BB holds annual display

Chief guests for the evening were Robert Wilson, headmaster of Limavady Grammar School and his wife who presented the awards and prizes. After the opening service a varied programme of Anchor Boy, Junior Section and Company section activities took place and ended with a finale based on a powerpoint presentation of the Lord's Prayer prepared by the Company Section boys.

Robert Wilson then addressed the boys, complimenting them on their turn out and varied programme leaving them with an encouragement to continue on with their BB careers by setting goals and achieving them.

The Anchor Boy Report

for year 2009/2010

by Anne Montgomery

Our numbers again this year have been good with 23 boys regularly attending.

Each Friday the boys played games, listened to a Bible Story, coloured in a picture or did some form of craft to the story and answered questions.

Matthew Cooke, Robbie Millar, Ross Mc Laughlin and Kieran Sagau were on the team that took part in the Battalion RE quiz on a Saturday in November. They did very well coming runners up and receiving a silver medal on the day for this. Thanks to the boys for giving up their Saturday morning and to their parents for helping them learn the stories.

In January the boys who wished took part in the Anchor Boys Colouring competition which was to colour an Armagh apple picture during a BB night. Two entries were chosen to go to Battalion level and these were Matthew Campbell P1/P2 Age Group and Robbie Millar P3/P4 age group. For this the boys share the Montgomery cup.

At Battalion two entries were chosen to go to NI district and again both boys were chosen so in recognition of this the company presented them with a plaque.

Joel Hargan, Lewis Hargan, Corin Kyte and Matthew McGarrigle took part in the Anchor Boys Games night and won. On the night they were presented with a trophy to share and a gold medal each. At the final in Lurgan they came 2nd out of 9 teams however NI district only present plaques to 1st place so in recognition of their achievement the company presented them with a plaque. Thanks were given to parents Kenny Hargan and Kieran Kyte who drove us there.

Boys receiving their green one year service badge were Max Boggs, Matthew Campbell, Levi Curran, Blake Dunlop, Sam Gibson and Corin Kyte,

Boys receiving their red two year service badge were Adam Baldrick, Ben Cairns, Matthew Cooke, Jacob Coyle, Robbie Millar, Ross McLaughlin, Jordan Nicholl and Kieran Saggau.

Boys receiving their blue three year service badge were Lewis Baldrick, Cameron Cooke, Joel Hargan, Lewis Hargan, Matthew McGarrigle, Blake Morrow, Mark Spencer, Aaron Pentland and Matthew Stephenson.

Over the year the attendance was good. Robbie Millar had full attendance at all 23 nights and received a plaque. Lewis Baldrick and Sam Gibson only missed one night from the start and each received a gift.

The Boys are all members of a red team, either Red Lions, Red Warriors, Red Devils or Red Arrows and earn points for their teams through various activities and all received medals for their achievements.

Cameron Cooke, Max Boggs, Levi Curran, Adam Baldrick, Blake Morrow and Joel Hargan of the Red Lions were 4th with 842 points and received a Bronze medal each.

Matthew Stephenson, Aaron Pentland, Ross McLaughlin, Ben Cairns , Matthew Campbell and Corin Kyte of the Red Warriors were 3rd with 870 points and received a Bronze medal each.

Matthew McGarrigle, Mark Spencer, Kieran Sagau, Robbie Millar, Sam Gibson and Blake Dunlop of the Red Devils were 2nd with 996 points and received a Silver medal each.

Lewis Baldrick, Lewis Hargan, Matthew Cooke Jacob Coyle and Jordan Nicholl of the Red Arrows took 1st place with 1093 points and each received a gold medal.

Attendance, taking part in activities, and behaviour and co-operation with the officers throughout the year were taken into consideration for Best Boy and are always a very difficult decision to make.

Sam Gibson was Best Boy for P1/P2 boys. Matthew Cooke and Robbie Millar shared the cup for P3. Lewis Baldrick and Mark Spencer shared the cup for P4.

The Officers were helped for their help over the year and thanks also went to the parents who helped out on occasions and to all the parents for sending their boys each Friday night. Adam Blair, Dale Archibald, Peter Mc Whiter and Lynne Montgomery helped out as part of their service for Duke of Edinburgh awards they are working towards through their schools and their assistance was greatly appreciated.

Anchor Boys are now closed until September when we look forward to welcoming new members.