Sections
Activities:
The activitiy lists given below show the range and types of activities undertaken in the various sections of AA and BB. They may not be complete, since new activities and ideas are introduced as we develop our work. Taken together, the Section lists show that the work is progressive and designed to match the ages, genders, interests and capabilities of all members, and to develop their full potential through their years of membership.
Anchor Boys and Girls
Ages: 5-8 years, boys and girls.
Activities: Indoor and outdoor games, exercises, handicrafts, quizzes, parades, outings and visits, performances, swimming.
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Junior Section
Ages: 8 - 11 years, boys
Activities: Indoor and outdoor games, PT and gymnastics, marching and music, handicrafts, sports and athletics, swimming, parades, outings and visits, camps up to 2/3 days.
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AA
Ages: 8 - 12 years, girls
Activities: The Anchor Association provides BB Activities, adapted for the needs of Girls. The AA Group meets on Wednesdays at 6.30 p m. More details about this Group, and how it came into being in 1994, will be found in “About Us” on this web-site.
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Company Section
Ages: 11 - 15 years, boys
Activities: Indoor and outdoor games, PT and gymnastics, handicrafts including use of simple power tools, electronics and electrical work, outings and visits, parades and drill, music including bands, sports and athletics, first aid and life saving, camps up to two weeks duration, adventure work such as climbing and expeditions, canoeing, sailing, sailing and seamanship. Members may be involved in fetes, carnival, and also BB national competitions.
Seniors from 14 years
As for Company, but with wider range and more challenge. The Duke of Edinburgh's Award is followed from 14 years, and the Queen's Badge from 15 years. This involves leadership within and outside the BB, and a wide range of equipment.
SAILING NEWS June 2007
Senior members of the AA and BB have been invited to join in a Sailing Course, by courtesy of the Nottingham Sailing Club near the Holme Pierrepont Camp Site. The arrangement is that all members who are signed up for Camp 2007 become Junior Club members for this year, and are able to participate in the Club’s Tuesday evening sailing training. This has already started, with the members revising what they learned last year – how to get speed up in a Topper dinghy. They will they move on to the Club’s larger boats to learn to sail as “crew”. They will work to the RYA sailing textbooks, to gain the RYA Certificates as well as the BB Credits. They will learn the theory of how a boat is sailed, as well as the practice.
The hope and intention is that our members will sail well enough to race for a trophy. To win the trophy, you have to make the boat really move, so that this will be the end of “messing about” in boats.
Those who show that they are competent crew members, will be able to sail as crew for other Club Members at weekends. The emphasis is on being competent!
The AA and BB are considering the purchase of a sailing dinghy, to be owned by the Company, and raced by their members. They are applying for a Youth Initiative Capital Grant to assist in the purchase of a good quality boat, which is not new but still reasonably competitive on the water.
One of the challenges of Camp 2007 will be to sail a two-man dinghy from the Club, to the Lady Bay Bridge – and back! TW
Sailing Course 2006
