Awards Day 2011

The 1^st Johor Bahru Company held its 54^th Award’s Day on 6^th of March 2011 in Pusat Kebajikan Kalvari. It was a grand activity for every Boys’ Brigade Company. The members of 1^st Johor Bahru Company had put a lot of effort into this Award’s Day.

We had our rehearsal from 1.30 p.m. until 4.00 p.m. in the hall. Meanwhile, those recruits were sitting at the corner to chit chat with each other. A lot of ex-BB members and parents attended the Award’s Day.

The Guard of Honor get ready for the arrival of VIP and at 4pm sharp Mr Michael Moorthy BB Asia & BBM President who is also the Honorary Captain of 1^st JB company arrived. After the General Salute, the VIP inspected the Guard of Honor accompanied by our Captain Mr Jason Chong. Then the VIP received another General Salute and the Guard of Honor march out from the parade ground.

After that, we had a Drilldown Competition lead by Warrant Officer Soon Hock Wei. The prize for the champion member this year is a BB bear from Hong Kong and with a badge. After 15minutes, the competition ends and the champion for this year belong to Cpl Onn Jiun Jye.

Then, our dancing team members gave a short dancing performance. Their dance was really nice because all of them have put a lot of effort and work on every detail. Then, the 1^st JB Band gave a performance that was conduct by Sgt Swee. Some of the parents now understand why their son / daughter always go for band for practice on Saturday and Sunday.

After all of the performances, the most important activity arrived, which is the promotion. This is because all of the members have waited a long time after their hardwork for a year in BB. During this moment of time, all 1^st JB members were very nervous and excited. The first award’s was members discharged to officer. Some Sgt and Cpl who were over 18 years old were discharged from their duties. They will be helper or instructor for individual platoon before they will be promoted to be Warrant Officer.

The next award was the Drilldown Champion. The 2^nd runner up goes to Sgt Kuan Chee Kien, the 1^st runner up goes to Sgt Ng Wei Hao and the champion goes to Cpl Onn Jiun Jye. All 3 of them are from Platoon A. After that, the following award was the Best Pte and also the Best NCO awards. The Best Pte of Platoon A was L/Cpl Khow Sher Zeng and the Best NCO was Cpl Kuan Zi Ning. The Best Pte of Platoon B was L/Cpl Ku Hong Cing and the Best NCO was Cpl Cher Chia Yee. The Best Pte of Platoon C was L/Cpl Yip Fang Ting and the Best NCO was Cpl Edwin Pang Jing Yi.

After that, the 1^st JB Company had a awards for those members who have performed well in their recent PMR examination. In this important moment, the members parents personally helped their children to pin the Scholastic Awards on their uniform.

And finally it is time for promotion. The 1^st JB Company promoted a total of 6 potential Cpl to Sgt, 30 L/Cpl to Cpl and 41 Pte to L/Cpl. It is really good to see so many new leaders being born into our big family.

At last, parents were invited to have the refreshment in canteen. Meanwhile, those members and officers had a photo taking session. The Award’s Day ended successfully.

For those who are promoted, please continue your effort and for those who are no promoted, please work hard and aim for next promotion. Remember Promotion does not means more power but more responsibility.