For those who have not booked a place on the weekend camp at Chessington World of Adventures or for families and friends of Brigade members, day tickets for Saturday 16 or Sunday 17 July can be purchased at the reduced rate of £13.50 per child and £20 per adult by calling 0871 282 5105 and quoting the promotion code BB2011 before 15 July.

The Battalion are organising a weekend camp at the Chessington World of Adventures theme park from Saturday 16 to Sunday 17 July at a cost of just £50 which will include:

• 2 day park pass
• Animal meet and greet session
• Evening meal for Saturday
• Continental breakfast for Sunday
• Early Rider access to the rides for Sunday
• Packed lunch for Sunday

Places can be booked by paying £50 per child (cheques made payable to 1st Cheam Boys’ Brigade) by Monday 23 May.

The Boys’ Brigade has, at rather short notice, been offered 250 places to watch the Royal Wedding Procession from Horse Guards Parade, but we will have to reserve places quickly. Any Company Section member who wants to join a small group from 1st Cheam to view the procession should express their interest via an e-mail to company@1cheambb.org.uk by Thursday 14 April.

Congratulations to our chess team who represented England and Wales in the UK and Republic of Ireland final of the BB’s National Chess Competition on 2 April in Edinburgh and came third. They were beaten 5:4 by 1st Knocknamuckley (the Irish finalist) in the semi-final stage, but if they had won or drawn just one more game in this match, they could have gone on to win the competition, as 1st Knocknamuckley beat 7th Edinburgh (one of the Scottish finalists) in the final by a smaller margin than they beat 1st Cheam. Our team went on to beat 1st Stewarton (the other Scottish finalist) 7.5:1.5 in the final for the third place and have done really well to get so far, particularly as it is the first time we have entered the chess competition. We look forward to entering a team in next year’s chess competition and hope to gain first place.