The 130th HQ at Broomhill Hyndland Church was the venue for the District Drill Competition on Friday 5th December 2025. 4 Squads from the District vied for the title of District Drill Champions. After all the squads performed the same drill moves the 5th A squad took the title, with our 'young pretenders', the 5th B, showing great potential for the future. A great effort & focus from all the boys who took part in what is always a nerve-wracking evening!

The District Senior 5-a-side football competition was held on Monday 15th September 2025 at Scotstoun Leisure Centre. The event was played in great spirit with our Junior & Senior teams both coming away victorious! Well done to all the boys who participated.

Ariel, Finn & Angus from the 5th joined over 50 other boys for the District Lazer Planet competition on Monday 10th November 2025. The competition consisted of 2 games of Lazer tag at Lazer Planet Kinning Park over the whole evening. At the end of a fierce night's competition the boys with the highest score in either of the 2 games took the District title. Finn took 3rd spot in the Junior event with an impressive 1066 points. Well done to all who took part.

Below are some of the other District & Battalion competitions that we have entered during previous sessions...

We hosted the Battalion NCO Drill competition on Friday 7th February 2025. After an evening of tough competition Jackson & Vincent took 2nd and 3rd spot. A great competition, & congratulations to the top three.

Scotstoun Stadium was the venue for the District Sports on Monday 7th October 2024. Jackson, Felix, Hamish & Ariel from the 5th took part in the Company Section events, which included the 100m, 800m, 4x100m relay, long jump, shot putt & 'the howler'! Congratulations to all the boys!

The Battalion Limited Squad Drill Competition took place on Friday 7th March 2025. Well done to all the squads that participated but particular congratulations to our boys who came out victorious in a tight competition.

The District Badminton Competition was held at Scotstoun on Monday 26th February 2024. Felix, Iniyan & Hamish represented the 5th. At the end of the evening's competition Hamish took the 3rd spot in the Junior event. Well done to all who took part in a very enjoyable evening.

11 boys from the 5th entered the District 10-Pin Bowling Competition, held at XScape Braehead on Tuesday 5th December 2023. In the Junior event Harris took 1st place, with 40 points & Ariel was 2nd, with 32 points. In the Intermediates Felix claimed 2nd, with 77 points and Lukas was 3rd, with 68 points. Finally in the Seniors Hamish scooped 2nd, with 89 points. The 5th also took the Team prize, 3 boys wfrom the same company with the highest combined total score of 242 points, (Hamish = 89, Cameron = 76 & Felix = 77). A big well done to all the boys who took part!

Some of our Company Section boys attended the District gaming event at Rcade Glasgow on Thursday 12th March. Boys tested out consoles ranging from a 1978 Binatone through to the latest Wii, with hundreds of games to choose from. I think many of our boys left with square eyes!