District competitions day in yeovil

A short message from jason frost district president

“The two District competition days were held once again this year at Yeovil College in Somerset. As you can see from the results all manner of contest was offered with teams travelling from far afield to take part. Companies from Bath, Cheltenham, Gloucester, Taunton, Tewkesbury and Torquay entered what were to be two brilliant days of challenge, fun and fellowship. The levels of determination and teamwork were apparent at all times from the youngest competitor to the oldest supporter!! Both days had that traditional BB noisy, busy and friendly feeling with everyone keen to get on with proceedings with excitement and enthusiasm. Following lessons learnt in the past, both days went ahead of schedule and I believe that all involved went home  their separate ways tired but content!

Thanks must be given to Nigel Stocker at Yeovil College for once again providing the excellent facilities to the District at no charge. This continuing relationship with Yeovil College saves the District a massive amount of money each year that we can use for other funded District activities and grants. The only provision is that we respect the premises and I am pleased that at both events everything was left clean and tidy! I must extend my personal thanks to the unofficial District Sports Committee who are tasked with refereeing, timing, shifting equipment and collating results and certificates. Thank you for assisting in making these days such a success. Also a thank you to Pat Bartlett (ably assisted by my daughter on the Junior Day) for running the extremely popular tuck shop that had nearly run out of stock on both days!! Finally, thanks to the Companies that entered and their dedicated leaders that committed their own personal time to bring their members to Yeovil. A final, final thank you to the main reason that we were all there, our young people. One young man asked me when I was presenting the welcome whether he “had” to take part in the day’s activities. I replied that what he would get out of the day would be dependent on the effort  that he put into the day!! I kept an eye on that particular lad and he had an absolutely brilliant time being part of his team! This youngster wasn’t the only one though, I never tire of these competition days watching different events going on, teams participating, talking tactics, analysing their last game, laughing, scoffing lunch and encouraging others enjoying a brilliant experience that I believe only the Boys’ Brigade can provide! Well done to everyone that took part and I look forward to 2017!!

Results

Junior section