Greetings,

The final issue of The Paper was handed out last week - August 1st 2002 Issue 192.
Due to the need to take time out from ministries and reassess what it is God wants me to do I am leaving BB after about 10 years at Toongabbie. The Paper ends with me - I have thought hard about it and have been happy to hand over everything else I have done at BB but The Paper was my creation and work, and although it continued thanks to it's value to the guys and their parents I want The Paper to be something that is uniquely mine.

There are people talking about a new No.2 Section newsletter and I really hope that something does continue - it will just be called something other than The Paper. At the moment there is no news as to when the new newsletter will start, and if it does then you hear about it on this page, and if you are on the list then you will emailed about it. If the new newsletter is published on line then it will be found at or near the bb38th website.

I have really enjoyed doing The Paper and I will miss it, but I know that I will miss the guys even more. Please keep in touch with my via my personal website and follow the adventures of bb38th No.2 Section.

Thanks to all of you for your support over the years and I hope that you have enjoyed reading The Paper even just a little bit as much as I have enjoyed creating it.

enjoy...

Spoke to Ashers last night at Church and he spent most of the week at challenge camp being sick and dosed up on Demazin - so apart from becoming a Demazin Junkie did Ahsers get anything out of it - "Yes, I got a few things out of it"

Timothy Q is attending Leadership Development Course Stage 2 which includes a three day solo in the bush. It should be a great time for Timothy Q and an awesome experience. bjd is Course Director whilst Matty F debuts as a Stage 1 Squad Officer which is pretty excitiing. The Reverend Bell teams up again as the Happy Chappy.

Steve has joined The Paper online news team, so hopefully we will get a dose of sport news on a regular basis. But then again, maybe we won't.

In other news, James is sick and asleep on the couch.

I have just looked at what the website guys are doing for skills tonight and it sounds like some real updates will be coming to the company website very soon. Oh and Praetor has done a very nice job of putting together all the ideas from last week to come up with a very snazzy looking navigation/page layout for the site. Stay Tuned.

There are games tonight and as soon as we know - then you will too.

bjd reports that Old Grey is on the road and thanks The Noble One for his help.

And just in case you are missing the weekly quotes from the mouth of Blue Haired James then I have a feeling a new page will be on the website which will help meet that craving for more words of wisdom. But remember, the Blue Haired James is just a man like us and The Paper takes no responsibility for decisions made based upon the wisdom of the Blue Haired James.

Wentworthville Uniting vs St. Claire
After losing to this team 10-1 in the first round, Wenty weren't going to let that happen again.........

Wenty played the best they have all season. Strong defence and marvouless attack-in the first half-lead to more shots than St.Claire and some shots very close. Some shots were aimed at the keeper but defenders were on us. Nil all at half time........

Wenty held St. Claire off for about 20 mins until they struck with a good goal. In poor conditions in the field in the second half (and
after a poor goal-kick) they scored again. After the team had some more confidence a few more goals came in. As well as one off a corner with a mix up between a defender and our goalie.

Considering that this team is on top of the competition i think that Wenty did well only losing 5-0.

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And Sinkers won 24-18, with one of the forwards dislocating his knee.

The Special Bus is awaiting another quote before repairs can begin. And bjd has a rental car for the next two days until Old Grey gets repaired - it's a great vehicle which barely goes, it's yellow and leaves a nice smoke screen behind me wherever I go. Hopefully it makes it through the next two days.

New Icons based on freeware icons from the IconFactory.

Not a good weekend for vehicles - Steves Sport's Mobile is off the road with a broken head gasket - this means a new engine and a lot of money. And bjd's car is off the road until Tuesday with an Automatic Transmission that needs a rebuild. God works in nifty ways though with Danny The M's Dad arriving at the Transmisson Shop at exactly the same time bjd dropped off the troubled old grey - and offered bjd a lift home. The Special Bus is yet to be repaired.

Went to the game today, and a cold day it was, not made any better by the Old Farty Pants losing 3-0 and Even Fartier losing 2-0. The Second game was the better of the two, with a few chances going missing, but at least they took some chances. A cold Praetor journeyed to the game and regretting not taking a jumper with him. The Noble One visited briefly before leaving. More from Steves Sport soon.

Another Freame Frenzy is on the way this Saturday - Steves Sport has vowed to attend Danny The T's soccer match so an on the spot report should be coming our way soon.

Jeff the Butcher gave us a visit last night and amazed us all with his stories of life in the Butchery, sounds like hard work actually. It was good to see Jeff as it's been a long while. He got a few cuts and abrasions during caveman, but as always came up smiling.

The Website team actually updated the company website and I overheard an excited Noble One taking to Praetor about plans for mixing the Young Guns first single - I've heard the song and it's great!

In other skills news the Cooking With Pete team enjoyed their hamburgers and The Golfing guys went out with Steves Sport to the local driving range to bash a few golf balls.

During skills tonight the Boys commented on the new picture on the 38th website - "Jeff is vommitting and heating it up!" check it out and see for yourself - is he???

And in "I told The Editor but he never put it in The Paper" N.Sewell The First won his tennis final a few weeks ago. Well done mate, and sorry that we missed putting it in The Paper.

Steves Sport :: Young Young Guns won 3-1 over guildford it was a great match with wenty losing 1 nil at half time and coming back in the second with 3 great goals.

Young Guns lost 8-2 with a shocking performance. They were not even in the game with the opposition scoring in the first 3 mins. Wenty got 2 goals later in the game as the other team did not care as they were winning by so much. Also Ben had a shocker in goals in the second half and also he had his pants back to front all game. The man of the match was Samer as he was the only one working hard the whole game.

Farty pants lost 3-0. In an Official Comment after the game Mr Fletcher said we did not deserve to loose by that much as in the second half the opposition had brought on all their first grade players.

The old old farty pants lost 3-0. Houghdy had 2 good chances to score goals but missed and that was a good thing because they were aimed at his own goal.

Wednesday night we lost 2-0 but were unlucky and I think first grade had a win.

AJ came thru with the goods, as always, and tells it like it is ::

lost 8-2 against 2nd best team in the competition........
mitchell w scored a goal and set up the other 1.......
over powered from a better team with more skills.........

Congratualtions to Ashers who has been selected to go to "Challenge Camp" - he reassures me that it isn't for those specially challenged people but offers Leadership training.

Rumours are that The "Not Crosslands" Combined Camp is being held at Cattai this year. Along as you can have a very warm fire it should be a great weekend.

In Bent Motoring News - the Pezza Mobile goes to Hospital this week for about a grand of repairs after the slip and slide of the Squad Comp Camp. Rob is apparently buffing up his body during the long cold walks to and from the station as well as observing the local inhabitants..

And finally a late Birthday greeting to The Ferrett - once of B File file fame, what happened to the B Files? - who turned turned 23 [!] on the 14th and an early Birthday Greeting to Sexy Matty who will turn 24 on the 29th.

In more sporting news Sinkers team blitzed the opposition 53 to 4.

Super Soccer Saturday is now over - Young Guns Lost 7-1, Old Farty Pants Lost 3-0, Even Fartier Lost 3-0. Danny T and his Boyz were the only winners 3-1 coming back from 1-0 down at half time. More detailed reports are, I am told, on the way.

It's Super Soccer Saturday tomorrow with the Young Guns, Old Farty Pants and Even More Farty all playing at the Hallowed turf. Steve [of Steves Sport fame] will be on the scene from noon and will give us a full round up.

In other news: James Says "most of those quotes aren't from me - just like this one!"

A new look and feel for the front end of The Paper makes it debut tonight. A bit darker than the past, but now powered by Blogger and so much easier to update. And soooo onto the news....

Issue 190 is now online
Features:: editor sacked!! Hike PIX from JP and Ashers trip. James Says.... Calendar and Footy Tipping results.

Also The Paper will be on holidays for the next 5 weeks - lead up to LDC and then the school holidays, there will be news releases here on The Paper website so check back and keep up to date with your favourite newsletter about your favourite Boys.

For all the lastest news of bb38th - watch this space.