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Special celebration as 15th Coatbridge Boys Brigade win battalion trophy
Special celebration as 15th Coatbridge Boys Brigade win battalion trophy
The group's junior section won the prestigious award for the first time in their group's 50th anniversary session
The 15th Coatbridge juniors with their awards including the Airdrie, Coatbridge & district battalion trophy
(Image: Contributed/Airdrie and Coatbridge Advertiser)
Young members of 15th Coatbridge Boys Brigade helped the group celebrate its 50th anniversary year in style by winning some prestigious silverware for the first time in their history.
The junior section was named as the best in Airdrie, Coatbridge & district battalion after its 28 members, in the Primary Four to Six age group, won three of the area's competitions during the year and placed in the top three in a further four.
It marks the first time in 15th Coatbridge's history that the group's name will be engraved on the battalion challenge trophy; and was a proud final juniors achievement for more than half of the section's members as they prepare to move up to the company section next month.
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The 15th Coatbridge juniors won the battalion's five-a-side tournament and scripture knowledge shield, and were joint winners of the board games competition on their way to winning the overall trophy, competing against fellow Boys Brigade members from all over Monklands.
Junior section officer in charge Paul O'Shea said: 'We are extremely proud of this group of young men; they gave their absolute all to every event. It's a tremendous achievement for them and is historic in that it's our first, after 50 years of trying.
'We also said goodbye to 17 of these guys as they are now promoted to the company section, and we wish them well as they grow and develop in the Boys Brigade.'
Based at Blairhill Dundyvan church, 15th Coatbridge Boys celebrated the group's 50th birthday in December after being formed through the amalgamation of two companies in 1974 following a church merger.
The junior section's oldest and youngest members collected the battalion trophy on behalf of the whole group from battalion president Derek Craig at their annual end-of-term display and prizegiving.
Members of the company section, aged from P7 to S6, came an impressive third in their respective battalion competition and won the best company section title in each of the previous two years.
Now 15th Coatbridge are getting set for the new session and are welcoming new members to join their weekly Friday sessions at Blairhill Dundyvan church.
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For further details, contact 15th Coatbridge captain Billy Barclay by emailing billy@
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