The 1st Bearsden Boys’ Brigade company landed a double success in the spring, winning two national competitions.
First a team from the company won the UK-wide Brigade chess competition. The team of three – John McEwan, Alistair Ramsey and Fergus Hempel – had made it through the regional heats and in the finals, at Middle Parish Church Halls in Coatbridge, they fought off competition from Brigades in Edinburgh, Ardshaw and Cheslyn Hall.