Buckie BBs celebrate year of achievement at awards evening
IT was time to celebrate a year of achievement and success for Buckie Boys’ Brigade when they held their annual awards ceremony.
Friday, March 22 saw the South and West Church in Buckie play host to the evening event, when lads from the Anchor Boys, Junior Section and Company Section all received their prizes.
It was a proud moment for the three President’s Badge winners - Luke Coull, Kenneth Newlands and Ruairi Davidson - who, should they successfully continue their studies, will next year become the first boys from the Company to be awarded the King’s Badge.
A total of 13 Queen’s Badge winners also received their awards.
There was also a new trophy added to the awards evening, the Jody Thain Memorial Trophy. Jody, who sadly passed away earlier this year, was a member of the Company in his youthful days. His parents, Allan and Pauline, have presented a trophy for the Company Section boy that meets the criteria of commitment to the Company, is well-mannered and goes the extra mile to support others. Picking up the inaugural trophy were Jack Pickerill and Sandy Hutchison.
Prizewinners:
Anchor Boys: P2 Red Badge - Josh Aitken, Albie Bruce, Alfie Bruce, Charlie Bruce, Hudson Buchan, Isaac Cowie, Dylan Cowie, Kayler Duncan, Kohen Forbes, Harvey Forbes, Mason Gerrie, Bobby Greig, Travis Greig, Drew Innes, Robert Kirkpatrick, Oscar Leslie, Ryan McKay, Ben Pirie, Connor Reid, Sam Robertson, Charlie Rumbles, Arran Simpson, Zander Toye; Pr3 Blue Badge - Mason Bennetts, Freddie Booth, Lowen Campbell, Luke Campbell, Clark Findlay, Hugo Holmes, Charlie Innes, Harrison Legge, Landyn McKay, Struan Reid, Troy Rennie, Jayce Simpson, Jayden Sinclair, Jonathan Slater, Malachy Smith, Harlow Taylor, Alick Thain, Freddie Wright, Zak Wyness.
Individual trophies: Best All Round P2 Boy: Josh Aitken; Best All Round P3 Boy - Hugo Holmes.
Best Team: Team leader Alick Thain and his team members Landyn McKay, Zak Wyness, Luke Campbell, Connor Reid, Charlie Rumbles and Arran Simpson.
Junior Section: P4 Bronze Badge - Elliot Aitken, Joel Bremner, Ethan Coull, Vidur Fadia, Harley Grant, Louis-Neil Grant, Jackson Hepburn, Leo Lawson, Blake Moran, Billy Pirie, Lewis Redford, Archibald Slater, Alfie Smith, Arran Smith, Jenson Sudding, Arlo Wilson; P5 Silver Badge - Ayrton Duncan, Kaleb Fielding, Ryan Forbes, Kian Geddes, Tommy Greig, Andrew Miller, Caleb Munro, Brodie Murray, Bailie Reid, Adam Slater, Rhys Smith, Kason Smith, Arran Sutherland, Marley Whittle; Gold Achievement Badge - Gab Baculi, Sonny Belcher, Harvey Clark, Jamie Findlay, Leo Forbes, Charlie Lamont, Oban McKay, Harry Mitchell, Harris Munro, Kaiden-Jai Raffan, Finn Reid, Fergus Slater, Kaide Stewart, Finlay Sutherland, Scott Yardley.
Individual trophies: Best All Round P4 Boy - Jackson Hepburn/Alfie Smith; Best P5 Boy - Tommy Greig; Best P6 Boy - Finlay Sutherland.
Endeavour Trophies: P4 - Ethan Coull; P5 - Adam Slater; P6 - Jamie Findlay; Best Team - Team 4, Team Leader Scott Yardley.
Company Section: Best Recruit - Reuben Rennie; Best 2nd Year Boy - Jack Pickerill; Best 3rd Year Boy - Rino Taylor; 4th Year Boy - Ollie Ewen/Nathan Clark; 5th Year Boy - Ruairi Davidson; 6th Year Boy - Joe Sutherland; Staff Challenge Trophy - Alex Thomson.
Queen’s Badge Trophy: Stuart Randall
Sportsman trophies: Junior Trophy - Seth Coull; Senior Trophy - Luke Coull.
Company Section Squad Shield: Squad 2 - Max Robertson, Ritchie Rumbles, Harry Coull, Ollie McDonald, Cullen Ferguson, Jack Mollison, Nathan Clark, Kenneth Newlands, Stuart Randall.
Band Trophies: Buglers - Most Improved - Nathan Clark; Best Bugler - Luca Sutherland/Lucas Wood; Drummers - Most improved - Max Robertson; Best drummer - Sandy Hutchison.
The Jody Thain Memorial Trophy: Jack Pickerill and Sandy Hutchison.
President’s Badge: Luke Coull, Kenneth Newlands and Ruairi Davidson.
Queen’s Badge: Jai Clark; Murray Goodall; Haydn Green; Sandy Hutchison; Robbie Lawson; Zach Mitchell; Jody Murray; Stuart Randall; Max Robertson; Mason Simpson; Joe Sutherland; Luca Sutherland; Lucas Wood.
