Recent activities

Battalion

Car Sticker Launch

Jonathan, Edmund, Dylan and Mark of the 22nd

show the stickers and banner

with their Captain, Justin, and the Battn Pres

Members of nine companies assembled on Southend sea front to launch the 125th Anniversary Car Stickers on Saturday 2nd February.

The 22nd banner displayed
at Belle Vue Baptist Church

Also on display were two of the six banners we commissioned to publicise the anniversary; see the Engage A Generation page for details.

Junior Unihoc Compitition 2007

On 17th November, the hall was set, the boys had arrived, the staff were ready, well almost…

Having established that the four companies that entered would play each other at least once in 6miniute games, with a points system to establish a league table, with a final the boys were almost ready.

The companies that were entering (9th, 18th, 22nd &  23rd) had groups of varying numbers, and some boys joined different companies to make up the numbers, an early sign of t event.

The games were played, and whilst the teams were waiting they concentrated there efforts on the potted sports competition that was going on next door.

Then it came to the final, which had to be the tensest moment of my career as captain to date. It was the 22nd v 18th.

 

The 22nd conceded excellent early goal, a sign of how good the teams were. 3minutes later and it looked as if it was all over, the 18th were defending well and the 22nd couldn’t make a break, but then it happened, a stunning equalizer by the 22nd. Both teams had all to play for, and they we both truly fantastic. With a minute to go the 22nd scored again. Could the 22nd win? There we 40seconds on the clock when the game was paused for an injury… could it have been dragged out any more?! When the game recommenced both teams played with all their might, it may have only been 40 seconds in a Junior Unihoc game, but both teams played for the win. Then that was it, the final whistle went, and it was Game over, with the Final Score 2-1 to the 22nd Southend Coy.

Playstation Games

 

The 6th organised Playstation Games for Company Section boys on Saturday 2nd June.

Members of the 10th, 25th, 1st, 24th & 23rd took part, using the game 'Need for Speed Underground 2'. Each boy had two goes of a two lap race and each companies time was averaged to find the winner. The top 5 boys then re-raced to find an individual winner.

 

Results:

Winning Company

1st S E Essex

Winning Individual

James Eckstein - 1st S E Essex

Fastest Lap

Ryan Weeks - 25th S E Essex

Junior Section Bowling

Juniors met at Leigh Super Bowl on March 8th for the Battalion Bowling Competition

It was a well attended and obviously popular event being staged for the third year with 41 boys from 1st, 2nd, 9th, 18th, 22nd and 25th Companies.

With only 5 lanes available this meant slight oversubscription to what was expected and required a juggling of lane allocation to ensure everyone got a chance to bowl. The boys were each allocated a lane to bowl on so that they had the chance to meet and talk with others from different companies.

There were prizes for the best overall score, the best average company score and most strikes over two games.

Keeping them away from the distraction of the food bar and the games machines seemed to be the order of the day for the staff who turned up but nevertheless everyone helped to keep the balls rolling and the timing working for a 5pm finish.

Results

1st Southend on Sea (Avenue BC) - Total 888 = average 74

Kyle 178 // Ryan 144 // Sam 138 // Lewis 126 // Daniel 158 // John 144

2nd Wickford - Total 808 = Average 81

Luke 186 // James // 132 // Daniel 166 // Darren 154 // Ross 170

9th South East Essex (Shoebury BC) - Total 1728 = Average 78

Ben 150 // Bradley 126 // Big Bradley 150 // Jamie 179 // Callum 170 // Kane 145 // Jake 137 // Decland 149 // Matthew 129 // Jonathan 159

18th South East Essex (Rayleigh) - Total 802 = Average 80

Stephen 143// Jo 172// Andy 198// Connor 131// Jason 158

22nd South East Essex (Belle Vue) - Total 1700 = Average 77

Jonathan 159// Miles 144 //Alex 127// Dylan 189 // Mark 149 // Jo 174 // Sam 130// Liam 173// Sam H 111// Charlie 151// Ronnie 193

25th South East Essex (Hullbridge) - Total 492 = Average 82

Sam 159 // Matthew 155 // Bradley 178

Winners

Top Score – Andy WARD, 18th SEE Company, Rayleigh

Awarded with trophy, certificate and two tickets to Seal Life Centre Southend
Top Company (by Average Score) - 25th SEE Company, Hullbridge

Awarded with certificate

Most Strikes – Kyle SPANTON from 1st SoS Company, Avenue (2 strikes & 4 spares)

Awarded with certificate

Company

10thCoyJuniorSection

The 10th South East Essex (Leigh Beck Baptist Church, High Street, Canvey Island) has re-opened its Junior Section for boys aged between 8 and 11 years, to complement the work already going on with its 11 plus group.

Meetings will start from Monday, February 25th, 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm.

We managed to get a full story in the "Evening Echo" - see here (PDF file)

9th's Success in MasterTeam

The 9th South East Essex Company won England and Wales National Masterteam Competition 2006/7 and qualified for the National finals in Scotland in April.

From an initial entry of nearly 70 teams and three rounds of tough questions, the team from Shoeburyness and Thorpe Bay Baptist Church, Southend-on-Sea will be one of two teams representing England and Wales against teams from Scotland and Ireland in Inverness on 21 April.

The team of Owen Churton, Richard Churton, Matthew Payne and Matt Smythe had a close game in the second round at Worcester Park, Surrey, narrowly qualifying behind 14th Kingston & Merton Company. The third round at Hoddesdon, Herts, produced a nail-biting evening with five teams closely matched. There were never more than 3 points between the top two teams but the 9th held their lead over their nearest rivals, 14th Kingston & Merton and reversed the result of the previous round winning by 67 to 66.5 .

Plans are being made to raise the funds to take the team and some supporters to Inverness for an exciting weekend in Scotland. The Boys are really looking forward to meeting the teams from the other nations and pitting their wits against them.

20th South East Essex Company (Leigh Road Baptist)

We have learnt that in the summer the church has taken the sad decision to close BB at Leigh Road. This is  because of a lack of leaders in the company; it was felt that, as there was no GB at the church, they would combine their youth work into Covenanters.

It is sad to see a company with their history fold, especially as they had good numbers of lads in the Anchors and Juniors.

2nd Basildon Company

It is with sadness that we recently learnt of the closure of 2nd Basildon Company. As we look to the "Engage a Generation" development, this brings home the challenges that we face.

Ray Wall

We further saddened by news that another BB man associated with the former 11th Coy (Ferndale BC), Ray Wall died shortly before Christmas. Ray had been Captain of the 11th for many years and more recently served the Battalion as Company Section Secreatary.