigade members. Doors open at 6.30pm with £1 each entry fee.

There is food and refreshments available for purchase and fireworks at 7.00pm and 7.45pm.

Malcolm Ridyard
It is with sadness that we make this notice. A previous Chaplain of the 8th, Revd. Malcolm Ridyard died last week. His funeral took place at St. Boniface Church on Friday 16th October 2009. Staff from the 8th attended the service in full uniform.

We express our deepest sympathies to his familly and rememeber Malcolm as a great vibrant character.

Company and Senior Section Time Change
The CS&SS finishing time has been changed from 9.45pm to 9.30pm. This change takes effect from Wednesday 16th September 2009.

Community Action
As part of our program to work in our community we have carried out over the last few years, community action which has resulted in flower planting, litter picking and helping those with overgrown gardens. Saturday 12th September we got stuck into a garden on Welsh House Farm Road and turned a very overgrown garden into a garden that can actually be used.

If you want to see more of what we do then follow the community action link on the left hand menu.

New Session 2009 - 2010
Our new session begins on Wednesday 9th September 2009. Please see the left hand column for all the start and finish times.

We are looking forward to a fantastic session and hope all boys are excited about the prospect of earning new badges and working towards competitions. If you have any queries please email us here >>>>>>

In addition to our start, we are getting straght underway with a morning of community action helping people who have overgrown gardens. We will be working in Welsh Houose Farm Road this coming Saturday 12th September 2009.

Queens Men

Stephen Knox and Clive Haslam have both completed their Queens Badge which was awarded to them on Sunday 30th June 2009 by the Brigade Secretary.

Clive and Stephen have undertaken a great amount of work in the BB over the last few years not least this final years where clive worked voluntarilly at a charity shop and Stephen worked as a volunteer at Fort Rocky weekends organised by YFC (Youth For Christ). both men have also been active in the community through the Community Action project we have helping people who struggle to maintain thier gardens.

It has been an immense pleasure to see both Clive and Stephen grow through the company. They have both become very able and competent leaders and are an asset to the company here at St. Bonuiface and indeed to their peers. We wish them noth the very best as they go on to Gap years, Stephen working with a church and Clive travelling to Botswana in January to work with YFC.

Spain 09
All those that left for Spain, have now returned! Unfortunately it is without sun tans since the weather was not it's best, but it was a great time which saw all 10 participants taking part in the hike from Lugo to Santiago, a total of 102Km.

Those who took part were: Staff - Kevin Collins, Brendan Quinn, Adam Lawler, Bethan Lawler and Fred Fowler. Young People - Clive Haslam, Stephen Knox, James Grist, Ben Fowler and Anthony Gosling. If you want to see the photots then go to the Spain home page here